SUFFIXES: ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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| VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| enable | ability | able unable | ably |
| absence absentee | absent | ||
| accident | accidental | ||
| accommodate | accomodation | ||
| acknowledge | acknowledgement | ||
| act | action activity activist actress actor | active inactive | |
| activate | activation | ||
| add | addition additive | additional additive | |
| adequacy inadequacy | adequate inadequate | ||
| admire | admiration | admirable | admirably |
| advantage disadvantage | advantageous disadvantageous | ||
| advertise | advertisement advertiser | ||
| admit | admission admittance | ||
| adopt | adoption | ||
| advise | advice advisability | advisable inadvisable | advisably inadvisably |
| affection | affectionate unaffectionate | ||
| affect | effect | effective ineffective | |
| agree disagree | agreement disagreement | agreeable disagreeable | agreeably disagreeably |
| alcohol | alcoholic | alcoholically | |
| allow | allowance | ||
| ambition | ambitious | ||
| amuse | amusement | ||
| annoy | annoyance | ||
| excite | excitement | ||
| anxiety | anxious | ||
| apologise | apology | apologetic | apologetically |
| appear disappear | appearance disapperance | apparent | apparently |
| applaud | applause applauder | ||
| apply | application applicant | applicable | applicably |
| appoint | appointment | ||
| appreciate | appreciation | appreciative | |
| approve disapprove | approval disapproval | ||
| argue | argument argumentation | arguable argumentative | arguably |
| arrange | arrangement | ||
| arrive | arrival | ||
| assist | assistance | ||
| associate | association | ||
| assume | assumption | ||
| astonish | astonishment | ||
| attend | attendance | ||
| attention | attentive | ||
| attract | attraction attractiveness unattractiveness | attractive unattractive | |
| avoid | avoidance | avoidable unavoidable | avoidably unavoidably |
| VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| base | base basic | basically | basis |
| beautify | beauty beautician | beautiful | beautifully |
| believe | belief disbelief | believable unbelievable | believably unbelievably |
| bleed | blood | ||
| bravery | brave | ||
| breathe | breath | breathless | |
| broaden | breadth | broad | |
| brighten | brightness | bright | |
| brilliance | brilliant | ||
| burry | burial |
| VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| calculate | calculation calculator | ||
| caution | cautious | ||
| change | change changeability | changeable | unchangeable |
| child childhood | childish childlike | ||
| choose | choice | ||
| circle | circle | circular | |
| civilise | civiilsation civics | civil civic civilised uncivilised | |
| classify | class classification | ||
| enclose | enclosure | ||
| collect | collection collector | collective | |
| comfort | comfort discomfort | comfortable uncomfortable | comfortably uncomfortably |
| compare | comparison | comparative comparable | comparably |
| compel | compulsion | compulsory | compulsorily |
| compete | competition competitor | competitive | |
| complete | completion | complete imcomplete | |
| compose | composition composer | ||
| conclude | conclusion | ||
| confirm | confirmation | ||
| confide | confidence | confident unconfident confidential | |
| confess | confession | ||
| confirm | confirmation | confirmed unconfirmed | |
| confuse | confusion | ||
| congratulate | congratulation | ||
| consciousness unconsciousness | conscious unconscious | ||
| conserve | conservation | ||
| consider | consideration | considerable inconsiderable | considerably inconsiderably |
| construct | construction | constructive | |
| consume | consumption | ||
| continue discontinue | continuation discontinuation | continuous discontinuous continual | |
| convenience inconvenience | convenient inconvenient | ||
| converse | conversation | conversational | |
| cook | cook cooker | cookery | |
| correct | correction | correct incorrect corrective | |
| encourage discourage | courage encouragement discouragement | courageous | |
| cowardice | coward | ||
| create | creation creature creator | creative | |
| crime criminal | criminal | ||
| criticize | critic criticism | critical | |
| curiosity | curious | ||
| cruelty | cruel | ||
| custom | customary |
| The following list does not include the adjectives derived from participle forms of verbs e.g.(verb)interest (adjective)interesting /interested nor does the list include the adverbs derived by adding suffix "-ly" at the end of adjectives. eg.(adjective) deep (adverb)deeply. |
| VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| damage | damage | ||
| endanger | danger | dangerous | |
| darken | darkness | dark | |
| day | daily | ||
| deafen | deafness | deaf | |
| deceit | deceitful | ||
| decide | decision | decisive indecisive | |
| decorate | decoration decorator | ||
| deepen | depth | deep | |
| defend | defence defendant | defensive indefensible | indefensibly |
| deliver | delivery | deliverable undeliverable | |
| depend | dependence independence | dependent independent | |
| describe | description | descriptive describable indescribable | |
| destroy | destruction | destructive non-destructive | |
| determine | determination | determined undetermined | |
| develop | development | ||
| dictate | dictation | dictatorial | |
| die | death | dead deadly | |
| differ | difference | different | |
| differentiate | differentiation | ||
| direct | direction director directory | direct indirect | |
| discover | discovery | ||
| discuss | discussion | ||
| distance | distant | ||
| distribute | distribution | ||
| disturb | disturbance | ||
| divide | division | divisive | |
| doubt | doubt | doubtful | |
| dust duster | dusty |
| VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| ease | easy | easily | |
| economise | economy economics | economic economical uneconomical | |
| educate | education | educational | |
| efficiency | efficient inefficient | ||
| elect | election | ||
| electrify | electricity electrician | electric electrical | |
| embarrass | embarrassment | ||
| employ | employment unemployment employee employer | ||
| enjoy | enjoyment | enjoyable | enjoyably |
| enter | entrance | ||
| enthuse | enthusiasm enthusiast | enthusiastic unethusiastic | enthusiastically unenthusiastically |
| equalise | equalisation equality inequality | equal unequal | equally |
| except | exception | ||
| exhibit | exhibition | ||
| expense | expensive inexpensive | ||
| explain | explanation | explanatory explicable inexplicable | |
| explode | explosion | explosive | |
| express | expression | ||
| extend | extension | extensive | extensively |
| extinction | extinct |
| VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| fail | failure | ||
| falsify | falsity falsehood | false | |
| fame | famous infamous | famously | |
| fashion | fashionable unfashionable | fashionably unfashionably | |
| fatten | fat fatness | fat fattening | |
| fault | faulty faultless | faultily | |
| favor | favor favorite | favorable unfavourable favoured favorite | favorably unfavorably |
| fear | fear fearlessness | afraid fearful fearless | |
| ferfilise | fertility fertiliser | fertile | |
| fit | fitness | unfit misfit | |
| fly | flight | ||
| foot footprint footstep | |||
| forget | forgetfulness | forgetful | forgetfully |
| forgive | forgivingness | ||
| form | formation deformity | formative | formatively |
| fortune misfortune | fortunate unfortunate | fortunately unfortunately | |
| formalise | formality | formal | formally |
| free | freedom | free | freely |
| refresh | refreshment | fresh | |
| frequency infrequency | frequent infrequent | frequently | |
| befriend | friend friendship | friendly unfriendly | |
| furnish | furniture furnisher | furnished unfurnished |
| VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| generosity | generous | generously | |
| gentleness | gentle | gently | |
| gold | golden | ||
| govern | government governor | ||
| greed | greedy | ||
| greed | greedy | ||
| grow | growth | ||
| guilt | guilty |