Suffix and Prefix

SUFFIX	EXAMPLE	MEANING
-able	portable	able to be
-ac	cardiac	pertaining to
-acity (-ocity)	sagacity, velocity	quality of
-ade	blockade	act, action or process, product
-age	Passage	action or process
-aholic (-oholic)	Workaholic	one with an obsession for
-al	Bacterial	relating to
-algia	Neuralgia	pain
-ance	Brilliance	state or quality of
-ant	Brilliant	a person who inclined to, tending to
-ar	Molecular	of or relating to, being a person who
-ard	Coward	a person who does an action
-arian	Disciplinarian	a person who
-arium (orium)	terrarium	a place for
-ary	literary	of or relating to
-ate	affectionate	state or quality of (adj.)
-ation	creation	action or process
-ative	creative	tending to (adj.)
-cide	homicide	act of killing
-cracy	bureaucracy	rule, government, power
-crat	aristocrat	someone who has power
-cule	molecule	diminutive (making something small)
-cy	efficiency	state, condition or quality
-cycle	bicycle	circle, wheel
-dom	boredom	condition of, state, realm
-dox	orthodox	belief, praise
-ectomy	appendectomy	surgical removal of
-ed	called	past tense
-ee	nominee	receiver, performer
-eer	engineer	associated with/engaged in

PREFIX	EXAMPLE	MEANING
ante-	antenatal	before
anti-	antibiotic	against, opposing
circum-	circumstance	around
co-	co-worker	with
de-	devalue	off, down, away from
dis-	disagree	opposite of, not
em-, en-	embrace, encode	cause to, put into
epi-	epicentre	upon, close to, after
ex-	ex-president	former, out of
extra-	extracurricular	beyond
fore-	forecast	before
homo-	homosexual	same
hyper-	hyperactive	over, above
il-, im-, in-, ir-	impossible, illegal, irresponsible, indefinite	not
infra-	infrastructure	beneath, below
inter-, intra-	interact	between
macro-	macroeconomics	large
micro-	microscope	small
mid-	midfielder	middle
mis-	misinterpret	wrongly
mono-	monotone	one, singular
non-	nonsense	not, without
omni-	omnibus	all, every
para-	parachute	beside
post-	post-mortem	after
pre-	predetermine	before
re-	return	again
semi-	semicircle	half
sub-	submerge	under
super-	superfood	above, over