NOUN – NOUN –

SUFFIX NOUN – ADJECTIVE

ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVE
accident – accidental brute – brutal region – regional
-AL relating to
region – regional person – personal universe –universal
custom – customary moment –
-ARY relating to quality or caution – cautionary
momentary
place compliment –
diet – dietary
complimentary honor – honorary
beauty – beautiful wonder – wonderful awe – awful
-FUL full of
skill – skillful success – successful delight – delightful
athlete – athletic
-IC having the nature of; base – basic history – historic
caused by photograph –
science – scientific rhythm– rhythmic
photographic
history – historical
magic – magical logic – logical
-ICAL having the nature of alphabet –
practice – practical statistic – statistical
alphabetical
fool – foolish child – childish self – selfish
-ISH origin, nature
sheep – sheepish pink – pinkish girl – girlish
power – powerless friend – friendless worth – worthless
-LESS without
use – useless home – homeless penny – penniless
like – lifelike lady – ladylike war – warlike
-LIKE like
child – childlike bird – birdlike spring – springlike
friend – friendly cost – costly month – monthly
-LY like
day – daily order – orderly coward – cowardly
danger – dangerous
poison – poisonous nerve – nervous
-OUS quality, nature mystery –
courtesy – courteous victory – victorious
mysterious
rain – rainy fun – funny dirt – dirty
-Y like
mess – messy dirt – dirty spot – spotty

e.g. negative + adjective right arrow adjective

Prefix Examples
un- unfortunate, uncomfortable, unjust

im-/in-/ir-/il- immature, impatient, improbable, inconvenient, irreplaceable,

illegal

non- non-fiction, non-political, non-neutral

dis- disloyal, dissimilar, dishonest