• The presence of a quality or characteristic

• Being "full of" something

• Describing resemblance or tendency

Examples:

• messy

• cloudy

• sleepy (tending to sleep)

• creamy (like cream)

• Capable of or suitable for

• Tending to or inclined to

Examples:

• usable

• comfortable

• Tending to

• Related to

• Causing/producing

Examples:

• creative

• depressive

• Having the character of

Examples:

• political (politic)

• presidential (president)

• cultural (culture)

• Having the nature of

• Relating to

Examples:

• historic

• magical

• Full of

• Having the qualities of

Examples:

• dangerous

• courageous

• spacious

• Refers to a tendency or quality

Examples:

• hopeful

• colorful

• Without something

Examples:

• careless (care)

• fearless (fear)

• Made of

• Having the quality of

Examples:

• golden

• wooden

• Indicates direction

Examples:

• forward

• upward

• Somewhat like

• Having the quality of

Examples:

• yellowish

• childish

• Relating to

• Connected with

Examples:

• imaginary

• revolutionary

• Having the qualities of

Examples:

• friendly

• lovely

• Someone who practices, believes in, or is skilled in something

Examples:

• biologist

• capitalist

• gymnast

• Refers to a state, quality, or condition

Examples:

• happiness

• calmness

• The characteristic of

Examples:

• native (nate)

• representative (represent)

• fugitive (flee)

• To describe an action, result or state

Examples:

• pleasure (please)

• closure (close)

• Refers to the action, result, or process of something

Examples:

• embarrassment

• improvement

• Indicates a person or thing that performs an action

Examples:

• teacher

• runner

• actor

• Person who does something

Examples:

• student (study)

• tenant

• The action or result of something

Examples:

• creation

• explosion

• Denotes a state, quality or condition

Examples:

• ability

• complexity

• Indicates a state, quality, or condition

Examples:

• friendship

• membership

• Refers to a state or condition

Examples:

• childhood

• parenthood

• Indicates a state or quality

Examples:

• performance

• patience

• Indicates an action or result

Examples:

• proposal

• approval

• Refers to an action, result or collection

Examples:

• storage

• package

• village

• Refers to a belief, condition or doctrine

Examples:

• capitalism

• buddhism

• realism

• Indicates a state or condition

Examples:

• democracy

• efficiency

• Refers to the study or science of something

Examples:

• biology

• theology

• Refers to a state, condition or domain

Examples:

• freedom

• kingdom

• wisdom

• Indicates a condition or occupation

Examples:

• machinery

• jewelry

• bakery

• How something is done

• The manner in which something happens

Examples:

• softly

• perfectly

• Indicates manner, direction or respect

Examples:

• clockwise

• otherwise

• lenghtwise

• Denotes direction or orientation

Examples:

• afterward

• homeward

• Indicates manner or direction

Examples:

• sideways

• lenghtways

• Refers to location or place

Examples:

• everywhere

• nowhere

• somewhere

• Suggests frequency or time

Examples:

• sometime

• oftentimes

• Expresses multiplicity or manner

Examples:

• twofold

• manifold

• Refers to duration or manner

Examples:

• lifelong

• headlong

• Used in informal or comparative adverbs

Examples:

• sooner

• louder