Suffixes

Ignore rare, difficult suffixes. But don't miss common and easy ones.
Here is just a demo to show how much you stand to gain if you pay a little attention.


-er(-ar, -or, -yer), - doer

painter, baker, lawyer, jeweler, driver, teacher, dancer,

helper, farmer, lawyer, jeweler, preacher, prisoner, villager,

officer, trainer, trainer, villager

emperor, sailor, protector, narrator, translator,

investigator, conductor, distributor

scholar, beggar.


-eer, - doer

volunteer, engineer, musketeer, auctioneer, racketeer, mountaineer, profiteer.


-ee, - person who takes a passive share in an action

employee, payee, legatee, mortgagee, trustee, referee.


-ist, a person who follows a certain trade, person who practices

scientist, chemist, psychologist, physicist, cartoonist, columnist,

bicyclist, cellist, violinist, pianist, theosophist, artist, plagiarist,

narcissist, nihilist, terrorist, atheist.





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