Verb to Noun Suffixes

SUFFIX VERB NOUN VERB NOUN VERB NOUN

-AL condition, quality arrive arrival deny denial refuse refusal
approve approval propose proposal dismiss dismissal

-ANCE / ENCE action, state, attend attendance prefer preference refer reference
condition or quality accept acceptance insure insurance exist existence

-ATION / TION action or educate education eliminate elimination combine combination

resulting state inform information declare declaration immigrate immigration

-SION action or resulting state confuse confusion divide division impress impression
decide decision revise revision professprofession

-URE action or resulting state depart departure fail failure press pressure
erase erasure enclose enclosure legislate legislature

-MENT state, act, condition agree agreement employ employment punish punishment
pay payment argue argument govern government

-AGE action, state, process break breakage pack package bag baggage
post postage pass passage marry marriage

-ING action, state, process bless blessing write writing end ending
land landing feed feeding seat seating

-ERY a business or trade, a cream creamery bake bakery brew brewery

behavior, a condition slave (N) slavery brave (Adj) bravery machine (N) machinery
 Adjective to Noun Suffixes

SUFFIX ADJECTIVE NOUN ADJECTIVE NOUN ADJECTIVE NOUN

-NESS state, quality, condition happy happiness kind kindness quiet quietness
useful usefulness truthful truthfulness sleepy sleepiness

-ITY state or condition active activity curious curiosity real reality

stupid stupidity mobile mobility tranquil tranquility

-ISM state, practice ideal idealism human humanism conservative conservatism

colonial colonialism imperial imperialism favorite favoritism

-TH condition wide width long length born (V) birth

dead death foul filth grow (V) growth

-Y condition private privacy honest honesty modest modesty

difficult difficulty jealous jealousy

-ERY location, collective, brave bravery

behavior condition

-TY condition safe safety certain certainty loyal loyalty

cruel cruelty subtle subtlety admiral (N) admiralty
 Verb to Personal Noun List

SUFFIX VERB PERSONAL NOUN VERB PERSONAL NOUN VERB PERSONAL NOUN

-ANT / ENT person / instrument attend attendant inform informant preside president
/ agent assist assistant correspond correspondent reside resident

-EE person / instrument / appoint appointee pay payee divorce divorce (V/N)
recipient of action attend attendee trust trustee license licensee (V/N)

-IST person who practices tour tourist machine (V) machinist type typist

-AR person who does beg beggar lie liar registrate registrar
burgle burglar

-ER person who does advertise advertiser buy buyer keep keeper
believe believer call caller listen listener
build builder interpret interpreter pitch pitcher
-OR person who does act actor direct director navigate navigator
collect collector instruct instructor sail sailor
dictate dictator legislate legislator spectate spectator

divorce end a marriage: (N) The divorce was final. (V) They will divorce.

Adjective to Personal Noun

SUFFIX ADJ PERSONAL NOUN ADJ PERSONAL NOUN ADJ PERSONAL NOUN

-IST person who practices active activist human humanist left leftist
colonial colonialist ideal idealist natural naturalist
extreme extremist imperial imperialist nude nudist
-STER person connected to young youngster hip hipster
old oldster
 Noun to Personal Noun

SUFFIX NOUN PERSONAL NOUN NOUN PERSONAL NOUN NOUN PERSONAL NOUN

-ARIAN holders of a particular vegetable vegetarian human humanitarian parliament parliamentarian

doctrine discipline disciplinarian sect sectarian

-EE person / instrument address (N/V) addressee refuge (N) refugee

-ER person concern with farm (N/V) farmer law lawyer prison prisoner
hat hatter jewel jeweler village villager

-EER person concerned with engine engineer musket musketeer auction auctioneer
profit profiteer racket racketeer mountain mountaineer

-IST person who practices bicycle bicyclist (NN) column columnist terror terrorist
cartoon cartoonist (NN) physics physicist violin violinist

-STER person connected to game gamester prank prankster old oldster

gang gangster song songster spin spinster
mob mobster trick trickster

young / old could be an adj or a noun: (Adj) He is young not old. vs. (Group noun) The young have time, the old do not.

spinster used for a woman who has never married "a spinner of thread" spinning

London Londoner See Demonyms.

(Huddleston 19 5.7 Nominalizations) (Swan 384-6)