Definition for Suffix:

• To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.

Synonyms for Suffix:

• n.

  •affix (noun)
  • appendix,
  • postfix.

• v.

  •contact (verb)
  • suffix.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • anaphora,
  • compound,
  • apposition,
  • blend,
  • derivation,
  • canonical form,
  • derivative,
  • componential analysis,
  • appropriacy.
  •append
  • subjoin.

Antonyms for Suffix:

• v.

  • contact
    prefix.

Suffix Sentence Examples:

• Mrs. Raeburn thanked goodness she had abandoned Ruby as a possible suffix to Jenny.

• I began to compare words, to examine their constant and defined relationships, and every day I cast out from the dictionary a fresh vast series of words, substituting for this mass a single suffix, which signified a certain fixed relationship.

Hyponym for Suffix:

• v.

  • contact
    affix.