Use of English/Word Families/Overview

Wörter aus den selben Wortfamilien sind einfach zu behalten oder zu erschließen, da sie ja alle einen gemeinsamen Wortstamm haben.

Word from the same word families can be easily understood because they share a common root and pre- and suffixes you can identify.

Words in bold are commmon and important to learn.

A

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
ability, disability, inability	enable,disable	able, unable, disabled	ably
acceptance	accept	acceptable, unacceptable, accepted	-ably
accident		accidental	-ally
accuracy, inaccuracy		accurate, inaccurate	-ely
accusation, the accused, accuser	accuse	accusing
achievement, achiever	achieve	achievable
act, action, inaction, interaction, reaction, transaction actor, actress	act	acting
activity, inactivity		active, inactive, interactive, proactive activate	actively
addition	add	additional	additionally
admiration, admirer	admire	admirable	admirably
advantage, disadvantage		advantageous, disadvantaged	advantageously
ad(vertisement), advertiser,	advertise	advertising
advice, adviser	advise	advisable,inadvisable, advisory
agreement, disagreement	agree, disagree	agreeable	agreeably
aim	to aim	aimless	aimlessly
amazement	amaze	amazed, amazing	amazingly
anger (anger management)	anger	angry	angrily
announcement, announcer	announce	unannounced
appearance, disappearance reappearance	appear, disappear, reappear
applicant, application	apply	applicable,applied
appreciation	appreciate	appreciable,appreciative
apprentice, apprenticeship
approval, disapproval	approve, disapprove	approving, disapproving	approvingly
approximation	approximate	approximate	approximately
argument	argue	arguable, argumentative	arguably
arrangement	arrange, rearrange
art, artist, artistry		artistic, artful	artistically
shame	shame	ashamed, unashamed, shameful,shameless	shamefully, shamelessly
attachment	attach, detach	attached, unattached, detachable, detached (semi-detached house)
attack, counter-attack, attacker	attack, counter-attack
attention	attend	attentive,inattentive	attentively
attraction, attractiveness	attract	attractive, unattractive	attractively
authority, authorization	authorize	authoritarian, authoritative, unauthorized
availability		available, unavailable
avoidance	avoid	avoidable, unavoidable
awareness		aware, unaware

B

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
base,the basics,basis	base (on)	baseless, basic	basically
bearer	bear	bearable, unbearable
beat, wife-beater	beater	beating unbeatable,unbeaten
beauty, beautician	to beautify	beautiful	beautifully
beginner, beginning	begin
behaviour/behavior (AmE) misbehaviour	behave, misbehave	behavioural/behavioral
belief, disbelief	believe, disbelieve	believable, unbelievable	unbelievably
block, blockage	block, unblock	blocked, unblocked
blood, bleeding	bleed	bloodless,bloody
the boil, boiler	boil	boiling
bore,boredom	bore	bored, boring	boringly
break, outbreak, breakage	break	unbreakable, broken, unbroken
breath, breather, breathing	breathe	breathless	breathlessly
brother, brotherhood			brotherly
build, builder, building	build, rebuild
burn, burner	burn	burning, burnt
burial	bury	buried

C

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
calculation, calculator	calculate	incalculable,calculated, calculating
calm, calmness	calm	calm	calmly
capability		capable, incapable	capably
care, carer	care for, about	careful, careless,caring, uncaring	carefully, carelessly
celebration, celebrity	celebrate	celebrated, celebratory
centre/center (AmE) centralization, decentralization	center, centralize, decentralize	central, centralized	centrally
certainty, uncertainty		certain, uncertain	certainly, uncertainly
challenge, challenger	challenge	challenging
change	change	changeable,interchangeable, unchanged, changing
character, characteristic, characterization	characterize	characteristic, uncharacteristic	characteristically
chemical, chemist, chemistry		chemical	chemically
circle, semicircle, circulation	circle, circulate	circular
cleaner, cleaning, cleanliness	clean	clean, unclean	cleanly
clarity, clearance, clearing	clear	clear, unclear	clearly
close,closure	close (schließen), enclose	(en)closed, closing
closeness	close (sich nähern)	close (by)	closely
clothes, clothing	clothe	clothed, unclothed
collection, collector	collect	collected, collective	collectively
colour/color (AmE) colouring/coloring	color coloured, discoloured, colourless/colourful	colorfully
combination	combine	combined
comfort, discomfort	comfort	comfortably
commitment	commit to	noncommittal, committed
communication, communicator	communicate	communicative,uncommunicative
comparison	compare	comparable,incomparable, comparative	comparatively
competition, competitor	compete	competitive, uncompetitive	competitively
complaint	to complain (about)
completion, incompleteness	complete	complete, incomplete	completely, incompletely
complication	complicate	complicated, uncomplicated
computer, computing, computerization	computerize
concentration	concentrate	concentrated
concern	concern	concerned, unconcerned
conclusion	conclude	concluding, conclusive, inconclusive	conclusively
condition, precondition, conditioner, conditioning	condition	conditional, unconditional	conditionally,unconditionally
confidence	confide	confident,confidential	confidently, confidentially
confirmation	confirm	confirmed, unconfirmed
confusion	confuse	confused, confusing	confusingly
connection	connect, reconnect, disconnect	connected, disconnected, unconnected
consciousness,unconsciousness		subconscious,unconscious, conscious	consciously, unconsciously
consequence		consequent, inconsequential	consequently
consideration	consider, reconsider	considerable,considerate, inconsiderate,considered	considerably, considerately
continent		continental, intercontinental
continuation, continuity	continue, discontinue	continual, continued, continuous	continually, continuously
contribution, contributor	contribute	contributory
control, controller	control	controlling, uncontrollable	uncontrollably
convenience,inconvenience	inconvenience	convenient, inconvenient	conveniently
conviction	convince	convinced, convincing, unconvincing	convincingly
cook, cooker, cookery, cooking	cook	cooked,uncooked
cool, coolness	cool down	cool	coolly
correction, correctness	correct	correct, incorrect,corrective	correctly, incorrectly
count, recount	count, recount	countable, uncountable, countless
courage, encouragement, discouragement	encourage, discourage	courageous, encouraged, encouraging, discouraging	encouragingly
cover, coverage, coverall	cover, uncover	covering undercover, uncovered
creation, creativity, creator	create, recreate	creative,uncreative	creatively
crime, criminal, criminologist		criminal, incriminating incriminate	criminally
critic, criticism	criticize	critical, uncritical	critically
crowd, overcrowding	crowd	crowded, overcrowded
cruelty		cruel	cruelly
cry, outcry	cry	crying
culture, subculture		cultural, cultured	culturally
cure	cure	cured, incurable
custom, customer, customs	accustom, customize	customary	customarily
cut, cutting	cut, undercut	cutting

D

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
damage, damages	damage	damaging, undamaged
danger	endanger	endangered, dangerous	dangerously
dare,daring	dare	daring	daringly
dark, darkness	darken	dark, darkened, darkening	darkly
date	date, predate	dated, outdated
day,midday		daily	daily
dead, death	die, deaden	dead,	deadly, deathly
deal, dealer, dealings	dealt	dealt
deceit, deceiver, deception	deceive	deceitful, deceptive	deceptively
decision, indecision	decide on	decided, undecided, decisive,indecisive	decidedly, decisively,indecisively
decoration, decorator	decorate	decorative	decoratively
deep,depth	deepen	deep, deepening	deeply
defeat, defeatism, defeatist	defeat	undefeated,
defence/ defense (AmE), defendant, defender	defend	defenceless, indefensible, defensive	defensively
definition	define	definite, indefinite	definitely,indefinitely
demand, demands	demand	demanding, undemanding
democracy, democrat		democratic, undemocratic	democratically
demonstration, demonstrator	demonstrate	demonstrable,demonstrative	demonstrably
denial	deny	undeniable	undeniably
dependant, dependence, independence, dependency	depend on	dependable, dependent, independent	dependably, independently
description	describe	describable, indescribable, nondescript, descriptive	descriptively
desire	desire	desirable, undesirable, desired, undesired
destroyer, destruction	destroy	indestructible, destructive	destructively
determination, determiner	determine	determined, predetermined, indeterminate	determinedly
developer, development, redevelopment	develop, redevelop	developed, undeveloped, developing
difference, indifference,	differ from, differentiate	different, indifferent	differently
directness,direction, (to give) directions, director	direct, redirect	direct, indirect	directly, indirectly
disagreement	disagree (see also agree)	disagreeable	disagreeably
disappointment	disappoint	disappointed, disappointing	disappointingly
disaster		disastrous	disastrously
disciplinarian, discipline	discipline	disciplinary, disciplined, undisciplined
discoverer, discovery	discover
distance	distance	distant	distantly
disturbance	disturb	disturbed, undisturbed, disturbing	disturbingly
divide,division, subdivision	divide, subdivide	divided, undivided, divisible, divisive
divorce, divorcee	divorce	divorced
do,doing	do, outdo, overdo,redo, undo	done, overdone, undone
doubt, doubter	doubt /daʊt/	undoubted,doubtful, doubtless	undoubtedly, doubtfully
dream, dreamer	dream (about)	dream, dreamless, dreamy	dreamily
dress, dresser, dressing	dress, redress, undress	dressed, undressed, dressy	dressily
drink, drinker, drinking, drunk, drunkenness	drink	drunk, drunken	drunkenly
drive,driver, driving	drive	driving
due,dues	due, undue	duly, unduly

E

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
earner, earnings	earn
earth	unearth	earthy	earthly, unearthly
ease,unease, easiness	ease	easy, uneasy	easily, uneasily
east, easterner	east, easterly, eastern, eastward(s)
economics,economist, economy	economize	economic, economical, uneconomic(al)	economically
education	educate	educated, uneducated, educational	educationally
effect,effectiveness, ineffectiveness	effect	effective,ineffective, ineffectual	effectively, ineffectively
effort		effortless effortlessly
election, re-election, elector, electorate	elect, re-elect	unelected, electoral
electrician, electricity electric	electrify	electric, electrical	electrically
electronics		electronic	electronically
embarrassment	embarrass	embarrassed, embarrassing	embarrassingly
emotion		emotional, emotive	emotionally
emphasis	emphasize	emphatic	emphatically
employee,employer, employment, unemployment	employ	unemployed
end, (happy) ending	end	unending, endless	endlessly
energy	energize	energetic	energetically
enjoyment	enjoy	enjoyable	enjoyably
enormity		enormous	enormously
entrance, entrant, entry	enter
entertainer, entertainment	entertain	entertaining	entertainingly
enthusiasm, enthusiast	enthuse	enthusiastic, unenthusiastic	enthusiastically, unenthusiastically
environment, environmentalist		environmental	environmentally
equality, inequality	equalize	equal, unequal	equally, unequally
escape,escapism	escape	escaped, inescapable	inescapably
essence,essentials		essential	essentially
estimate,estimation	estimate, overestimate, underestimate	estimated
event, non-event		eventful, uneventful, eventual (=schließlich)	eventfully, eventually
exam, examination, cross-examination, examiner	examine,cross-examine
excellence	excel	excellent	excellently
excitement	excite	excitable, excited, exciting,unexciting	excitedly, excitingly
excuse	excuse	excusable, inexcusable	inexcusably
existence	exist, coexist	non-existent, existing, pre-existing
expectancy, expectation	expect	expectant, unexpected	expectantly, unexpectedly
expenditure,expense, expenses	expend	expensive, inexpensive	expensively, inexpensively
experience, inexperience	experience	experienced, inexperienced
experiment	experiment	experimental	experimentally
expert, expertise		expert, inexpert	expertly
explaining, explanation	explain	unexplained, explanatory, explicable, inexplicable	inexplicably
explosion, explosive	explode	exploding, explosive	explosively
exploration, explorer	explore	exploratory
expression	express	expressive	expressively
extreme,extremism, extremist, extremity		extreme, extremist	extremely

F

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
fact		factual	factually
fail, failure	fail	unfailing	unfailingly
fairness		fair,unfair	fairly, unfairly
faith, faithfulness		faithful, unfaithful	faithfully
familiarity, family	familiarize	familiar, unfamiliar	familiarly
fame	famed, famous, infamous	famously, infamously
fashion	fashion	fashionable, unfashionable	fashionably, unfashionably
fat	fatten	fat, fattening, fatty
fastener	fasten, unfasten
fault	fault	faultless,faulty	faultlessly
fear	fear	fearful, fearless, fearsome	fearfully, fearlessly
feel, feeling	feel	unfeeling
fiction, nonfiction		fictional, fictive
fill, refill, filling	fill (up), fill (in) , refill	filling
final, semifinal, finalist	finalize	final	finally
finish	finish	finished,unfinished
firmness,infirmity		firm,infirm	firmly
fish,fishing	fish	fish	fishily
fit, fittings	fit	fitted, fitting	fittingly
fix, fixation, fixture	fix	fixed, transfixed, unfixed
flat	flatten	flat	flatly
flower	flower	flowered/flowery, flowering
fold, folder	fold, unfold	folded, folding
follower, following	follow	following
force	force	forceful, forcible	forcefully, forcibly
forest, deforestation, forestry		forested
forgetfulness	forget	forgetful, unforgettable	forgetfully
forgiveness	forgive	forgiving, unforgiving
form, formation, transformation,	form, reform, transform	reformed reformer, transformer
formality	formalize	formal, informal	formally, informally
fortune		fortunate, unfortunate	fortunately, unfortunately
freebie,freedom	free	free	free,freely
freeze,freezer	freeze	freezing, frozen
frequency, infrequency	frequent	frequent, infrequent	frequently, infrequently
freshness,refreshments	freshen, refresh	fresh, refreshing	freshly, refreshingly
friend, friendliness	befriend	friendly, unfriendly
fright	frighten	frightened,frightening, frightful	frighteningly, frightfully
fruit, fruition		fruitful, fruitless,fruity	fruitfully, fruitlessly
fund, refund, funding	fund, refund	funded
furnishings,furniture	furnish	furnished, unfurnished

G

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
garden, gardener, gardening	garden
generalization	generalize	general	generally
generosity		generous	generously
gentleness, gentleman		gentle	gently
gladness	gladden	glad	gladly
glass, glasses		glassy
globe, globalization		global	globally
good, goodies, goodness, goods		good
government, governor	govern	governmental, governing	governmentally
gratitude,ingratitude		grateful, ungrateful	gratefully
greatness		great	greatly
green, greenery, greens (vegetables), greenhouse-effect		green	greenish, green
ground, underground, grounding,	ground	groundless, underground	underground
grower, growth, undergrowth	grow, outgrow	growing, grown, overgrown
guilt, guiltiness		guilty	guiltily

H

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
habit, habitat		habitual	habitually
hair, hairiness		hairless, hairy
hand, handful	hand (over)	underhand, handy
handle,handler, handling	handle
hanger hanging	hang, overhang
happiness,unhappiness	happy, unhappy	happily, unhappily
hardship	harden	hard	hard, hardly
harm, harmfulness	harm	unharmed, harmful, harmless	harmlessly
head, heading, overheads	head, behead	overhead, heady overhead
health		healthy, unhealthy	healthily, unhealthily
hearing	hear, overhear (belauschen)	unheard, unheard of
heart, heartlessness		hearty, heartened, heartening, heartless	heartily, heartlessly
heat, heater, heating	heat, overheat	heated,unheated	heatedly
height, heights	heighten	heightened
help, helper, helpfulness, helping	help	helpful, unhelpful, helpless	helpfully, helplessly
highness	high	high	highly
historian, history	historic, prehistoric, historical	historically
hold, holder, holding	hold
home		homeless, homely	home
honesty, dishonesty		honest, dishonest	honestly, dishonestly
hope, hopefulness, hopelessness	hope	hopeful, hopeless hope	hopefully, hopelessly
human, humanism, humanity, inhumantiy	human,inhuman, superhuman,	humanly, humanely
hunger	hunger	hungry	hungrily
hurry	to hurry	hurried, unhurried	hurriedly
hurt	hurt	unhurt, hurtful	hurtfully

I

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
ice, icicle, icing	ice	icy	icily
identification, identity	identify	identifiable, unidentified
imagination	imagine	imaginable, unimaginable, imaginary	unimaginably, imaginative imaginatively
importance		important, unimportant	importantly
impression	impress	impressionable, impressive	impressively
improvement	improve	improved
increase	increase, decrease	increased	increasingly
credibility, incredulity		incredible, credible, incredulous	incredibly, incredulously
independence, independent	independent	independently
industrialist, industrialization, industry	industrial, industrialized, industrious	industrially, industriously
infection, disinfectant	infect, desinfect	infectious	infectiously
inflation	inflate, deflate	inflatable,inflated, inflationary
informant, information, informer	inform, misinform	informative, uninformative, informed, uninformed
injury	injure	injured, uninjured
innocence		innocent	innocently
insistence	insist on	insistent	insistently
instance,instant		instant, instantaneous	instantly, instantaneously
instruction, instructor	instruct	instructive	instructively
intelligence		intelligent, unintelligent, intelligible, unintelligible	intelligently
intent, intention	intend	intended, unintended, intentional, unintentional	intentionally, unintentionally
interest	interest in	interested, disinterested, uninterested, interesting	interestingly
interruption	interrupt	uninterrupted
interview, interviewee interviewer	interview
introduction	introduct	introductory
invention, inventiveness, inventor	invent, reinvent	inventive	inventively
invitation, invite	invite	uninvited, inviting	invitingly
involvement	involve in	involved, uninvolved
item	itemize	itemized

J

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
joke, joker	joke		jokingly
journal, journalism, journalist		journalistic
judge,judg(e)ment	judge	judgmental
juice, juices		juicy

K

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
keenness		keen (on)	keenly
keep, keeper, keeping	keep	kept
kill, overkill, killer, killing	kill
kindness,unkindness	kind, unkind	kindly, unkindly
knowledge	know	knowing, knowledgeable, known, unknown	knowingly, unknowingly,knowledgeably

L

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
enlargement	enlarge	large	largely
laugh, laughter	laugh	laughable	laughably
law, lawyer, outlaw	outlaw	lawful, unlawful	lawfully, unlawfully
laziness		lazy	lazily
lead, leader, leadership	lead	leading, lead
learner, learning	learn	learned, unlearned
legality, illegality, legalization	legalize	legal, illegal	legally, illegally
liar, lie	lie	lying
life, liveliness, living	live, outlive, relive	lifeless, lifelike, lifelong	lifelessly live (on TV), lively
light, lighter, lighting, lightening, lightness	light, lighten	light	lightly
dislike, liking	like, dislike	likeable
likelihood		likely, unlikely	likely
limit, limitation, limitations	limit	limited, unlimited
literature, literacy		literary, literate, illiterate
local, location, relocation	dislocate, relocate	local	locally
longitude, length	lengthen, prolong	long, lengthy, lengthening	lengthily
looseness	loosen (the knot)	(drive on ) loose gravel	(He broke) loose.
loser, loss	lose	lost
loudness		aloud, loud/loudly
love,lover	love	lovable, unlovable, loveless, lovely	lovingly
low	lower	low, lower, lowly	low
luck	lucky, unlucky	luckily, unluckily

M

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
machine, machinery, machinist, mechanic, mechanics,mechanism		mechanical, mechanized	mechanically
magic, magician	do magic	magic, magical	magically
make, remake, maker,	make, remake	making unmade
man, manhood, mankind, manliness,	man	manly, manned, unmanned, mannish	mannishly, manfully
management, manager, manageress	manage	manageable,unmanageable, managerial
mark,marker, markings	mark	marked, unmarked	markedly
market, marketing, marketability, marketer, marketeer	market	marketable
marriage	marry, remarry	married, unmarried, marriageable
match, mismatch	match	matching, unmatched, matchless	matchlessly
material, materialism, materialist,	materialize	immaterial, materialistic	materially
meaning, meaningfulness	mean	meaningful, meaningless	meaningfully, meaninglessly
measure,measurement	measure	measurable, immeasurable,measured	immeasurably
medical, medication, medicine	to medicate	medical, medicated, medicinal,	medically, medicinally
memorial, memory	memorize	memorable	memorably
mentality		mental	mentally
method, methodology		methodical, methodological	methodically
militancy, militant, the military, militarist, militia,	military, militant,militaristic, demilitarized	militantly,militarily
mind, minder, reminder, mindlessness	mind, remind	mindless,mindful	mindlessly
minimum, minimization, minimalist	minimize	minimal, minimum	minimally
miss, near-miss	miss	missing
mistake	mistake	mistaken, unmistakable	unmistakably, mistakenly
mix, mixer, mixture	mix	mixed
modernity, modernization	modernize	modern, modernistic
moment		momentary, momentous	momentarily
mood, moodiness		moody	moodily
moral, morals, morality, immorality	moralize	moral, amoral, immoral, moralistic	morally
mother, motherhood	mother		motherly
move,movement, removal, movers (and shakers), remover,	move, remove	movable, unmoved, moving	movingly
murder, murderer	murder	murderous	murderously
music, musical, musician, musicality		musical,unmusical	musically

N

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
name	name, rename	named, unnamed, nameless	namely
nation, national, multinational,nationalism, nationalist, nationality, nationalization	nationalize	national, international, multinational, nationalistic	nationally, internationally
nature, naturalist, naturalization, naturalness the supernatural,	naturalize	natural, supernatural, unnatural, naturalistic	naturally, unnaturally
necessity	necessitate	necessary, unnecessary	necessarily, unnecessarily
need, needs	need	needless, needy, needed	needlessly
nerve,nerves, nervousness	unnerve	nervous, nervy, nerveless, unnerving	nervously, nervelessly, unnervingly
news, renewal, newness	renew	new,renewable, renewed	newly, anew
night, midnight overnight,		nightly, nights
noise, noisiness		noisy, noiseless	noisily
normality/normalcy (AmE), abnormality, norm	normalize	normal, abnormal	normally, abnormally
north, northerner		north, northerly, northern, north, northward(s), northbound
notice	notice	noticeable, unnoticed	noticeably
number, numeral	number, outnumber, enumerate	innumerable, numerical, numerous, numbered
nurse, nursery,	nurse	nursing

O

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
obedience,disobedience	obey, disobey	obedient, disobedient	obediently, disobediently
occasion		occasional	occasionally
offence/offense (AmE), offender, offensive	offend	offensive, inoffensive	offensively
office, officer, official, officialdom	officiate	official, unofficial	officially, unofficially
the open, opener, opening,openness	open	open, opening	openly
operation, cooperation, operative, cooperative,operator	operate, cooperate	operational, operative, cooperative, operable	operationally
opposition, opposite	oppose	opposed, opposing, opposite	opposite
option	opt (out) / (for)	optional	optionally
order, disorder	order	ordered, disordered	orderly, disorderly
organization, disorganization, reorganization, organizer	organize, reorganize	organizational, organized, disorganized
origin, original, originality	originate	original, unoriginal	originally
owner, ownership	own, disown

P

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
pack, package, packaging, packet, packing, packer	pack, unpack	packed package
pain	pain	pained, painful, painless	painfully, painlessly
paint, painter, painting	paint
part, counterpart, parting, partition	depart, impart, part	partial, parting, impartial part	partially, partly
pass,overpass, underpass,passage, passing, passing	pass	passable
patience,impatience, patient		patient,impatient	patiently, impatiently
pay, payment, repayment, payee, payer, payoff, payback, payout	pay, repay	paid, unpaid, underpaid
peace	pacify	peaceful	peacefully
perfection, imperfection, perfectionist, perfectionism	perfect	perfect, imperfect	perfectly
performance, performer	perform	performant
permission, permit, permissiveness	permit	permissible,impermissible, permissive
person, personality	personalize, personify	personal, impersonal, personalized,	personally
persuasion, persuasiveness	persuade, dissuade	persuasive	persuasively
photo, photograph, photographer, photography	photograph	photogenic, photographic
picture	picture	pictorial, picturesque
place, placement, displacement, replacement	place, displace, replace	misplaced
plan, planner, planning	plan	unplanned
plant, transplant, plantation, planter	plant, transplant
play, interplay, replay, player,playfulness,playback, playoff	play, outplay, replay, downplay,	playful, playable	playfully
pleasantry, pleasure, displeasure	please, displease	pleasant, unpleasant, pleased, displeased, pleasing, pleasurable	pleasantly, unpleasantly
poem, poet, poetry		poetic	poetically
point, pointer, pointlessness	point	pointed, pointless, pointy	pointlessly, pointedly
politeness		polite, impolite	politely, impolitely
politician, politics, politicking	politicize	political, politicized	politically
popularity, unpopularity, popularization	popularize	popular, unpopular	popularly
population	populate	populated, unpopulated, populous
possibility, impossibility, the impossible	possible, impossible	possibly, impossibly
post, postage	post	postal
power, superpower, powerlessness	power, empower, overpower	powerful, overpowering, powerless	powerfully
practical, practicalities, practicality, practicability		practicable,practical, impractical	practically
practice, practitioner	practice/practise (AmE)	practised/practiced, practising/practicing
precision		precise, imprecise	precisely
preference	prefer	preferable, preferential, preferred	preferably
preparation, preparations, preparedness, prepper(English)	prepare	prepared, unprepared, preparatory
presence,present, presentation, presenter	present, represent	present, presentable	presently
press,pressure	press, pressure/pressurize, depress,repress	pressed, pressing, pressurized
prevent (from)	preventable, preventive/preventative
price	price	overpriced, priceless, pricey/pricy
print, printer, printing	print	printed, printable
prison, prisoner, imprisonment	imprison
privacy, private, privatization	privatize	private	privately
probability		probable, improbable	probably,improbably
process, processing, procession, processor	process	processed, processional
produce,producer, product, production, reproduction, productivity	produce, reproduce	productive,counterproductive, unproductive, reproductive, unproductive	productively
profession, professional		professional, unprofessional	professionally
profit,profitability, profiteer, profiteering	profit	profitable, unprofitable	profitably
progress, progression	progress	progressive	progressively
proof	prove, disprove	proven, unproven, water-proof
protection, protector, protectionism, protectorate	protect	protected, unprotected, protective,	protectively
provider, provision, provisions	provide	provisional	provisionally
public, publication, publicist, publicity	publicize	public	publicly
publisher, publishing	publish	published, unpublished
punishment, punisher	punish	punishable, punishing	punishingly
purification, purist, purity, impurity, purifier	puriy	pure, impure	purely
purpose, purposelessness	repurpose	purposeful, purposeless	purposefully, purposely, purposelessly
push, pusher, pushiness	push	pushed, pushy

Q

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
qualification, disqualification, qualifier	qualify, disqualify	qualified, unqualified
quarter, quarters	quarter	quarterly	quarterly
question, questioning, questioner, questionnaire	question	questionable, unquestionable	unquestionably
quiet, disquiet	quieten/quiet	quiet	quietly

R

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
race, racism, racist	race	racial, multiracial, racist	racially
rarity		rare, rarefied, rarified	rarely
rate, rating, ratings	rate, underrate	overrated, underrated
reaction, reactor, reactant	react, overreact	reactionary
read, reader, readership, reading	read	readable, unreadable
readiness	ready	ready	readily
realism, realist, reality, unreality, realization	realize	real, unreal, realistic, unrealistic, realisable	real, really, realistically
reason, reasoning, reasonableness	reason	reasonable, unreasonable, reasoned	reasonably, unreasonably
receipt, receipts, receiver, reception, receptive, recipient, reciprocity	receive	reciprocal, received	reciprocally
recognition	recognize	recognizable, unrecognizable	recognizably
record, recorder, recording	record	recorded, unrecorded
referee, reference, referral	refer, referee	referred
reflection, reflector	reflect	reflective	reflectively
regret	regret	regrettable, regretful	regrettably, regretfully
regular, regularity, irregularity	regulate	regular, irregular	regularly, irregularly
relation, relative, relationship	relate	related, unrelated, relative	relatively
relaxation	relax	relaxed,relaxing
reliability, reliance	rely (on)	reliable, unreliable, reliant	reliably
religion		religious, irreligious	religiously
the remainder, remains	remain	remaining
remark	remark	remarkable, unremarkable	remarkably
repair, disrepair	repair	irreparable	irreparably
repeat, repetition	repeat	repeated, repetitive/repetitious	repeatedly, repetitively
report, reporter	report	unreported	reportedly
representation, representative	represent	representative, unrepresentative	represent
reputation, disrepute	reputable, disreputable, reputed	reputedly, reputably
respect, disrespect, respectability, respects	respect	respectable, respected, respectful, disrespectful, respective	respectively, disrespectfully
respondent, response, responsiveness, first-responder	respond	respresponsive,unresponsive	responsively
responsibility, irresponsibility		responsible, irresponsible	responsibly, irresponsibly
rest, unrest, restlessness, restaurant, rest-room	rest	restless, rested, restful restive	restlessly
retiree,retirement	reitre	retired, retiring
reward	reward	rewarding,unrewarding
riches,richness, enrichment, the rich	enrich	rich	richly
ride,rider,	ride, override	riding overriding, riderless
right, rightness, rights, righteousness,	rigth	right, righteous, rightful, rightist	-
roll, roller	roll, unroll
romance,romantic, romanticism	romance, romanticize	romantic, unromantic, romanticized	romantically
rough, roughage, roughness	rough, roughen (somenone up)	rough	roughly
round, rounders, roundness	round	round, rounded	round, roundly
royal, royalist, royalty		royal, royalist	royally
rudeness		rude	rudely
rule, ruler, ruling, unruliness	rule, overrule	ruling, unruly
run, rerun, runner, running, rundown	run, outrun, overrun	running, runny

S

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
sadness	sadden	sad, saddened	sadly
safe,safety		safe, unsafe	safely
satisfaction, dissatisfaction	satisy	satisfactory, unsatisfactory, satisfied, dissatisfied, unsatisfied, satisfying	satisfactorily, unsatisfactorily
save,saver, saving, savings, saviour	save
scare	scare	scared, scary
school, pre-school, (home) schooling	school	pre-school, scholastic	scholastically
science, scientist	scientific, unscientific	scientifically
score, scorer	score, outscore, underscore	scoreless
search, research, researcher	search, research	searching, searchable	searchingly
seat, seating	seat, unseat	seated
secrecy, secret, secretiveness		secret,secretive	secretly, secretively
sense, nonsense, sensibility, sensitivity, insensitivity, sensitiveness, sensor	sense, sensitize, desensitize	sensible (vernünftig), senseless, sensitive (sensibel), insensitive, nonsensical, sensory	sensibly, sensitively,insensitively, senselessly
separation, separatism, separatist	separate	separable, inseparable, separate	inseparably, separately
seriousness		serious	seriously
servant, serve, server, service, disservice, serving, servitude	serve,service	serviceable,servile
sex, sexism, sexuality		sexist. sexual, bisexual, sexy, asexual	sexually, sexily
shadow, shade	shadow, overshadow	shadowy
shake, shakiness, shaker	shake	shaky	shakily
shape, shapeliness, shapelessness	shape	shapeless, shapely, shaped	shapelessly
(pencil) sharpener, sharpness	sharpen	sharp, sharply, sharpish
shine,shininess	shine, outshine
shock, shocker	shock	shocked, shocking, shockable	shockingly
shop, shopper, shopping	shop
short, shortage, shortness, shorts	shorten	short, shortish	short, shortly
shyness	shy (away)	shy	shyly
sick, sickness	sicken	sick, sickening,sickly	sickeningly
sight, insight, oversight, sighting	see, sight	sighted, unsightly
sign, signal,signatory, signature, (book) signing	sign, signal	signed, unsigned
significance,insignificance,	signify	significant, insignificant	significantly, insignificantly
silence, silencer	silence	silent	silently
similarity		similar, dissimilar	similarly
simplicity, simplification	simplify	simple, simplistic	simply
singer, singing	sing	unsung
single,singles	single	single, singular	singly
skill		skilful, skilled, unskilled	skilfully
sleep, sleeper, sleepiness, sleeplessness	sleep	asleep, sleepless, sleepy, sleeping	sleepily
slight	slight	slight, slighted, slightest	slightly
slip,slipper	slip	slippery
smoke, smoker, non-smoker, smoking	smoke	smoked, smoking, non-smoking, smoky, smokeless
smoothness, smoothie	smooth	smooth	smoothly
society, sociologist, sociology, socialism, socialist, socialite	socialize	sociable,unsociable, social, anti-social, unsocial, sociological	socially, sociologically
softness,softy, softener	soften	soft	softly
solid, solidarity, solidity, solids	solidify	solid	solidly
solution, solvent, solubility, solvency	solver	soluble, insoluble, unsolved, solvent, solvable
south, southerner		south, southerly, southern, southbound, southward(s), southernmost
speaker, speech	speak	unspeakable, speechless, outspoken, unspoken	unspeakably
special, specialist, speciality, specialty, specialization,	specialize	special, specialized	specially
speed, speeding, speediness	speed	speedy	speedily
spelling, speller	spell,misspell
spoils	spoil	spoilt/spoiled, unspoiled/unspoilt
sport	sport	sporting, sporty, unsporting
spot, train-spotter	spot	spotted, spotless, spotty	spotlessly
stand, standing, standoff, standstill	stand, withstand	standing, outstanding	outstandingly
standard, standardization	standardize	standard, substandard
start, starter, non-starter	start, restart
statement, understatement	state, overstate	understated
steam, steamer	steam	steamy, steaming
steepness	steepen	steep	steeply
sticker, stickiness	stick	sticky, stuck, unstuck
stiffness	stiffen	stiff	stiff, stiffly
stone	stone	stoned, stony
stop,stoppage, stopper	stop	non-stop	non-stop
storm	storm	stormy
straight	straighten	straight
stranger, strangeness		strange, estranged	strangely
strength	strengthen, strongarm	strong	strongly
stress, distress	stress	stressed,stressful, distressing	distressingly
strike, striker	strike	striking, strikebound	strikingly
structure, restructuring, structuralism	structure,restructure	structural, structuralist	structurally
student, study, studies, studiousness	study	studious,studied	studiously
stupidity		stupid	stupidly
style, stylist, stylishness	style	stylish, stylistic	stylishly, stylistically
substance	substantiate	substantial, insubstantial, substantive	substantially
success, succession, successor	succeed in ...ing	successful, unsuccessful, successive	successfully, unsuccessfully
suddenness		sudden	suddenly
sufferer, suffering, sufferance	suffer	insufferable	insufferably
suggestion	suggest	suggestive, suggestible	suggestively
summer, midsummer		summery
supplier, supplies,supply	supply
support, supporter, supportiveness	support	supportive, supporting	supportively
supposition	suppose, presuppose	supposed	supposedly
surface	surface, resurface	surface
surprise	surprise	surprised, surprising	surprisingly
surroundings,surrounds	surround	surrounding
survival, survivor	survive	surviving, survivable
suspect, suspicion	suspect	suspect, suspected, unsuspecting, suspicious	suspiciously
swearing	swear	sworn
sweet, sweetener, sweetness	sweeten	sweety, sweet	sweetly
swim, swimmer, swimming	swim		swimmingly
symbol, symbolism, symbolist	symbolize	symbolic, symbolist	symbolically
sympathy, sympathizer, sympathies	sympathize	sympathetic, unsympathetic	sympathetically
system, systematization	systematize	systematic	systematically

T

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
takings, undertaking, taker	take, overtake, undertake	taken
talk	talk	talkative
taste, distaste, taster	taste	tasteful, distasteful, tasteless, tasty	tastefully, distastefully, tastelessly
tax, taxation	tax	taxable, taxing
teacher, teaching, teachings	teach	taught
tear, tearfulness		tearful	tearfully
technicalities,technicality, technician, technique		technical	technically
technology, technologist		technological	technologically
thanks, thankfulness	thank	thankful, thankless	thankfully
theorist, theory, theorem	theorize	theoretical	theoretically
thick, thickness, thickener	thicken	thick	thickly
thinness,thinner	thin	thin	thinly
think, rethink, thinker, thinking thought, thoughtfulness, thoughtlessness	think, rethink	unthinkable thoughtful, thoughtless	thoughtfully, thoughtlessly
thirst		thirsty	thirstily
threat	threaten	threatening	threateningly
tie	tie, untie
tightness	tighten	tight	tightly
time, overtime, timer, timing	time	timeless, timely, untimely
tiredness	tire	tired, tireless, tiresome,tiring	tirelessly, tiredly, tiresomely
title, subtitles, surtitle, titles	entile	titled
top, topping	top	top, topless, topmost
touch	touch	touched, untouched, touching, touchy	touchingly, touchily
toughness	toughen	tough	toughly
trade, trader, trading	trade
tradition, traditionalist, traditionalism		traditional	traditionally
trainee,trainer, training, retraining	train	untrained
transport, transportation, transporter	transport
treat, treatment, mistreatment, maltreatment	treat, mistreat, maltreat	untreated
trick, trickery	trick	tricky
trouble	trouble	troubled, troublesome, troubling	troublingly
trust, distrust, mistrust, trustee, trusteeship	trust, distrust, mistrust, entrust	trusting, trustworthy	trustfully
truth, untruth, truthfulness		true, untrue,truthful	truly, truthfully
try, trial	try	trying, untried
turn, upturn, turning, turnout, turnaround, turnover	turn, overturn	upturned
twist, twister	twist	twisted, twisty
type, typing, typist	type, typify	typical	typically