Question

Words with the suffix "ant"

Answer 1

Answer:

8-letter words that end in ant

• important.
• assistant.
• brilliant.
• defendant.
• reluctant.
• redundant.
• applicant.
• compliant.

Explain:

a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in French and Latin loanwords (pleasant; constant; servant) and productive in English on this model; -ant has the general sense “characterized by or serving in the capacity of” that named by the stem (ascendant; pretendant), especially in the ...