What does the suffix ment mean when added to a word?

Answer 1

5-letter words

ament

6-letter words

cement, dement, foment, lament, loment, moment

7-letter words

ailment, aliment, augment, clement, comment, element, ferment, figment, fitment, garment, hutment, oddment, payment, pigment, raiment, sarment, segment, torment, varment

8-letter words

abetment, abutment, argument, armament, averment, bailment, basement, bodement, casement, cerement, diriment, document, easement, filament, fragment, judgment, ligament, liniment, lodgment, monument, movement, muniment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, parament, pavement, pediment, regiment, rudiment, sediment, shipment, tegument, tenement, vehement, vestment, weldment

9-letter words

abasement, abashment, abatement, adornment, affixment, agreement, alignment, alinement, allotment, amassment, amazement, amendment, amusement, annulment, apartment, atonement, battement, besetment, blastment, catchment, condiment, debarment, decrement, deferment, determent, detriment, devilment, ejectment, elopement, embayment, embedment, emolument, enactment, endowment, enjoyment, equipment, excrement, extolment, feoffment, firmament, fleshment, fundament, hardiment, hatchment, implement, inclement, increment, interment, inurement, judgement, lineament, lodgement, merriment, nutriment, parchment, placement, ravelment, remitment, repayment, revetment, rousement, sacrament, sentiment, statement, strewment, testament, treatment, worriment

10-letter words

abridgment, accruement, adjustment, advisement, alightment, allurement, ambushment, amercement, anointment, arrestment, assessment, assignment, assoilment, assortment, attachment, attainment, attornment, attunement, avouchment, babblement, bafflement, banishment, battlement, bemusement, betterment, cajolement, cantonment, commitment, complement, compliment, conferment, couplement, debasement, debatement, decampment, defacement, defilement, definement, denotement, denouement, denudement, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, designment, detachment, detainment, devotement, disbarment, disownment, divestment, effacement, embalmment, embankment, embarkment, embodiment, embossment, employment, encampment, encasement, encashment, encystment, endearment, engagement, engulfment, enjambment, enlacement, enlistment, enmeshment, enrichment, enrollment, enserfment, entailment, enticement, entombment, entrapment, escapement, escarpment, evolvement, excitement, experiment, famishment, government, habiliment, harassment, immurement, impairment, impalement, impartment, impediment, incitement, indictment, inducement, instalment, instrument, integument, intendment, internment, investment, management, medicament, nonpayment, obtainment, ordainment, parliament, preachment, preferment, prepayment, punishment, puzzlement, rabblement, ravagement, ravishment, reargument, rearmament, recoupment, refinement, resentment, retirement, revealment, revilement, securement, seducement, settlement, signalment, solacement, subsegment, supplement, tanglement, tournament, unfoldment, wilderment, wonderment

11-letter words

abandonment, abolishment, abridgement, achievement, acquirement, adjournment, advancement, appeasement, appointment, arbitrament, arraignment, arrangement, assuagement, bedevilment, bedizenment, beguilement, bereavement, bewitchment, bombardment, commandment, compartment, comportment, concealment, concernment, confinement, congealment, consignment, containment, contentment, controlment, curettement, curtailment, debouchment, debridement, deforcement, depravement, derangement, despisement, despoilment, detrainment, development, disablement, disarmament, disbandment, discernment, dislodgment, disportment, dissepiment, divorcement, edutainment, embracement, embroilment, emplacement, empowerment, enchainment, enchantment, endorsement, enfeoffment, enforcement, enframement, engorgement, engraftment, engrossment, enhancement, enjambement, enlargement, ennoblement, enslavement, entitlement, entrainment, entreatment, entrustment, envelopment, environment, fulfillment, garnishment, impeachment, imperilment, impingement, impoundment, impressment, improvement, indorsement, installment, instillment, involvement, measurement, misjudgment, myofilament, nonargument, nourishment, overgarment, overpayment, predicament, prejudgment, presentment, procurement, realignment, recruitment, reenactment, reequipment, refrainment, refreshment, replacement, requirement, rescindment, restatement, startlement, subbasement, temperament, traducement

12-letter words

accouchement, accouterment, accoutrement, admonishment, aggrievement, announcement, appraisement, astonishment, bedazzlement, befuddlement, belittlement, bewilderment, blandishment, chastisement, comanagement, commencement, decipherment, demolishment, denouncement, dethronement, diminishment, disagreement, disbursement, disendowment, disguisement, disinterment, dislodgement, displacement, disseverment, embattlement, embezzlement, embitterment, emblazonment, empoisonment, empressement, encipherment, encirclement, encroachment, endangerment, enfeeblement, enshrinement, entanglement, enthrallment, enthronement, entrancement, entrenchment, estrangement, hereditament, imprisonment, infotainment, infringement, intersegment, inveiglement, languishment, maltreatment, microelement, misalignment, misplacement, misstatement, mistreatment, monofilament, multielement, nonalignment, nontreatment, outplacement, overdocument, overornament, postponement, presentiment, pretreatment, radioelement, readjustment, reassessment, reassignment, reattachment, recommitment, redeployment, reemployment, reengagement, reenlistment, reindictment, reinvestment, renouncement, resettlement, ressentiment, retrenchment, stablishment, undergarment, underlayment, underpayment, unemployment, unsettlement

13-letter words

accompaniment, admeasurement, advertisement, advertizement, apportionment, ascertainment, bamboozlement, beleaguerment, disburdenment, disengagement, disfigurement, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disparagement, embarrassment, embellishment, embranglement, embrittlement, encompassment, encouragement, enlightenment, ensorcellment, entertainment, establishment, forestallment, interlacement, maladjustment, microfilament, misemployment, misgovernment, mismanagement, multifilament, nonattachment, noncommitment, nonemployment, nonengagement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, overstatement, overtreatment, posttreatment, precommitment, preemployment, preenrollment, preexperiment, prefigurement, preordainment, preretirement, presettlement, pretournament, pronouncement, rapprochement, reappointment, rearrangement, reconcilement, redevelopment, refurbishment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, remeasurement, replenishment, subdepartment, subemployment, subgovernment, thermoelement, transshipment, vouchsafement

14-letter words

accomplishment, acknowledgment, aggrandizement, antigovernment, antimanagement, arrondissement, bouleversement, disappointment, disarrangement, disconcertment, discontentment, discouragement, disembowelment, disenchantment, disfurnishment, disgruntlement, disheartenment, divertissement, extinguishment, impoverishment, intertwinement, nonachievement, nondevelopment, nonenforcement, nonfulfillment, noninstallment, noninvolvement, overadjustment, overassessment, overcommitment, overinvestment, overrefinement, postretirement, prearrangement, predevelopment, recommencement, relinquishment, semiretirement, subdevelopment, understatement

15-letter words

acknowledgement, antidevelopment, counterargument, countermovement, disentanglement, disillusionment, eclaircissement, enfranchisement, hyperexcitement, micromanagement, overachievement, overdevelopment, reapportionment, reestablishment, supergovernment, underemployment, underinvestment

16-letter words

antiunemployment, counterstatement, disestablishment, disfranchisement, embourgeoisement, hyperdevelopment, malapportionment, microenvironment, nonentertainment, nonestablishment, nonreappointment, underachievement, underdevelopment, undernourishment

17-letter words

antiestablishment, counterdeployment, countergovernment

18-letter words

disenfranchisement, gedankenexperiment

Answer 2

The suffix "-ment" is used to form nouns from verbs, indicating the action or result of the verb it is attached to. For example, "enjoy" becomes "enjoyment," indicating the state of experiencing pleasure.

Answer 3

There are lots of words in the English language that end with the suffix -ment, such as Parliament, government, abandonment, embankment, payment, parchment.

The suffix -ment denotes a process, action, result or means, as in imprisonment, realignment, re-enactment, or a state or condition, as in contentment, disenchantment.

Answer 4

Treatment, advancement,  entertainment, improvement, statement,  enjoyment,  basement

Answer 5

The suffix -ment means the result of, means of, act of or state of something.