-ship

See also ship

English

Etymology

Old English -sciepe (“state”)

Suffix

-ship

1. a suffix placed after a noun indicating the state of being that the noun means

Synonyms

• -ness
• -hood
• -itas
• -itude
• -th
• -ia
• -itia
• -ity
• -ability
• -ibility
• -icity
• -osity
• -ous
• -ose

Derived terms

Terms derived from -ship

abbotship academicianship accompliceship adminship ædileship apprenticeship assistantship authorship captainship censorship citizenship championship chancellorship comradeship conservatorship countship courtship dealership dictatorship distributorship editorship entrepreneurship fellowship followership friendship goddess-ship godship headmastership headmistress-ship hership

horsemanship hostess-ship hostship internship kingship kinship laureateship leadership listenership lordship maintainership mateship membership ownership partnership premiership professorship readership receivership relationship rulership scholarship showmanship sponsorship sportsmanship statesmanship stewardship subscribership trenchermanship visitorship workmanship

Translations

noun suffix indicating the state of being something

Czech: -ství (cs) Dutch: -schap (nl) German: -schaft (de) Icelandic: -skapur

Macedonian: -ство (mk) (-stvo) Swedish: -skap (sv) West Frisian: -skip (fy)