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

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 3

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

Answer 4

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