English

Suffix

-atory

1. forms adjectives of, relating to, or connected with the thing specified
2. forms nouns that represent things or places where a specified activity takes place

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• accusatory
• aleatory
• amatory
• ambulatory
• amendatory
• anovulatory
• anti-inflammatory
• applicatory
• aspiratory
• cardiorespiratory
• circulatory
• combinatory
• commemoratory
• commendatory
• compensatory
• conservatory
• cosignatory
• crematory
• damnatory
• declamatory
• declaratory
• depilatory
• deprecatory
• depreciatory
• derogatory
• dextrorotatory
• dilatory
• discriminatory
• dispensatory
• ejaculatory
• exclamatory
• exculpatory
• excusatory
• expiratory
• explanatory
• expurgatory
• feudatory
• fumatory
• gustatory
• gyratory
• hallucinatory
• hortatory
• improvisatory
• inflammatory
• informatory
• initiatory
• inspiratory
• interrogatory
• invitatory
• invocatory
• judicatory
• laudatory
• levorotatory
• mandatory
• masticatory
• masturbatory
• migratory
• minatory
• moratory
• nugatory
• obligatory
• observatory
• oratory
• participatory
• potatory
• precatory
• predatory
• predicatory
• prefatory
• preparatory
• propitiatory
• pulsatory
• purgatory
• reformatory
• respiratory
• revelatory
• reverberatory
• rogatory
• rotatory
• saltatory
• salutatory
• self-deprecatory
• self-explanatory
• signatory
• sternutatory
• sudatory
• supererogatory
• vacillatory
• vesicatory
• vindicatory

(nouns):

• adoratory
• calcatory
• conservatory
• hibernatory
• infirmatory
• laboratory
• lavatory
• observatory
• oratory
• purgatory
• reformatory

See also

• -ational