List of Adjective Words

Adjectives are some of the most common words in the English language: with a list of adjective words at hand, you can effectively describe your surroundings in detail.  Keep reading to learn more about adjectives and how you can organize them in lists.

 

Why Use an Adjective List?

You can put together adjective lists to study that will help you build a more advanced vocabulary. Teachers are always looking to boost the vocabulary of their students, and by learning new adjectives, students can become more effective writers and speakers. 

You can find adjective lists that feature all of the adjectives in the English language, organized alphabetically. This list might help you find adjectives that start with a specific letter and will give you a sense of how many adjectives there actually are. People who are learning a foreign language often make a list of adjective words in order to memorize new vocabulary more quickly and to organize their learning process. 

List of Adjective Words

Below is a short adjective list that can get you started on your way to building an adjective list. These words can be used to describe feelings and appearances of objects and can make it easy to describe yourself, your surroundings, and your favorite things. You can use this list to build your own list, adding words you like and removing words you do not, replacing them with even more descriptive words.  By keeping this list on your desk as you write, you can refer to is and learn to add more descriptive words into your writing. 

adorable

adventurous

aggressive

agreeable

alert

alive

amused

angry

annoyed

annoying

anxious

arrogant

ashamed

attractive

average

awful

bad

beautiful

better

bewildered

black

bloody

blue

blue-eyed

blushing

bored

brainy

brave

breakable

bright

busy

calm

careful

cautious

charming

cheerful

clean

clear

clever

cloudy

clumsy

colorful

combative

comfortable

concerned

condemned

confused

cooperative

courageous

crazy

creepy

crowded

cruel

curious

cute

dangerous

dark

dead

defeated

defiant

delightful

depressed

determined

different

difficult

disgusted

distinct

disturbed

dizzy

doubtful

drab

dull

eager

easy

elated

elegant

embarrassed

enchanting

encouraging

energetic

enthusiastic

envious

evil

excited

expensive

exuberant

fair

faithful

famous

fancy

fantastic

fierce

filthy

fine

foolish

fragile

frail

frantic

friendly

frightened

funny

gentle

gifted

glamorous

gleaming

glorious

good

gorgeous

graceful

grieving

grotesque

grumpy

handsome

happy

healthy

helpful

helpless

hilarious

homeless

homely

horrible

hungry

hurt

ill

important

impossible

inexpensive

innocent

inquisitive

itchy

jealous

jittery

jolly

joyous

kind

lazy

light

lively

lonely

long

lovely

lucky

magnificent

misty

modern

motionless

muddy

mushy

mysterious

nasty

naughty

nervous

nice

nutty

obedient

obnoxious

odd

old-fashioned

open

outrageous

outstanding

panicky

perfect

plain

pleasant

poised

poor

powerful

precious

prickly

proud

puzzled

quaint

real

relieved

repulsive

rich

scary

selfish

shiny

shy

silly

sleepy

smiling

smoggy

sore

sparkling

splendid

spotless

stormy

strange

stupid

successful

super

talented

tame

tender

tense

terrible

testy

thankful

thoughtful

thoughtless

tired

tough

troubled

ugliest

ugly

uninterested

unsightly

unusual

upset

uptight

vast

victorious

vivacious

wandering

weary

wicked

wide-eyed

wild

witty

worrisome

worried

wrong

zany

zealous

Where to Find a Comprehensive List

There are lots of adjective lists that are available online for you to use to build your vocabulary. Also consider purchasing a special adjective dictionary if you are looking for a comprehensive list in alphabetical order. Many elementary school teachers have access to special adjective lists that are appropriate for younger students, and high school teachers and college professors have lists of adjectives that are important for more academic studies. 

You can also speak to a career counselor to have access to a list of adjective words that is geared towards building up your resume. People who are looking for adjectives to describe particular objects or adjectives that fall under certain themes or subjects should look for a special list. You might find great new words that can express exactly what you see or feel by using new words on an adjective list. Boost your own creativity and start making your own list of adjective words today.