List of 228 Common Adjectives

Adjectives modify perhaps the most common words in the English language, nouns. With a list of common adjectives at hand, you can effectively describe your surroundings in detail. The words on this list of 228 adjectives can all be used to describe feelings or the appearance of objects and can also make it easy to describe yourself, your surroundings and your favorite things.

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A-D List of Adjective Words

The first part of this list features commonly used adjectives from the first four letters of the alphabet.

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

E-K Adjectives List

There are plenty more often-used adjectives that start with letters in the next part of the alphabet. Review these adjective words that begin with the letters “e” through “k.”

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

L-S Adjective Words

Moving forward in alphabetical order, there are still many more adjectives appropriate for use in everyday conversation. Explore these common words that start with the letters between “l” and “s.”

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
putrid	puzzled	quaint
real	relieved	repulsive
rich	scary	selfish
shiny	shy	silly
sleepy	smiling	smoggy
sore	sparkling	splendid
spotless	stormy	strange
stupid	successful	super

T-Z List of Adjectives

There are plenty more common adjectives throughout the remainder of the alphabet. Explore these common words that start with the letters between “t” and “z.”

talented	tame	tasty
tender	tense	terrible
thankful	thoughtful	thoughtless
tired	tough	troubled
ugliest	ugly	uninterested
unsightly	unusual	upset
uptight	vast	victorious
vivacious	wandering	weary
wicked	wide-eyed	wild
witty	worried	worrisome
wrong	zany	zealous

Printable Adjectives List

Keeping up with all of these words doesn’t have to be challenging. Just download the printable version of this list by clicking the image below, then print or save for future reference. You’ll be excited to see that the printable version has even more adjectives!

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Why Use an Adjective List?

Whether you are a native English speaker or you are learning English as a second language, using an adjective list like this one can help you expand your language skills and organize your learning.

Using an adjective list can help you build a more advanced vocabulary and build your ability to use descriptive language. This, in turn, will allow you to become a more effective writer and speaker.
People who are learning a foreign language often make a list of common descriptive words to study in order to expand their vocabulary beyond just basic nouns and verbs in the new language.

Expand Your Descriptive Language Skills

While a list of 228 adjectives sounds like a lot, these are actually just a few examples of the many adjectives in the English language. When you’re ready to build out an even more extensive vocabulary of descriptive words, explore this list of more than 125 positive adjectives. Put a positive spin on your whole day with these uplifting descriptive words. Then, discover adjectives that describe tone, feelings and emotions. Get ready to boost your creativity and start building up your list of adjective words today!

Kit Kittelstad

M.A. Education