Adjectives are some of the most common words in the English language. They modify perhaps the most common words in the English language, nouns.

With a list of common adjective words at hand, you can effectively describe your surroundings in detail.

Whether you're recording your thoughts in your journal at the end of a beautiful day or jotting down the opening lines to your newest novel, having a couple of noteworthy adjectives in your back pocket will make everything just a little bit brighter. Let's have a look, shall we?

Why Use an Adjective List?

Adjective lists will help you build a more advanced vocabulary. In turn, this will allow you to become a more effective writer and speaker.

People who are learning a foreign language often make a list of common adjective words in order to memorize new vocabulary words and organize their learning process.

List of Adjective Words

Below, you'll find an adjective list that can serve as the basis for your own list. These words describe feelings and the appearance of objects, and can make it easy to describe yourself, your surroundings, and your favorite things.

Build your own list from here, adding the words you like and removing the ones you don't. You could even replace any words you don't like with other descriptive words. By keeping this list on hand as you write, you'll be able to refer to it and effectively embellish your writing.

A	Defiant	Homeless	Q
Adorable	Delightful	Homely	Quant
Adventurous	Depressed	Horrible	R
Aggressive	Determined	Hungry	Real
Agreeable	Different	Hurt	Relieved
Alert	Difficult	I	Repulsive
Alive	Disgusted	Ill	Rich
Amused	Distinct	Important	S
Angry	Disturbed	Impossible	Scary
Annoyed	Dizzy	Inexpensive	Selfish
Annoying	Doubtful	Innocent	Shiny
Anxious	Drab	Inquisitive	Shy
Arrogant	Dull	Itchy	Silly
Ashamed	E	J	Sleepy
Attractive	Eager	Jealous	Smiling
Average	Easy	Jittery	Smoggy
Awful	Elated	Jolly	Sore
B	Elegant	Joyous	Sparkling
Bad	Embarrassed	K	Splendid
Beautiful	Enchanting	Kind	Spotless
Better	Encouraging	L	Stormy
Bewildered	Energetic	Lazy	Strange
Black	Enthusiastic	Light	Stupid
Bloody	Envious	Lively	Successful
Blue	Evil	Lonely	Super
Blue-eyed	Excited	Long	T
Blushing	Expensive	Lovely	Talented
Bored	Exuberant	Lucky	Tame
Brainy	F	M	Tender
Brave	Fair	Magificent	Tense
Breakable	Faithful	Misty	Terrible
Bright	Famous	Modern	Tasty
Busy	Fancy	Motionless	Thankful
C	Fantastic	Muddy	Thoughtful
Calm	Fierce	Mushy	Thoughtless
Careful	Filthy	Mysterious	Tired
Cautious	Fine	N	Tough
Charming	Foolish	Nasty	Troubled
Cheerful	Fragile	Naughty	U
Clean	Frail	Nervous	Ugliest
Clear	Frantic	Nice	Ugly
Clever	Friendly	Nutty	Uninterested
Cloudy	Frightened	O	Unsightly
Clumsy	Funny	Obedient	Unusual
Colorful	G	Obnoxious	Upset
Combative	Gentle	Odd	Uptight
Comfortable	Gifted	Old-fashioned	V
Concerned	Glamorous	Open	Vast
Condemned	Gleaming	Outrageous	Victorious
Confused	Glorious	Outstanding	Vivacious
Cooperative	Good	P	W
Courageous	Gorgeous	Panicky	Wandering
Crazy	Graceful	Perfect	Weary
Creepy	Grieving	Plain	Wicked
Crowded	Grotesque	Pleasant	Wide-eyed
Cruel	Grumpy	Poised	Wild
Curious	H	Poor	Witty
Cute	Handsome	Powerful	Worrisome
D	Happy	Precious	Worried
Dangerous	Healthy	Prickly	Wrong
Dark	Helpful	Proud	Z
Dead	Helpless	Puzzled	Zany
Defeated	Hilarious		Zealous

More Adjective Lists

If you're looking for even more lists of descriptive words, you can choose from YourDictionary's extensive word lists from A to Z. We've got plenty of goodness right here. You might like to check out these articles:

Examples of Adjectives: sorted by what they describe, such as taste, touch, or sound
Adjectives to Describe Tone, Feelings and Emotions: includes a handy printable adjective list
List of Positive Adjectives: Put a positive spin on your whole day with these uplifting descriptive words

In any of YourDictionary's adjective articles, you may discover new words that'll help you express exactly what you see and feel. Get ready to boost your creativity and start building up your list of adjective words today!

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List of Common Adjective Words

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Adjectives are some of the most common words in the English language. They modify perhaps the most common words in the English language, nouns. With a list of common adjective words at hand, you can effectively describe your surroundings in detail. Whether you’re recording your thoughts in your journal at the end of a beautiful day or jotting down the opening lines to your newest novel, having a couple of noteworthy adjectives in your back pocket will make everything just a little bit brighter. Let’s have a look, shall we?