Adjectives for things


Adjectives to describe things or people - Vocabulary List

  • affectionate

    having or displaying warmth or fondness

  • aggressive

    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

  • ambitious

    having a strong desire for success or achievement

  • analytical

    using or skilled in using reasoning

  • apprehensible

    capable of being apprehended or understood

  • athletic

    relating to sports

  • bad

    having undesirable or negative qualities

  • beautiful

    pleasing to the senses

  • bossy

    offensively self-assured or exercising unwarranted power

  • careful

    exercising caution or showing attention

  • competitive

    involving rivalry over something

  • confident

    having or marked by assurance

  • cooperative

    involving the joint activity of two or more

  • critical

    of a serious examination and judgment of something

  • extreme

    of the greatest possible degree, extent, or intensity

  • fantastic

    extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance

  • fine

    free from impurities

  • good

    having desirable or positive qualities

  • great

    a person who has achieved distinction in some field

  • handsome

    pleasing in appearance

  • kind

    having a tender and considerate and helpful nature

  • loud

    characterized by sound of great volume or intensity

  • manipulative

    skillful in influencing others to one's own advantage

  • marvelous

    extraordinarily good or great

  • middle-aged

    being roughly between 45 and 65 years old

  • nice

    pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

  • old

    having lived for a long time or attained a specific age

  • patient

    enduring trying circumstances with even temper

  • poor

    having little money or few possessions

  • pretty

    pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

  • rich

    possessing material wealth

  • selfish

    concerned chiefly with your own advantage

  • sensitive

    responsive to physical stimuli

  • short

    having little length or lacking in length

  • shy

    timid and lacking self-confidence

  • sneaky

    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

  • sociable

    inclined to or conducive to companionship with others

  • strong

    having strength or power greater than average or expected

  • stubborn

    tenaciously unwilling to yield

  • tall

    great in vertical dimension; high in stature

  • ugly

    displeasing to the sense of sight

  • weak

    wanting in physical strength

  • wonderful

    extraordinarily good or great

  • young

    any immature animal

  • determined

    having been learned or found especially by investigation

  • bold

    fearless and daring

  • off-the-cuff

    with little or no preparation or forethought

  • offhand

    with little or no preparation or forethought

  • slacker

    a person who shirks his work or duty

  • competent

    properly or sufficiently qualified, capable, or efficient

  • selfish

    concerned chiefly with your own advantage

  • easygoing

    relaxed and informal in attitude or standards

  • incompetent

    not qualified or suited for a purpose

  • unrehearsed

    with little or no preparation or forethought

  • virtuoso

    someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

  • acknowledged

    recognized or made known or admitted

  • resourceful

    adroit or imaginative

  • essential

    basic and fundamental

  • requisite

    necessary for relief or supply

  • prerequisite

    something that is needed or obligatory in advance

  • obligatory

    required by compulsion or convention

  • world-weary

    tired of the world

  • self-confident

    showing poise and assurance in your own worth

  • well-known

    widely or fully known

  • old-fashioned

    out of fashion

  • demode

    out of fashion

  • tired

    depleted of strength or energy

  • well-groomed

    having tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat

  • good-humored

    disposed to please

  • strong-minded

    having a determined will

  • softhearted

    easily moved to pity or sorrow

  • hardhearted

    lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

  • well-advised

    having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel

  • advised

    having received information

  • self-made

    having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts

  • successful

    having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

  • unsuccessful

    not successful

  • undefeated

    victorious

  • unbeaten

    not conquered

  • good-looking

    pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

  • outgoing

    at ease in talking to others

  • outspoken

    given to expressing yourself freely or insistently

  • absentminded

    lost in thought; showing preoccupation

  • well-lighted

    provided with artificial light

  • thick-skinned

    insensitive to criticism

  • tough-skinned

    insensitive to criticism

  • go-getter

    someone whose career progresses rapidly

  • confused

    unable to think with clarity or act intelligently

  • clearheaded

    not mentally confused

  • worthwhile

    sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time

  • influential

    having or exercising power

  • pretty

    pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

  • sarcastic

    expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

  • mind-blowing

    intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations

  • damaged

    harmed or injured or spoiled

  • damaged

    harmed or injured or spoiled

  • discreet

    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

  • indiscreet

    lacking discretion; injudicious

  • optional

    possible but not necessary; left to personal choice

  • ashamed

    feeling guilt or embarrassment or remorse

  • unashamed

    used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame

  • remorseful

    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow

  • regretful

    feeling or expressing sorrow or a sense of loss

  • unregretful

    feeling no regret

  • generous

    willing to give and share unstintingly

  • stingy

    unwilling to spend

  • ungenerous

    lacking in magnanimity

  • frugal

    avoiding waste

  • spendthrift

    someone who spends money freely or wastefully

  • beautiful

    pleasing to the senses

  • ugly

    displeasing to the sense of sight

  • infamous

    known widely and usually unfavorably

  • ill-famed

    known widely and usually unfavorably

  • barbecued

    cooked over an outdoor grill

  • guilty

    responsible for or chargeable with wrongdoing

  • innocent

    free from sin

  • unconscious

    lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception

  • conscious

    having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts

  • awake

    not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

  • asleep

    in a state of sleep

  • alive

    possessing life

  • dead

    no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

  • extinct

    no longer in existence

  • active

    characterized by energetic movement

  • passive

    lacking in energy or will

  • peaceful

    not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war

  • proud

    feeling self-respect, self-esteem, or self-importance

  • humble

    marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

  • humbled

    subdued or brought low in condition or status

  • humiliated

    subdued or brought low in condition or status

  • embarrassed

    feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious

  • complacent

    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

  • self-complacent

    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

  • self-satisfied

    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

  • smug

    marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

  • fair

    free from favoritism, bias, or deception

  • unfair

    marked by injustice, inequality, or bias

  • proof

    any evidence that helps to establish the truth of something

  • reliable

    able to be depended on; consistent or steady

  • unreliable

    not worthy of trust

  • honest

    marked by truth

  • dishonest

    deceptive or fraudulent

  • influential

    having or exercising power

  • uninfluential

    not influential

  • eclectic

    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

  • infidel

    a person who does not acknowledge your god

  • unbeliever

    someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)

  • kind

    having a tender and considerate and helpful nature

  • unkind

    lacking kindness

  • astonished

    filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise

  • amazed

    filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise

  • cracked

    of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

  • expensive

    high in price or charging high prices

  • cheap

    relatively low in price or charging low prices

  • sensitive

    responsive to physical stimuli

  • insensitive

    not noticing or caring about the feelings or needs of others

  • real

    being or occurring in fact or actuality

  • unreal

    lacking material form or substance; unreal

  • upset

    cause to lose one's composure

  • worried

    afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble

  • anxious

    causing or fraught with or showing nervousness

  • dying

    in the process of passing from life or ceasing to be

  • concerned

    feeling or showing worry about something

  • unconcerned

    lacking in interest or care or feeling

  • psychological

    mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature

  • moral

    concerned with principles of right and wrong

  • immoral

    deliberately violating principles of right and wrong

  • lovely

    lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

  • outstanding

    of major significance or importance

  • prominent

    conspicuous in position or importance

  • crucial

    of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis

  • essential

    basic and fundamental

  • all important

    of the greatest importance

  • relevant

    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

  • irrelevant

    having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

  • subtle

    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

  • single

    existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual

  • married

    joined in matrimony

  • divorced

    of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved

  • greedy

    immoderately desirous of acquiring something

  • off the hook

    freed from danger or blame or obligation

  • List of 228 Common Adjectives

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    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.

    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

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    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!

    Synonyms and antonyms "thing" - analysis and associations to the word "thing". Morphological analysis and declension of words

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    Translation of the word thing

    We offer you a translation of the word thing into English, German and French.
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    • English
    • German
    • French

    • thing
      • right thing
      • interesting stuff
      • trivial matter
    • object - object, object
      • everyday objects
      • personal item - personal item
    • belonging - accessory
      • valuable belongings
    • possession - property
    • lot — lot
    • entity - entity
    • concern - concern
    • pair - pair
    • Ding - item
      • little thing - kleines Ding
      • very interesting thing - sehr interessante Sache
    • Gegenstand - item
      • necessary item - passenden Gegenstand
      • interesting things — interessante Artikel
    • Zeugs - piece
    • Habseligkeiten - belongings
    • Erinnerungsstück - commemorative gift
    • Arbeit - case
    • Stuck - piece
    • Erbstück - family heirloom
    • Gepäckstück - piece of luggage
    • Res - case
    • Art. - item
    • chose - thing, contraption
      • state of affairs
      • old things - vieux trucs
    • objet - item
      • valuables - objets de valeurs
    • bien - subject
    • ustensile - tool
    • en-soi
    • Hypernyms of the word thing

      1. object

      Hyponyms of the word thing

      1. trash trifle urinal horseradish underwear
      2. fool product estate
      3. bast shoes
      4. bullshit

      Scope of the word thing

      General vocabularyLegal termSlangColloquial expressionTaboo vocabulary

      Morphological analysis (part of speech) of the word thing

      things Genitive (who, what?) things things Dative (to whom, what?) things things accusative (who, what?) item things Creative (by whom, what?) thing things Prepositional (about whom, about what?) things things

      Sentences with the word thing

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      "Thing" morphological analysis of the word - associations, cases and declension of words

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        Hypo-hyperonymic relations

        an object thing trifle

        Adjectives for the word thing

        What is a thing like? We offer a selection of adjectives based on literary works and articles.

        like

        Strange

        different

        terrible

        simple

        other

        terrible

        personal

        necessary

        0024 awesome

        applied

        forbidding

        abstruse

        lively

        accessible

        conditional

        instructive

        Verbs for the word thing

        What can a thing do? What can be done with the item? Selection of suitable verbs based on the Russian language.

        trust

        export

        change

        confess

        adapt

        reprint

        accuse

        Say

        Issue

        Hold

        Consider

        Diminate

        Assue

        Wit

        Acquake

        Place the

        Associations to the word thing

        Selection of an associative series. Words that are more or less associated with what you are looking for.

        bag

        car

        Love

        Parally

        Guitar

        Polyana

        Cartoon

        Hairdresser

        Priest

        Reignment

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        Hypernyms

        object


        Hyponyms

        rubbish

        change

        urinal

        horseradish

        linen


        fool

        product

        estate


        bast shoes



        What kind of thing (morphological analysis)

        Word parsing by part of speech, gender, number, animation and case.

        Part of speech:

        noun

        Genus:

        female

        Number:

        single

        Animation:

        inanimate

        Case:

        nominative

        Declension of the noun thing (what case)

        Case declension in singular and plural.

        Case Question Unit Mn. number
        Nominative (who, what?) item things
        Genitive (who, what?) things things
        Dative (to whom, what?) things things
        accusative (who, what?) item things
        Creative (by whom, what?) thing things
        Prepositional (about whom, about what?) things things

        Application area

        Americanism Architecture Politics Furniture woodworking

        Sentences with the word thing

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