List of Adjectives

By Misty Karam

A list of adjectives is a helpful tool in a homeschool class. Use it with your students as you study parts of speech or simply to enhance their writing. You may also want to use these lists with free grammar worksheets for a strong language arts program.

What Is an Adjective

Adjectives are words that modify nouns or pronouns. In other words, they describe, identify, or quantify a person, place, or thing. They make sentences and stories stronger, richer, and more detailed.

Popular List of Adjectives

"A" words	"B" words	"C" words	"D" words	"E" words	"F" words	"G" words	"H" words	"I" words	"J" words
adorable	bold	critical	dizzy	eager	fabulous	great	hard	idiotic	jagged
abusive	bad	calm	dangerous	egotistical	fair	giant	handsome	ignorant	jaded
arrogant	better	courageous	dumb	educated	freaky	gaunt	hard	ill	jealous
awful	bloated	callous	destructive	early	fantastic	gaudy	healthy	illegal	joyous
abnormal	black	cute	damp	enchanted	fast	gentle	harsh	immense	jolly
abrasive	beautiful	crazy	defiant	enormous	fat	great	hard	imminent	juicy
awesome	busy	creepy	dusty	expensive	fearful	giddy	hateful	immense	jumpy
aloof	broken	cool	discreet	exotic	fancy	grateful	harsh	imaginary	jittery
alluring	broad	creative	disastrous	effective	frightened	gifted	harmonious	impolite	jumbled
aware	bumpy	concerned	drab	exclusive	famous	glamorous	handy	icy	jobless

"K" words	"L" words	"M" words	"N" words	"O" words	"P" words	"Q" words	"R" words	"S" words	"T" words
kind	lame	macho	new	organized	painful	quiet	rainy	sad	tired
knowing	lacking	magical	naive	obese	petite	quick	reserved	shy	tough
keen	large	mean	nasty	odd	painful	quirky	red	silver	tart
kaput	late	massive	neat	obedient	perfect	quaint	rare	scared	tacky
knotty	last	malicious	naughty	obscene	peaceful	quickest	repulsive	scrawny	tiny
kindly	lavish	moody	negligent	old	pale	questionable	real	savory	tan
kindhearted	lazy	meek	near	offbeat	purple	quixotic	red	secret	tender
knowledgeable	light	magenta	narrow	opposite	pink	quarrelsome	rare	salty	tasty
known	loose	messy	nutty	overt	panicky	questionable	reflective	sassy	tearful

"U" words	"V" words	"W" words	"X" words	"Y" words	"Z" words
unkind	vague	warm		yellow	zany
ugly	valuable	wary		young	zippy
unable	vacuous	weary		youthful	zonked
unique	violent	weak		yummy	zesty
unbecoming	vivacious	wealthy			zealous
uneven	victorious	white
unnatural	violet	watery