500 Common English Adjectives List

500 Common English Adjectives List

Adjectives are words that indicate, introduce or shape words that come before or after them. The words it affects are of noun origin. It can also sometimes affect pronouns. Adjectives can influence, explain, or shape words in many ways. There are 3 different named adjectives. The place of these adjectives in sentences is different.

  1. Attributive Adjectives: These adjectives are used just before nouns in the sentence.
  • There are a lot of juicy oranges on the tree.
  1. Predicative Adjectives: These adjectives are used after the noun in the sentence. Also, a “linking verb” is used between the noun and the adjective.
  • She is happy after the good things that happened.
  1. Postpositive Adjectives: Adjectives here are located right after pronouns or nouns. Usually common with pronouns.
  • There were things scary in my dream.

Here are; 4500 Adjectives List From A to Z in English

1. abhorrent

2. academic

3. adamant

4. admired

5. admiring

6. adroit

7. affected

8. ancient

9. annual

10. anticipated

11. antsy

12. appreciative

13. aquatic

14. arguable

15. arid

16. assumable

17. astonished

18. astounding

19. asymmetrical

20. awful

21. bacterial

22. barren

23. bawling

24. befuddled

25. biblical

26. bigoted

27. bioactive

28. bouncy

29. brainless

30. brave

31. breezy

32. bright-red

33. brutish

34. bumpy

35. calculable

36. captivated

37. captivating

38. careful

39. certifiable

40. cheerless

41. chemical

42. chilling

43. chubby

44. chunky

45. civilized

46. clashing

47. classifiable

48. cleanable

49. coercive

50. collapsing

51. comfortable

52. common

53. communicable

54. concealed

55. conceited

56. confirmed

57. connected

58. constrictive

59. continuous

60. contoured

61. contrite

62. corpulent

63. correct

64. corrosive

65. corrupting

66. crackling

67. cranky

68. creaky

69. credible

70. creeping

71. crestfallen

72. crotchety

73. crowded

74. cruel

75. crunching

76. cunning

77. curable

78. curved

79. daffy

80. daft

81. dandy

82. deaf

83. deceiving

84. decrepit

85. defenseless

86. degraded

87. delectable

88. delighted

89. delirious

90. deploring

91. depressed

92. destroyed

93. detrimental

94. diffuse

95. dilapidated

96. disenchanted

97. disgusting

98. dismissive

99. displaced

100. displeasing

101. dissolving

102. distasteful

103. distracted

104. distracting

105. distrustful

106. doubting

107. dowdy

108. dress

109. driven

110. dutiful

111. ecological

112. effortless

113. elusive

114. enduring

115. ensuing

116. errant

117. excruciating

118. experimental

119. expired

120. exploitative

121. exquisite

122. extemporaneous

123. extension

124. extraordinary

125. exuberant

126. eye-popping

127. fallacious

128. famished

129. fanatical

130. fascistic

131. favorable

132. fictitious

133. finicky

134. flamboyant

135. flaming

136. flavorful

137. flavorless

138. flickering

139. foolhardy

140. foreboding

141. forgetful

142. foxy

143. fresh

144. fried

145. frightful

146. front

147. frosty

148. frozen

149. funniest

150. galling

151. garish

152. garrulous

153. gigantic

154. glad

155. glassy

156. globular

157. glossy

158. gluey

159. gluttonous

160. groaning

161. groomed

162. gruesome

163. guaranteed

164. guilty

165. haggard

166. halting

167. harsh

168. haughty

169. helpless

170. high-risk

171. hissing

172. hoggish

173. home

174. homeless

175. hopeful

176. humorous

177. idiotic

178. immature

179. impermeable

180. inadvertent

181. inanimate

182. inaudible

183. inauspicious

184. incandescent

185. incoherent

186. incomplete

187. inconsequential

188. inconsiderate

189. incorruptible

190. incredible

191. indelible

192. indicative

193. indirect

194. indiscreet

195. indivisible

196. inexhaustible

197. ingratiating

198. inhuman

199. inhumane

200. injudicious

201. inoperative

202. inordinate

203. insatiable

204. insecure

205. insensitive

206. insidious

207. insincere

208. inspiring

209. instrumental

210. intermediate

211. intestinal

212. intrusive

213. invigorating

214. invited

215. inward

216. irrefutable

217. irrelative

218. irreversible

219. isolated

220. jaded

221. jumpy

222. justifiable

223. knobbed

224. knotty

225. lame

226. lanky

227. lead

228. leering

229. left

230. legitimate

231. liquid

232. litigious

233. logical

234. lonely

235. long-winded

236. lopsided

237. lovable

238. lovely

239. loving

240. lower

241. macabre

242. majestic

243. major

244. maladjusted

245. massive

246. mature

247. meandering

248. measurable

249. mechanical

250. medium-rare

251. mellow

252. merciful

253. microwaveable

254. middle

255. militant

256. military

257. mini

258. miraculous

259. mobile

260. monotonous

261. more

262. mortified

263. movable

264. muddled

265. mutinous

266. mythical

267. neat

268. necessary

269. nervous

270. new

271. no

272. nonabrasive

273. nonchalant

274. noncompetitive

275. nonnegotiable

276. notorious

277. oafish

278. obese

279. observable

280. occupational

281. older

282. one

283. one-hour

284. opened

285. openhanded

286. open-minded

287. optimal

288. orange

289. ordinary

290. ornery

291. outermost

292. outgoing

293. outrageous

294. outside

295. outward

296. overprotective

297. palatial

298. panoramic

299. patient

300. peculiar

301. pedestrian

302. pensive

303. perennial

304. perpetual

305. perplexing

306. pervasive

307. petty

308. petulant

309. piercing

310. pitch-perfect

311. plane

312. poignant

313. polished

314. polluted

315. pompous

316. possible

317. praiseworthy

318. predicative

319. preeminent

320. prescriptive

321. presentable

322. presumptuous

323. prevalent

324. pristine

325. prototypical

326. proximate

327. prudent

328. psychological

329. punctual

330. puny

331. puritanical

332. pusillanimous

333. quantifiable

334. quarrelsome

335. quick-paced

336. quivering

337. radioactive

338. rancid

339. rapid

340. rash

341. rebellious

342. reckless

343. redeemable

344. redolent

345. remorseless

346. renegotiable

347. replicable

348. repressive

349. resentful

350. resilient

351. responsive

352. revealing

353. revengeful

354. reversible

355. rewarding

356. right-handed

357. sacrificial

358. safe

359. salient

360. saucy

361. scandalous

362. scarred

363. secret

364. secured

365. selective

366. self-interested

367. sensuous

368. serviceable

369. shaded

370. shameful

371. shattering

372. shortsighted

373. shrewd

374. silver-tongued

375. sinuous

376. sizzling

377. skilled

378. skillful

379. slow-moving

380. smallest

381. snappish

382. soaking

383. social

384. spendthrift

385. spiky

386. spiral

387. staunch

388. stealth

389. stereotypical

390. sticky

391. stilted

392. stimulating

393. stirring

394. stodgy

395. stony

396. strategic

397. strident

398. stuffy

399. stunning

400. sturdy

401. subliminal

402. substitute

403. subterranean

404. subversive

405. suitable

406. superabundant

407. swaying

408. sweeping

409. swimming

410. swollen

411. synergistic

412. tame

413. tattered

414. taut

415. tearing

416. teensy

417. telephonic

418. telescopic

419. threatened

420. thrilled

421. thrilling

422. tickling

423. tight

424. tiny

425. toneless

426. toothsome

427. toothy

428. torpid

429. torrential

430. training

431. transcendent

432. transcendental

433. tricky

434. triumphant

435. tuneful

436. ugly

437. ultraconservative

438. unabashed

439. unabated

440. unable

441. unapologetic

442. unattractive

443. unbeaten

444. unbelievable

445. unbelieving

446. unbreakable

447. uncanny

448. uncharacteristic

449. unconcerned

450. uncontainable

451. uncovered

452. undeserved

453. undeveloped

454. undisciplined

455. undisputed

456. unending

457. unexceptional

458. unforgiving

459. unfriendly

460. ungallant

461. unhesitating

462. unilateral

463. unimpeded

464. unimpressive

465. unincorporated

466. uninhabitable

467. uninhibited

468. unknowing

469. unlawful

470. unopposed

471. unpalatable

472. unpretentious

473. unquestioned

474. unrelenting

475. unreserved

476. unstable

477. unsteady

478. unsupervised

479. unsure

480. unsurpassable

481. unsystematic

482. untitled

483. untouchable

484. unworkable

485. unworthy

486. uppity

487. upset

488. uptight

489. used

490. useless

491. verified

492. villainous

493. viscous

494. welcoming

495. windy

496. woeful

497. wrong

498. wry

499. yearning

500. zestful