Adjectives - Adjectives are Astute (Adjective) having practical

intelligence; ingenious; shrewd

words that describe nouns.
Atypical (Adjective) not typical; not
Adjectives describe how something
conforming to type; unusual
feels, looks, tastes, or sounds.
Austere (Adjective) severe in manner
Adjectives can also tell how much or or appearance; uncompromising; strict
how many. Banal (Adjective) lacking originality;
unoriginal
Benign (Adjective) having a kind
Abstract - (Adjective) apart from disposition; gracious
actual, specific, concrete ideas or events; Bereft (Adjective) deprived and made
general; unspecific desolate; forlorn
Abstruse (Adjective) hard to Bleak (Adjective) bare and desolate;
understand; complex; esoteric cheerless; dreary
Accessible (Adjective) easy to Bureaucratic (Adjective) rigidly
approach or enter; attainable, reachable committed to procedure or routine;
Adept (Adjective) skilled; able; arbitrary; routine
accomplished Calculate (Adjective) carefully
Adroit (Adjective) expert, skilled, or thought out or planned; considered;
nimble; facile, adept studied
Aesthetic (Adjective) related to companionability
beauty; artistic; visual Candid (Adjective) frank, open,
Affable (Adjective) easy to approach honest in speech
or talk to; agreeable; good-natured Cantankerous (Adjective)
Ambiguous (Adjective) open to disagreeable to deal with; contentious;
several meanings or interpretations; peevish
indefinite; unclear Capricious (Adjective) subject to or
Ambivalent (Adjective) uncertainty led by whim; erratic; whimsical
or fluctuation, mixed feelings; unsure Cathartic (Adjective) emotionally
Amiable (Adjective) showing purging; cleansing; therapeutic
pleasant or good natured qualities; affable, Caustic (Adjective) severely critical
agreeable or sarcastic; harsh
Animated (Adjective) full of life or Cavalier (Adjective) showing
spirit; lively; vigorous arrogant disregard; dismissive
Antagonistic (Adjective) acting in Cerebral (Adjective) pertaining to
opposition to another; hostile; unfriendly the brain or intellect; intellectual
Apathetic (Adjective) having or Clandestine (Adjective) done with
showing little emotion; uncaring secrecy or concealment; secret
Apprehensive (Adjective) uneasy Coherent (Adjective) logically
or fearful; nervous connected or consistent; clear
Ardent (Adjective) having intense or Cohesive (Adjective) united,
passionate feeling; enthusiastic integrated, or unified; integrated
Arrogant (Adjective) acting superior; Compatible (Adjective) capable of
conceited; egotistic living in harmony; harmonious; fitting; well-
Articulate (Adjective) using matched
language easily or clearly; eloquent
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Compelling (Adjective) having a Dearth (Adjective) an inadequate
powerful or irresistible effect; impelling; supply; lack of supply; scarcity
urging Debilitating (Adjective) to make
Complacent (Adjective) pleased weak or feeble; disabling; crippling
with oneself; self-satisfied Decorous (Adjective) having proper
Compliant (Adjective) complying or dress, speech, or behavior; respectable
yielding in a submissive way; obedient Deferential (Adjective) showing
Comprehensive (Adjective) of deference or respect; considerate;
large scope; inclusive; complete respectful
Concise (Adjective) expressing much Deficient (Adjective) lacking in some
in a few words; brief characteristic or trait; defective;
Condescending (Adjective) looking inadequate
down upon someone or something; Definitive (Adjective) complete,
patronizing; disdainful satisfying all criteria; absolute; conclusive
Conscientious (Adjective) careful, Dejected (Adjective) depressed in
painstaking; thorough; careful spirit; disheartened
Contemporary (Adjective) of the Deleterious (Adjective) harmful or
present time period; modern injurious; toxic; dangerous
Contentious (Adjective) tending to Demeanor (Noun) conduct,
argument or conflict; quarrelsome behavior; deportment; character
Contrite (Adjective) showing sincere Demise (Noun) death or decease; end
remorse; apologetic Demure (Adjective) shyness or
Conventional (Adjective) modesty; reserved
conforming to accepted standards; proper; Denounce (Verb) to condemn openly
accepted or publicly; condemn; censure; accuse
Convoluted (Adjective) intricately Denuded (Adjective) to make naked
involved; complicated; complex or bare; strip
Copious (Adjective) large in quantity Despondent (Adjective) profound
or number; plentiful hopelessness; depressed; dejected
Cosmopolitan (Adjective) at home Detached (Adjective) separated or
in all the world; sophisticated; worldly; disinterested; unemotional; disconnected
cultured Devoid (Adjective) not possessing;
Credible (Adjective) worthy of belief lacking
or confidence; believable Didactic (Adjective) inclined to teach
Credulous (Adjective) willing to or lecture too much; academic; preachy;
believe or trust too readily; gullible instructive
Cryptic (Adjective) mysterious or Diffident (Adjective) lacking self-
ambiguous in meaning; puzzling confidence; hesitant; unconfident
Culpable (Adjective) deserving Dilatory (Adjective) tending to delay
blame; blameworthy; guilty or procrastinate; dallying; delaying
Curt (Adjective) rudely brief or abrupt Diligent (Adjective) attentive and
in speech or manner; brusque persistent; painstaking; careful
Cynical (Adjective) distrusting the Disconsolate (Adjective) hopelessly
motives of others; jaded; skeptical unhappy; inconsolable; melancholy; sad
Daunting (Adjective) discouraging Disgruntled (Adjective) displeased
through fear; alarming; intimidating and discontented; dissatisfied
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Dismissive (Adjective) indicating Erroneous (Adjective) containing an
dismissal or rejection; indifferent; error; incorrect; mistaken; wrong; flawed
unconcerned Erudite (Adjective) learned or
Dispassionate (Adjective) devoid scholarly; educated; highbrow;
of feeling or bias knowledgeable; well-educated; intellectual
Divergent (Adjective) moving apart Evasive (Adjective) intentionally
from a common point; differing; deviating vague or ambiguous; equivocal; indefinite
Divisive (Adjective) creating division Exacting (Adjective) rigid or severe
or discord; disruptive; discordant; in requirements; unyielding; demanding;
troublesome challenging; rigorous
Dogmatic (Adjective) asserting Exclusive (Adjective) omitting from
opinions in an arrogant manner; consideration; not including; limited; select
opinionated Exemplary (Adjective) worthy or
Domestic (Adjective) of, or limitation; commendable; standard
pertaining to, the home; household Exempt (Adjective) to free from an
Dominant (Adjective) having obligation; excepted; excluded; excused
authority or influence; controlling Exhilarating (Adjective) to enliven
Dormant (Adjective) inactive, as if or exhilarate; stimulate; exciting
asleep; inert; latent Exorbitant (Adjective) highly
Dubious (Adjective) doubtful; excessive; extreme; extravagant;
uncertain ridiculous; unreasonable
Earnest (Adjective) serious in Expedient (Adjective) suitable for
intention or effort; diligent the purpose; efficient; convenient; useful
Ebullient (Adjective) overflowing Explicit (Adjective) fully and clearly
with excitement; enthusiastic expressed or demonstrated; clear; obvious
Eccentric (Adjective) deviating from Extraneous (Adjective) not pertinent
customary behavior; bizarre; unusual or relevant; irrelevant; unimportant;
Eclectic (Adjective) coming from unnecessary
several sources; diverse; wide-ranging; Extravagant (Adjective) spending
varied more than is wise or necessary; indulgent;
Elitist (Adjective) belief that certain wasteful
people or groups are superior; exclusive Facetious (Adjective) not meant
Eminent (Adjective) high in station or seriously or literally; comic; sarcastic
rank; prominent; distinguished; important; Felicitous (Adjective) apt or
renowned appropriate for the occasion; suitable;
Empirical (Adjective) provable from relevant
experiment or experience; factual; realistic Fervent (Adjective) having or
Enigmatic (Adjective) mysterious or showing intensity of spirit; enthusiastic;
perplexing; unknowable; puzzling eager
Entrenched (Adjective) firmly Flamboyant (Adjective) strikingly
established or set; fixed bold or brilliant; flashy; showy; colorful
Ephemeral (Adjective) lasting a Flippant (Adjective) frivolously
short time; brief; short-lived disrespectful; glib; irreverent; superficial
Equivocal (Adjective) doubtful, Formulaic (Adjective) made
uncertain; ambivalent; confusing; according to a formula; standard;
ambiguous; misleading systematic; set; fixed
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Frank (Adjective) direct in speech; Incongruous (Adjective) out of
straightforward; honest; blunt; open place, unbecoming, or inappropriate;
Futile (Adjective) incapable of absurd; contradictory; odd; strange
producing results; ineffective; useless; Inconsequential (Adjective) of
pointless little or no importance; insignificant; trivial;
Gregarious (Adjective) enjoying the minor
company of others; sociable; outgoing Incorruptible (Adjective) incapable
Gullible (Adjective) easily deceived of being morally corrupted; honest;
or cheated; nave; trusting; innocent honorable
Habitable (Adjective) capable of Indifference (Adjective) having no
being lived in; livable; inhabitable interest or concern; uninterested;
Iconoclastic (Adjective) pertaining irrelevant
to image breaking, or an attack on beliefs; Indignant (Adjective) expressing
irreligious; radical; revolutionary strong displeasure at something offensive;
Idiosyncratic (Adjective) belonging resentful
to ones particular character; peculiar; Indispensable (Adjective)
quirky; personal absolutely necessary; essential; crucial
Illusory (Adjective) causing illusion; Indisputable (Adjective) not subject
deceptive; misleading; false to argument or dispute; uncontestable;
Immaterial (Adjective) of no undeniable
consequence; unimportant; irrelevant Indulgent (Adjective) to give in to a
Impartial (Adjective) not biased; fair; desire in an excess manner; lenient; giving;
just; neutral; objective permissive; kind; tolerant
Impecunious (Adjective) having Ineffable (Adjective) incapable of
little or no money; poor; penniless being expressed in words; inexpressible;
indescribable
Imperturbable (Adjective)
incapable of being upset or agitated; Inevitable (Adjective) unable to be
composed; calm; cool avoided; certain; necessary; predictable;
expected
Impetuous (Adjective) having
sudden or rash action; spontaneous; Ingenuous (Adjective) sincere,
impulsive truthful; honest; sincere
Implacable (Adjective) not to be Inherent (Adjective) existing as an
appeased or pacified; adamant; relentless; inseparable quality or element; intrinsic;
cruel; merciless essential; integral
Impudent (Adjective) having or Innocuous (Adjective) harmless or
showing offensive boldness; impertinent; inoffensive in effect; harmless; innocent
insolent; sassy Innovative (Adjective) ahead of the
Impulsive (Adjective) done without times, like nothing ever seen; inventive;
thinking, swayed by emotional reasoning; original
spontaneous Interminable (Adjective) annoyingly
Incisive (Adjective) remarkably clear long; never-ending; endless
and direct; sharp; keen; perceptive; Intransigent (Adjective) refusing to
insightful agree or compromise; inflexible;
Inclined (Adjective) having a uncompromising; stubborn
tendency; prone; likely; motivated; Intrepid (Adjective) resolutely
persuaded fearless; courageous; bold; heroic

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Intricate (Adjective) complex; Nave (Adjective) lacking experience;
elaborate; difficult; complicated innocent; immature
Irate (Adjective) extremely angry; Nebulous (Adjective) hazy, vague, or
enraged indistinct; cloudy; obscure; unclear
Ironic (Adjective) opposite of what is Negligible (Adjective) not important;
intended or expected; satiric; incongruous; trifling; insignificant; tiny; small
sarcastic Nonchalant (Adjective) coolly
Itinerant (Adjective) traveling from unconcerned; casual; indifferent; relaxed
place to place; roaming; nomadic Objective (Adjective) no influenced
Jocular (Adjective) joking or by feelings; unbiased; impartial; neutral
facetious; funny; humorous; witty Obscure (Adjective) unclear; hard to
Lackluster (Adjective) lacking perceive or understand; incomprehensible
brilliance or radiance; dull; dreary; Obsolete (Adjective) no longer in
uninspiring use; outdated; old-fashioned
Languid (Adjective) lacking energy Obstinate (Adjective) adhering to
or vitality; slow; relaxed; unenergetic; lazy ones opinion or course; stubborn;
Legitimate (Adjective) according to pigheaded
law; lawful; authentic; valid; genuine; real Officious (Adjective) eagerly offering
Licentious (Adjective) unrestrained unwanted help or advise; intrusive; bossy
by law or morality; lascivious; immoral; Onerous (Adjective) causing
shameless hardship; burdensome; oppressive; time-
Loquacious (Adjective) tending to consuming
talk too freely or too much; talkative; Ostentatious (Adjective) intended
wordy; chatty to attract notice; flamboyant; pretentious;
Malevolent (Adjective) showing ill flashy
will, evil; malicious; harmful; spiteful; Overt (Adjective) open to view; not
nasty; mean concealed; apparent; obvious; explicit
Marginal (Adjective) on an edge or Partisan (Adjective) influenced or
border; borderline; insignificant controlled by a certain group; biased; one-
Mercenary (Adjective) motivated sided; opinionated
purely by money; greedy; avaricious; gold- Patronizing (Adjective) an
digging offensively condescending manner;
Meticulous (Adjective) showing belittling; demeaning
extreme care about small details; detailed; Pedantic (Adjective) having a narrow
fastidious focus on small details of a subject;
Moderate (Adjective) not extreme, bookish; academic
excessive, or intense; mild; modest; Pedestrian (Adjective) lacking in
reasonable imagination or distinction; dull;
Morbid (Adjective) unwholesomely commonplace; ordinary
gloomy; grim; dark; sullen; morose; moody Pensive (Adjective) dreamily
Mundane (Adjective) uninteresting; thoughtful; contemplative; meditative;
common; boring; commonplace; ordinary thinking; brooding
Munificent (Adjective) great Perfunctory (Adjective) performed
generosity in giving; generous; benevolent merely as a routine; hasty; superficial;
Muted (Adjective) of low intensity or unthinking; automatic
volume; softened; quiet
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Pernicious (Adjective) causing harm Prosaic (Adjective) commonplace or
or ruin; harmful; malicious; wicked; evil dull; unimaginative; straightforward
Picayune (Adjective) trivial; of little Provident (Adjective) providing
value; petty; paltry; unimportant carefully for the future; prepared; shrewd;
Pious (Adjective) having a spirit of well-prepared
reverence for God; religious; devout; Provincial (Adjective) belonging to a
virtuous; spiritual particular area; local; regional; county;
Placid (Adjective) pleasantly calm or district
peaceful; unruffled; easygoing Prudent (Adjective) wise or judicious
Plausible (Adjective) appearing in practical affairs; sensible; cautious;
truthful or reasonable; likely; probable, careful
believable; credible Qualified (Adjective) having the
Plaint (Adjective) bending readily; abilities that fit a person for a task or job;
flexible; moldable certified; competent
Polemical (Adjective) involving Querulous (Adjective) full of
dispute or controversy; controversial; complaints; cross; disagreeable; critical
quarrelsome Quixotic (Adjective) dreamily
Pompous (Adjective) characterized impulsive and unpredictable; fanciful;
by a display of importance; arrogant; impractical; unrealistic
pretentious Reclusive (Adjective) living apart
Populist (Adjective) supportive of the from society; hermit-like; antisocial;
rights and power of the people; democratic isolated
Pragmatic (Adjective) practical; Redolent (Adjective) having a
realistic; sensible; logical; rational pleasant odor; fragrant; scented; aromatic
Precarious (Adjective) dependent Redundant (Adjective)
upon the will of another; unsure; unstable; unnecessarily repetitive
risky Relevant (Adjective) relating to the
Prevalent (Adjective) widespread; matter at hand; pertinent; applicable;
accepted; common; dominate; appropriate
predominate; customary Renowned (Adjective) celebrated;
Pristine (Adjective) pure; famous; acclaimed; distinguished;
uncorrupted; unsullied; virgin; unspoiled notorious; popular
Prodigious (Adjective) extraordinary Repulsive (Adjective) causing
in size, amount, or degree; huge; repugnance or aversion; disgusting; foul;
enormous; giant nauseating; gross
Profound (Adjective) going beyond Reserved (Adjective) formal or self-
what is external or obvious; deep; extreme; restrained; conservative
philosophical Resigned (Adjective) submissive or
Prolific (Adjective) producing acquiescent; reconciled; accepting
abundantly; productive; creative; fertile Resilient (Adjective) springing back;
Promising (Adjective) likely to recovering readily; rebounding; buoyant;
develop positively; hopeful; capable; strong
talented; gifted Resolute (Adjective) firmly
Prophetic (Adjective) having the determined; convinced; resolved; stubborn
abilities of a prophet, to predict what will Retaliation (Noun) return of like for
happen, prescient; like; revenge; retribution; vengeance

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Reticent (Adjective) reserved or Solicitous (Adjective) concerned or
reluctant; quiet; bashful; discreet anxious; worried; attentive; considerate;
Reverent (Adjective) having or caring
showing respect; respectful; humble Somber (Adjective) gloomily dark;
Rigorous (Adjective) severe or dismal; dreary; drab
harsh, allowing no deviation from the Sonorous (Adjective) deep;
standard; severe; demanding; difficult resonant; resounding; booming; echoing;
Routine (Adjective) customary or loud
commonplace; regular; predictable Speculative (Adjective)
Rudimentary (Adjective) relating to characterized by conjecture or abstract
basic facts or principles; elementary; reasoning; hypothetical
simple; fundamental Spellbinding (Adjective) holding
Sagacious (Adjective) having keen interest as if by a spell; enthralling;
practical sense; shrewd; perceptive; wise enchanting; hypnotic
Salutary (Adjective) promoting Spurious (Adjective) not genuine,
health or some beneficial purpose; healthy; authentic, or true; false; fake
favorable Stark (Adjective) harsh, grim, or
Sanctimonious (Adjective) making desolate; austere; severe
a false show or religious devotion; Static (Adjective) having a fixed or
hypocritical; smug stationary position; immobile; motionless
Scathing (Adjective) bitterly severe; Strident (Adjective) having a harsh,
caustic; cutting; scornful; sarcastic grating sound; shrill
Scrupulous (Adjective) having Stringent (Adjective) extremely
strong principles; honest; honorable; strict or severe; rigid; stern; harsh
reliable; trustworthy Stunted (Adjective) slowed or
Sedulous (Adjective) persistently or stopped in growth or development;
carefully maintained; diligent; zealous; interrupted; dwarfed
hardworking Sublime (Adjective) supreme or lofty;
Sensationalistic (Adjective) meant majestic; splendid
to produce startling or thrilling Subtle (Adjective) delicate in meaning
impressions; arresting; exciting or intent; restrained; understated; indirect
Serene (Adjective) calm or peaceful; Sullen (Adjective) silently ill-humored;
undisturbed; tranquil surly; morose; brooding; hostile
Servile (Adjective) slavishly Superfluous (Adjective) more than
submissive; fawning; groveling; in sufficient or required; excessive;
subservient unnecessary
Skeptical (Adjective) having or Tacit (Adjective) understood without
showing doubt; doubtful; unconvinced; being spoken; implied
disbelieving Tedious (Adjective) long and
Slovenly (Adjective) untidy or tiresome; dreary; dull; boring
unclean; sloppy; careless; messy Temperate (Adjective) moderate,
Smug (Adjective) contentedly not extreme; mild; pleasant; comfortable
confident in oneself; complacent; self- Tenable (Adjective) Capable of being
righteous; superior maintained against attack or dispute;
defensible

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Tenacious (Adjective) holding fast, Vociferous (Adjective) crying out
stubborn; determined; unyielding; noisily; clamorous; enthusiastic; vocal
persistent Volatile (Adjective) threatening to
Tentative (Adjective) not definite or break out into violence; explosive; erratic;
positive; timid; irresolute; cautious; unstable
hesitant Voracious (Adjective) craving or
Terse (Adjective) abruptly concise; consuming large quantities; ravenous;
curt; brusque; short and sweet; to the point greedy; gluttonous
Therapeutic (Adjective) having to Vulnerable (Adjective) capable of
do with the curing of disease or injury; being wounded or hurt; exposed;
healing; beneficial defenseless; weak
Toxic (Adjective) having the effect of a Wary (Adjective) on guard against
poison; poisonous; harmful; deadly; lethal danger; watchful; distrustful; suspicious
Tractable (Adjective) easily Whimsical (Adjective) marked by a
managed or controlled; docile; yielding; sudden or changing desire; playful;
controllable fanciful; imaginative
Transient (Adjective) not lasting or Wistful (Adjective) characterized by
permanent; transitory; temporary melancholy, longing; yearning; regretful
Trivial (Adjective) of little importance
or value; insignificant; unimportant
Unassailable (Adjective) protected
from attack or assault; undeniable;
unquestionable
Understated (Adjective) restrained
in design or presentation; subtle; modest;
discreet

Unparalleled (Adjective) unequaled
or unmatched; matchless; peerless;
incomparable
Unprecedented (Adjective) never
before known or experienced; exceptional;
original
Veiled (Adjective) covered or
concealed as if by a veil; disguised; hidden
Venerable (Adjective) demanding
respect due to dignity or age; admirable;
respected
Verbose (Adjective) having or using
too many words; wordy; talkative;
longwinded
Versatile (Adjective) capable of
adapting easily; adaptable; multipurpose;
handy
Vitriolic (Adjective) harsh in tone;
caustic; cutting; hurtful; spiteful