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English Adjectives

Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns. Learn about different types of adjectives and their roles in sentences to make your English clearer and more expressive.

Basic Definitions

Learn about adjective clauses, adjective phrases, and article adjectives:

What is an adjective clause?
What is an adjective phrase?
What is an article adjective?

Types of Adjectives

Learn about different types of adjectives, including article, common, compound, coordinate, cumulative, descriptive, and proper adjectives:

Article adjectives
Common adjectives
Compound adjectives
Coordinate adjectives
Cumulative adjectives
Descriptive adjectives
Proper adjectives

Adjectives for Specific Uses

Find adjectives tailored for describing food, love, people, books, children, friends, and more:

Adjectives for food
Adjectives for love
Adjectives that describe people
Adjectives to describe a book
Adjectives to describe a child
Adjectives to describe a friend
Adjectives to describe a good person
Adjectives to describe a student
Adjectives to describe food
Adjectives to describe students
Adjectives for a Resume

Special Types of Adjectives

Below you'll find lists of types of popular adjectives:

Funny adjectives
Good adjectives
Happy adjectives
Leadership adjectives
Physical adjectives
Positive adjectives
Powerful adjectives
Quality adjectives
Resume adjectives
Scary adjectives
Strong adjectives
Weird adjectives

General Adjective With Examples

Explore a comprehensive list of adjectives from A to Z: