Adjectives, Comparatives and Superlatives, Definition and Examples

Adjectives, Comparatives and Superlatives, Definition and Examples

Adjectives in English

• Demonstrative Adjectives
• Descriptive Adjectives
• Compound Adjectives
• Opposite Adjectives
• Positive Attitude Adjectives
• Possessive Adjectives
• Quantitative Adjectives
• Degrees of Adjectives
• Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
• Irregular Adjectives

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
angry	angrier	angriest
bad	worse	worst
big	bigger	biggest
bitter	bitterer	bitterest
black	blacker	blackest
bland	blander	blandest
bloody	bloodier	bloodiest
blue	bluer	bluest
bold	bolder	boldest
bossy	bossier	bossiest
brave	braver	bravest
brief	briefer	briefest
bright	brighter	brightest
broad	broader	broadest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
busy	busier	busiest
calm	calmer	calmest
cheap	cheaper	cheapest
chewy	chewier	chewiest
chubby	chubbier	chubbiest
classy	classier	classiest
clean	cleaner	cleanest
clear	clear	clearest
clever	cleverer	cleverest
close	closer	closest
cloudy	cloudier	cloudiest
clumsy	clumsier	clumsiest
busy	busier	busiest
calm	calmer	calmest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
coarse	coarser	coarsest
cold	colder	coldest
cool	cooler	coolest
crazy	crazier	craziest
creamy	creamier	creamiest
creepy	creepier	creepiest
crispy	crispier	crispiest
cruel	crueller	cruellest
crunchy	crunchier	crunchiest
curly	curly	curliest
curvy	curvier	curviest
cute	cuter	cutest
damp	damper	dampest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
dark	darker	darkest
deadly	deadlier	deadliest
deep	deeper	deepest
dense	denser	densest
dirty	dirtier	dirtiest
dry	drier	driest
dull	duller	dullest
dumb	dumber	dumbest
dusty	dustier	dustiest
early	earlier	earliest
easy	easier	easiest
faint	fainter	faintest
fair	fairer	fairest
fancy	fancier	fanciest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
fat	fatter	fattest
few	fewer	fewest
fierce	fiercer	fiercest
filthy	filthier	filthiest
fine	finer	finest
firm	firmer	firmest
fit	fitter	fittest
flaky	flakier	flakiest
flat	flatter	flattest
fresh	fresher	freshest
friendly	friendlier	friendliest
full	fuller	fullest
funny	funnier	funniest
gentle	gentler	gentlest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
good	better	best
grand	grander	grandest
grave	graver	gravest
greasy	greasier	greasiest
great	greater	greatest
greedy	greedier	greediest
gross	grosser	grossest
guilty	guilter	guiltiest
hairy	hairier	hairiest
handy	handier	handiest
happy	happier	happiest
hard	harder	hardest
harsh	harsher	harshest
healthy	healthier	healthiest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
hip	hipper	hippest
hot	hotter	hottest
humble	humbler	humblest
hungry	hungrier	hungriest
icy	icier	iciest
itchy	itchier	itchiest
juicy	juicier	juiciest
kind	kinder	kindest
large	larger	largest
late	later	latest
lazy	lazier	laziest
light	lighter	lightest
likely	likelier	likeliest
little	littler	littlest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
long	longer	longest
loud	louder	loudest
lovely	lovelier	loveliest
low	lower	lowest
mad	madder	maddest
mean	meaner	meanest
messy	messier	messiest
mild	milder	mildest
moist	moister	moistest
narrow	narrower	narrowest
nasty	nastier	nastiest
naughty	naughtier	naughtiest
near	nearer	nearest
neat	neater	neatest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
nice	nicer	nicest
noisy	noisier	noisiest
odd	odder	oddest
oily	oilier	oiliest
old	older/elder	oldest/eldest
plain	plainer	plainest
polite	politer	politest
poor	poorer	poorest
pretty	prettier	prettiest
proud	prouder	proudest
pure	purer	purest
quick	quicker	quickest
quiet	quieter	quietest
rare	rarer	rarest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
ripe	riper	ripest
risky	riskier	riskiest
roomy	roomier	roomiest
rough	rougher	roughest
rude	ruder	rudest
rusty	rustier	rustiest
sad	sadder	saddest
safe	safer	safest
salty	saltier	saltiest
sane	saner	sanest
scary	scarier	scariest
shallow	shallower	shallowest
sharp	sharper	sharpest
shiny	shinier	shiniest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
sincere	sincerer	sincerest
skinny	skinnier	skinniest
sleepy	sleepier	sleepiest
slim	slimmer	slimmest
slimy	slimier	slimiest
slow	slower	slowest
small	smaller	smallest
smart	smarter	smartest
smelly	smellier	smelliest
smoky	smokier	smokiest
smooth	smoother	smoothest
soft	softer	softest
soon	sooner	soonest
sore	sorer	sorest

 

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
sweaty	sweatier	sweatiest
sweet	sweeter	sweetest
tall	taller	tallest
tan	tanner	tannest
tasty	tastier	tastiest
thick	thicker	thickest
thin	thinner	thinnest
thirsty	thirstier	thirstiest
tiny	tinier	tiniest
tough	tougher	toughest
true	truer	truest
ugly	uglier	ugliest
warm	warmer	warmest
weak	weaker	weakest

Example Sentences

• There’s just one tiny problem.
• Jessica got me a tiny toy.
• He came from a tiny mountain town.

• We guess that’s true.
• Our dreams come true when we believe in them strongly.
• I accept the statement as true.

• Do you think I’m ugly?
• An ugly man knocked on my door.
• He’s old and ugly.

• His experiences made him very weak.
• Do you want people to think you’re weak?

• When it is warm though, temperatures are pretty high but bearable.
• The weather became warm.

• I’m as tall as my father.
• Neither Mark nor his wife is very tall.

• Jessica is slim.
• Steve is a slim child.
• Alex’s tall and slim.