Adjectives Types, and Examples
Adjectives organized by category:
- Descriptive Adjectives (Describing Qualities)
- Happy
- Sad
- Brave
- Clever
- Gentle
- Lazy
- Bright
- Calm
- Loud
- Quiet
- Quantitative Adjectives (Indicating Quantity)
- Few
- Many
- Several
- Enough
- Whole
- Some
- Little
- Numerous
- Plenty
- Ample
- Numerical Adjectives (Indicating Numbers)
- First
- Second
- Third
- One
- Two
- Three
- Ten
- Hundred
- Dozen
- Single
- Demonstrative Adjectives (Pointing Out Specific Nouns)
- This
- That
- These
- Those
- Such
- Same
- Certain
- Another
- Each
- Other
- Possessive Adjectives (Showing Ownership)
- My
- Your
- His
- Her
- Its
- Our
- Their
- Whose
- Mine
- Yours
- Interrogative Adjectives (Used in Questions)
- Which
- What
- Whose
- How
- Where
- Why
- When
- Whichever
- Whatever
- Whoever
- Indefinite Adjectives (Referring to Non-specific Nouns)
- Any
- Some
- Few
- All
- Several
- Much
- Each
- Neither
- Either
- Various
- Proper Adjectives (Derived from Proper Nouns)
- American
- British
- Indian
- Chinese
- Japanese
- African
- Italian
- Mexican
- Australian
- Russian
- Compound Adjectives (Made Up of Two or More Words)
- Well-known
- High-quality
- Four-sided
- Long-term
- Short-lived
- Full-time
- Part-time
- Middle-aged
- Sun-dried
- Hand-made
- Participial Adjectives (Derived from Verbs)
- Boring
- Exciting
- Tiring
- Amusing
- Confusing
- Frightening
- Satisfying
- Embarrassing
- Disappointing
- Interesting
These categories and examples of adjectives help illustrate the wide range of ways that adjectives can be used to modify and enhance nouns in language.