regular comparative superlative
1. beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
2.
ugly uglier ugliest
3.
clean cleaner cleanest
4.
hungry hungrier hungriest
5.
funny funnier funniest
6.
suspenseful more
suspenseful most
suspenseful
7.
silly sillier silliest
8.
noisy noisier noisiest
9.
fast faster fastest
10.
brave braver bravest
11.
colourful more
colourful most
colourful
12.
large larger largest
13.
intelligent more
intelligent most
intelligent
14.
close closer closest
15.
pretty prettier prettiest
*modern more modern most
modern
16.
spirited more
spirited most
spirited
17.
*peaceful more
peaceful most peaceful
18.
friendly friendlier friendliest
19.
calm calmer calmest
20.
heavy heavier heaviest
21.
young younger youngest
22.
organized more
organized most
organized
23.
old older oldest
24.
responsible more
responsible most
responsible
25.
bright brighter brightest
26.
thin thinner thinnest
27.
curious more
curious most
curious
28.
hot hotter hottest
29.
sharp sharper sharpest
30.
angry angrier angriest
31.
safe safer safest
32.
embarrassed more
embarrassed most
embarrassed
33.
gorgeous more
gorgeous most
gorgeous
34.
elegant more
elegant most
elegant
35.
neat neater neatest
36.
tasty tastier tastiest
37.
honest more
honest most
honest
38.
handsome more
handsome more
handsome
39.
careless more
careless more
careless
40.
picky pickier pickiest
41.
nice nicer nicest
42.
good better best
43.
bad worse worst
44.
strange stranger strangest
The Top 100 Most Common Adjectives
This
selection of the 100 most common adjectives in modern American English was adapted
from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), an extensive body of
450,000,000 words: http://corpus.byu.edu/coca
1. other
2. new
3. good
4. high
5. old
6. great
7. big
8. American
9. small
10. large
11. national
12. young
13. different
14. black
15. long
16. little
17. important
18. political
19. bad
20. white
21. real
22. best
23. right
24. social
25. only
26. public
27. sure
28. low
29. early
30. able
31. human
32. local
33. late
34. hard
35. major
36. better
37. economic
38. strong
39. possible
40. whole
41. free
42. military
43. true
44. federal
45. international
46. full
47. special
48. easy
49. clear
50. recent
51. certain
52. personal
53. open
54. red
55. difficult
56. available
57. likely
58. short
59. single
60. medical
61. current
62. wrong
63. private
64. past
65. foreign
66. fine
67. common
68. poor
69. natural
70. significant
71. similar
72. hot
73. dead
74. central
75. happy
76. serious
77. ready
78. simple
79. left
80. physical
81. general
82. environmental
83. financial
84. blue
85. democratic
86. dark
87. various
88. entire
89. close
90. legal
91. religious
92. cold
93. final
94. main
95. green
96. nice
97. huge
98. popular
99. traditional
100. cultural
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