Adjective (Definition) Kinds of Adjectives

Adjective describe nouns and pronouns. They give you more information about people, place, and things.

An Adjective is a word that describes or modifiers a noun or pronoun, giving more information about it. It can describe qualities such as size, color, shape or feeling.

Adjective helps provide more detail and make language richer by painting a clearer picture of what we are describing.

Kinds of Adjectives

Some Adjectives tell about the size of people or things.

A big house
A large army
A huge ship
A tall building
A long bridge
A high mountain
A short man
A thin boy
Tiny feet
Big hands
Long trousers.

Some Adjectives tell about color of things.

A red carpet
A white swan
A blue uniform
A gray suit
An orange ballon
A yellow ribbon
A brown bear
Green peppers
Black shoes.

Some Adjectives tell what people or things are like by describing they quality.

A beautiful woman
A handsome boy
A poor family
A rich couple
A strong place
A young soldier
An old uncle
A kind lady
A familiar voice
A deep pool
A flat surface
A hot drink
A cold winter
A sunny day
Cool weather.

Some Adjectives tell what things are made of. They refer to substances.

Plastic folder
A paper bag
A cotton shirt
A jade ring
A stone wall
A metal box
A silk dress
A wooden spoon
A clay pot
A glasse door
A concrete road
A porcelain vase

Some Adjectives are made from proper nouns of place. These adjectives are called adjectives of origin.

A mexican hat
The french flag
An american custom
A japanese lady
An Índia temple
A british police officer
A filipino dress
Washington apples
Spanish dance
An italian dance
An italian car.

The order of Adjectives

Sometimes several adjectives are used to describe a single noun or pronoun. When you use two or more adjectives, the usual order is: size, quality, color, origin, substance. For example:

A small green plastic box

size color substance

A stylish red italian car

quality color origin

Here are more examples.

A large indian temple
A colorful cotton shirt
Delicious Spanish food
Crunchy Australian apples
A tall white stone building
A long chinese silk robe
An older graceful japanese lady
A short handsome English man.

Adjectives of quality sometimes come before adjectives of size. For examples.

Beautiful long hair elegant short hair

If you use any adjective of substance, it comes after the color adjective. For example:

A beautiful long black silk dress.

Adjective ending

Adjectives have many different endings. Some adjectives end in ful. These adjectives describe noun or pronouns that are full of something or have a lot of something.

A beautiful face
A cheerful baby
A powerful machine
A skillful player
Painful injury
A wonder time
A useful book
A careful studant
A helpful teacher
Playful children
Colorful clothes

Some adjectives end in ous.

A famous writer
A mountains area
A dengerous job
A humorous film
Mischievous children
A courageous soldier
An adventurous explorer
A poisonous snake
A generous gift
Marvelous results.

Some adjectives end in y

A messy room
A sleepy dog
A muddy path
An easy test
A noisy car
A cloudy sky
A sunny day
A lazy worker
Dirty hands
Thirsty children
Stormy weather
Juicy fruit

Some adjectives end in less. These adjectives describe a person or thing that does not have something.

A cloudless sky
A sleeveless dress
A careless driver
A joyless song
A useless tool
A meaningless word
A fearless fighter
Homeless people
Seedless grapes
Harmless animals.

Some adjectives end in al.

A national flag
Musical instruments
Electrical goods
A coastal town
Personal Possessions
A tradicional costume
Magical powers
Medical equipament

Here are some adjectives that end in ic, ish, ible, able, ive and ly.

A fantastic singer
An energetic dog
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Enthusiastic shouting
A selfish act
Foolish behavior
Stylesh clothes
Childish talk
A pronoun mess
A sensible answer
Horrible smells
Visible footprints
A likeable child
Comfortable clothes
Valuable advice
Suitable colors
An imaginative story
Expensive jewelery
Talkative children
A creative artist
Friendly teachers
A lovely dress
A lively cat
An elderly man

Many adjectives end in ing

Loving parents
A caring nurse
A flashing light
A smiling face
A boring story
A gleaming car
An interesting book
A disapopointing result
An outstanding swimmer
An exciting ride
Chattering monkeys
Shoking news.

Note: words like smiling, caring and flashing are present participles of verbs. They are formed by adding ing to the verbs. Many present participles can also be used as adjectives.

Many of Adjectives end in ed.