This article is a guide to adjectives for young English learners. It’ll take you through the top kids’ adjectives and why they should be learned first. You’ll find over 300 examples, including common adjectives in positive and negative forms, comparisons, and lists of adjectives from A to Z. Want to help your kids learn adjectives? Need some ideas for the best adjectives to teach your children? Read the rest of the article to discover all the adjectives your kids will need.

300+ Helpful Adjectives for Kids (List & Definitions)

Top 10 Best Adjectives for Kids (with Meanings and Examples)

Adjective	Meaning	Example Sentence
Happy	Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment	I was happy when I got a new puppy for my birthday.
Silly	Funny in a way that is not sensible or serious	My brother made a silly face that made me laugh out loud.
Brave	Ready to face and endure danger or pain	The girl acted brave when she saw the big dog barking loudly.
Kind	Having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature	My teacher did a kind thing when she helped the new student on the first day of class.
Clever	Having a sharp intelligence or showing mental alertness and skill	That was such a clever idea to reuse the boxes to build a castle.
Loud	Making or characterized by intense noise	I had to cover my ears because the music was too loud.
Angry	Feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility	My brother got angry when I knocked down his building blocks by accident.
Sleepy	Feeling tired and ready to go to sleep	I am sleepy after playing outside in the hot sun all day.
Hungry	Feeling discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food	I am hungry for mom’s yummy spaghetti for dinner!
Messy	Untidy or dirty	My room looks messy with toys and clothes thrown everywhere.

Positive Adjectives (Good)

• Caring
• Polite
• Thoughtful
• Helpful
• Gentle
• Hard-working
• Joyful
• Confident
• Patient
• Respectful

Negative Adjectives (Bad)

• Selfish
• Rude
• Dishonest
• Unhelpful
• Careless
• Greedy
• Jealous
• Bossy
• Picky
• Stubborn

Possessive

• My
• Your
• His
• Her
• Its
• Our
• Their
• Your

Comparative

• Faster 
• Stronger
• Brighter
• Sweeter
• Bigger
• Messier
• Louder
• Happier
• Taller
• Closer

Superlative

• Happiest
• Tallest
• Biggest
• Fastest
• Strongest
• Kindest
• Bravest
• Smartest
• Sweetest
• Quietest
• Shortest
• Messiest
• Funniest
• Strangest
• Cutest

List of Alphabetical Adjectives for Kids (from A to Z)

A Adjectives

• Amazing
• Astounding
• Adorable
• Astonishing
• Awesome
• Agreeable
• Admirable
• Affectionate
• Artistic
• Animated

B Adjectives

• Beautiful
• Brave
• Brilliant
• Big
• Bouncy
• Bright
• Busy
• Bold
• Blissful
• Bubbly

C Adjectives

• Caring
• Clever
• Courageous
• Creative
• Cute
• Cheerful
• Charming
• Confident
• Curious
• Content

D Adjectives

• Daring
• Delightful
• Determined
• Diligent
• Dynamic
• Decisive
• Dazzling
• Dependable
• Dramatic
• Dreamy

E Adjectives

• Eager
• Earnest
• Effervescent
• Elegant
• Energetic
• Enchanting
• Enthusiastic
• Excellent
• Exciting
• Expressive

F Adjectives

• Fair
• Faithful
• Fantastic
• Fearless
• Festive
• Friendly
• Funny
• Feisty
• Forgiving
• Focused

G Adjectives

• Gentle
• Giving
• Glad
• Gleeful
• Glorious
• Good
• Graceful
• Grateful
• Great
• Gregarious

H Adjectives

• Happy
• Helpful
• Honest
• Hopeful
• Hungry
• Hilarious
• Honorable
• Huggable
• Humble
• Hardworking

I Adjectives

• Important
• Impressive
• Incredible
• Independent
• Inquisitive
• Intelligent
• Interesting
• Imaginative
• Inventive
• Inspiring

J Adjectives

• Joyful
• Jolly
• Jovial
• Judicious
• Just
• Jaunty
• Jubilant
• Jazzy
• Jumpy
• Joking

K Adjectives

• Kind
• Knowledgeable
• Keen
• Kooky
• Kindhearted
• Karate-chopping
• Krazy
• Kicking
• Kissable
• Kidding

L Adjectives

• Loving
• Laughing
• Likable
• Lucky
• Lovely
• Light
• Little
• Loud
• Lazy
• Lanky

M Adjectives

• Merry
• Magical
• Marvellous
• Mysterious
• Mischievous
• Masterful
• Mindful
• Melodic
• Mighty
• Motivated

N Adjectives

• Nice
• Nimble
• Nifty
• Noisy
• Nutty
• Nautical
• Noteworthy
• Nosey
• Neat
• Nourished

O Adjectives

• Odd
• Old
• Obedient
• Outstanding
• Opinionated
• Optimistic
• Orderly
• Outgoing
• Overjoyed
• Organized

P Adjectives

• Perfect
• Playful
• Pleasant
• Polite
• Powerful
• Peaceful
• Patient
• Proud
• Puzzled
• Perky

Q Adjectives

• Quirky
• Quick
• Queenly
• Quaint
• Qualified
• Quizzical
• Quaint
• Quiet
• Quirky
• Quacking

R Adjectives

• Rainy
• Rambunctious
• Respectful
• Right
• Responsible
• Ripe
• Rustic
• Rotten
• Rhythmic
• Righteous

S Adjectives

• Silly
• Sweet
• Smart
• Smiling
• Strong
• Super
• Skillful
• Sleepy
• Scented
• Spotless

T Adjectives

• Thankful
• Tired
• Tasty
• Talented
• Thoughtful
• Tremendous
• Terrific
• Truthful
• Tough
• Trustworthy

U Adjectives

• Unique
• Understanding
• Unusual
• Upbeat
• Useful
• Uplifting
• Unafraid
• Universal
• Unlimited
• Unselfish

V Adjectives

• Victorious
• Vivacious
• Valuable
• Vibrant
• Versatile
• Virtuous
• Visionary
• Vocal
• Vivacious
• Valiant

W Adjectives

• Wonderful
• Whimsical
• Welcoming
• Witty
• Wise
• Wild
• Warm
• Wacky
• Willing
• Watchful

X Adjectives

• Xenial
• Xeric

Y Adjectives

• Yummy
• Yellow
• Yippee
• Yappy
• Young
• Yucky
• Yummy
• Youthful
• Yakky

Z Adjectives

• Zany
• Zesty
• Zen
• Zealous
• Zingy
• Zippy
• Zonal
• Zonked