100 Common English Adjectives with Meanings and Examples

Adjectives are words that describe people, things, places, or ideas. They tell us what someone or something is like, such as happy, big, difficult, or beautiful. In this article, you’ll find 100 common English adjectives with meanings and example sentences.

100 Common English Adjectives

Here are 100 common adjectives used in everyday English.

#	Adjective	Meaning	Example Sentence
1	Afraid	feeling fear	She’s afraid of driving at night.
2	Angry	feeling very annoyed	He was angry about the cancelled flight.
3	Available	ready to be used or obtained	Is this room available for two nights?
4	Bad	not good or pleasant	We had bad weather all weekend.
5	Beautiful	very attractive or pleasant	We watched a beautiful sunset from the beach.
6	Big	large in size	They moved to a big house near the park.
7	Bored	feeling uninterested	I got bored during the long meeting.
8	Boring	not interesting	The film was too boring to finish.
9	Bright	full of light	The kitchen is bright in the morning.
10	Busy	having a lot to do	I’m busy this afternoon but free tonight.
11	Careful	paying attention to avoid mistakes or danger	Be careful when you cross this road.
12	Cheap	costing little money	We found a cheap hotel near the station.
13	Clean	not dirty	The kitchen looks clean after we tidied it.
14	Clear	easy to understand or see	The instructions are clear and easy to follow.
15	Close	near in distance	Our hotel is close to the city centre.
16	Closed	not open	The shop was closed when we arrived.
17	Cold	having a low temperature	It was cold enough to need a jacket.
18	Comfortable	making you feel relaxed	These shoes are comfortable enough for long walks.
19	Common	happening or found often	This is a common mistake among English learners.
20	Cool	slightly cold	The evenings become cool in September.
21	Correct	right and without mistakes	All the information on the form is correct.
22	Dangerous	likely to cause harm	It can be dangerous to drive in heavy rain.
23	Dark	having little or no light	The street gets very dark after sunset.
24	Deep	extending far down	The water is too deep to stand in.
25	Different	not the same	My new job is very different from my old one.
26	Difficult	not easy to do or understand	The final question was quite difficult to answer.
27	Dirty	not clean	Your shoes are dirty from walking in the rain.
28	Dry	not wet	Keep the clothes somewhere warm and dry.
29	Easy	not difficult	This recipe is easy to follow at home.
30	Empty	containing nothing	The restaurant was almost empty when we arrived.
31	Excited	feeling happy and enthusiastic	The children were excited about their school trip.
32	Expensive	costing a lot of money	Hotels are expensive during the summer.
33	False	not true	The information in that post was false.
34	Famous	known by many people	The town is famous for its old castle.
35	Far	a long distance away	The airport is quite far from the city centre.
36	Fast	moving or happening quickly	This train is much faster than the bus.
37	Free	costing no money	Entry to the museum is free on Sundays.
38	Friendly	kind and pleasant to others	The staff were friendly and helpful throughout our stay.
39	Full	containing as much as possible	The car park was full when we arrived.
40	Good	pleasant, useful, or high quality	That sounds like a good idea for the weekend.
41	Great	very good	We had a great time at the concert.
42	Happy	feeling pleased or satisfied	She looked happy with her exam results.
43	Hard	difficult to do or understand	This question is hard to answer without more information.
44	Healthy	in good health	Regular exercise can help you stay healthy.
45	Heavy	weighing a lot	This suitcase is too heavy for me to carry.
46	Helpful	useful or willing to help	The receptionist gave us some helpful advice.
47	High	a long way above the ground	The wall is too high to climb safely.
48	Honest	truthful and sincere	I want an honest answer to my question.
49	Hot	having a high temperature	Be careful—the soup is still very hot.
50	Hungry	needing or wanting food	I was really hungry after the long walk.
51	Important	having great value or significance	It’s important to check the details before booking.
52	Interesting	making you want to know more	I read an interesting article on the train.
53	Kind	caring and helpful	It was kind of her to offer help.
54	Large	big in size or amount	They have a large garden behind the house.
55	Light	not heavy	This laptop is small and light enough to carry.
56	Little	small in size or amount	They live in a little village near the coast.
57	Local	connected with a particular area	We bought fresh bread from a local bakery.
58	Long	having great length or duration	We had a long conversation after dinner.
59	Loud	making a lot of noise	The music was too loud to hear each other.
60	Low	not high	The table is too low for this chair.
61	Modern	using recent styles or technology	The apartment has a modern kitchen and bathroom.
62	New	recently made, bought, or started	She started a new job last Monday.
63	Nice	pleasant or enjoyable	We had a nice dinner by the beach.
64	Normal	usual or expected	It’s normal to feel nervous before an interview.
65	Old	having existed or lived a long time	They live in an old house near the river.
66	Open	not closed	The window was open when I entered the room.
67	Poor	having little money	He grew up in a poor family.
68	Popular	liked by many people	This beach is popular with tourists in summer.
69	Possible	able to happen or be done	Is it possible to change the booking online?
70	Pretty	attractive to look at	They stayed in a pretty village in the mountains.
71	Quick	taking a short time or moving fast	We had a quick lunch before the meeting.
72	Quiet	making little or no noise	I need a quiet place to study this evening.
73	Ready	prepared for something	Are you ready to leave for the airport?
74	Real	actually existing or true	The film is based on a real story.
75	Rich	having a lot of money	He became rich after building a successful business.
76	Right	correct	You were right about the meeting time.
77	Sad	feeling unhappy	She felt sad when her friend moved away.
78	Safe	not in danger	This area is generally safe at night.
79	Same	not different	We ordered the same meal as yesterday.
80	Serious	important or needing attention	This is a serious problem that needs attention.
81	Short	not long	We took a short break after lunch.
82	Sick	ill or unwell	He stayed home because he was feeling sick.
83	Simple	easy to understand or do	The instructions are simple and easy to follow.
84	Slow	not moving or happening quickly	Traffic was very slow on the way home.
85	Small	little in size or amount	We stayed in a small hotel near the station.
86	Smart	intelligent	She’s smart and learns new things quickly.
87	Special	different from usual in an important way	We’re planning something special for her birthday.
88	Strong	having a lot of physical power	He is strong enough to lift the box.
89	Sure	certain about something	Are you sure this is the right address?
90	Tall	having greater than average height	Her brother is tall enough to reach the shelf.
91	Tired	needing rest or sleep	I was tired after working all day.
92	Traditional	following old customs or ways	We had a traditional meal at a local restaurant.
93	True	correct or based on fact	Is that story really true?
94	Ugly	unpleasant to look at	He thought the old building was ugly.
95	Useful	helpful for a purpose	This guide has useful information for visitors.
96	Warm	pleasantly hot	It was warm enough to sit outside.
97	Weak	not strong	I felt weak after being ill for several days.
98	Wet	covered with or containing water	My clothes were wet after walking in the rain.
99	Wrong	not correct	I think you wrote the wrong address.
100	Young	having lived for a short time	She became interested in music at a young age.