able

active
all-round
angry
argumentative
average
childish
confidential
considerate
curious
cute
disruptive
eager
encouraging
enthusiastic
erudite
everything
excellent
good
happy
helpful
hopeful
hostile
immature
inconsiderate
inconsistent
is dependent on
is interested in
keen
lacks confidence
lacks curiosity
lazy
lovely
mature
mischievous
motivated
naughty
nice
one-sided
outstanding
passive
poor
positive
precise
problematic
responsible
selfish
self-motivated
sensible
shy
thoughtless
uneven
unmotivated
very good
weak
well developed
well-behaved

Positive Personality Adjectives
A - E
Personality Adjectives
adaptable
adorable
agreeable
alert
alluring
ambitious
amused
boundless
brave
bright
calm
capable
charming
cheerful
coherent
comfortable
confident
cooperative
courageous
credible
cultured
dashing
dazzling
debonair
decisive
decorous
delightful
detailed
determined
diligent
discreet
dynamic
eager
efficient
elated
eminent
enchanting
encouraging
endurable
energetic
entertaining
enthusiastic
excellent
E - P
Personality Adjectives
exuberant
fabulous
fair
faithful
fantastic
fearless
fine
frank
friendly
funny
generous
gentle
glorious
good
happy
harmonious
helpful
hilarious
honorable
impartial
industrious
instinctive
jolly
joyous
kind
kind-hearted
knowledgeable
level
likeable
lively
lovely
loving
lucky
mature
modern
nice
obedient
painstaking
peaceful
perfect
placid
plausible
pleasant
P - Z
Personality Adjectives
productive
protective
proud
punctual
quiet
receptive
reflective
relieved
resolute
responsible
rhetorical
righteous
romantic
sedate
seemly
selective
self-assured
sensitive
shrewd
silly
sincere
skilful
smiling
splendid
steadfast
stimulating
successful
succinct
talented
thoughtful
thrifty
tough
trustworthy
unbiased
unusual
upbeat
vigorous
vivacious
warm
willing
wise
witty
wonderful
excited
exclusive
A - E
Personality Adjectives

pleasant
plucky
E - P
Personality Adjectives

zany
zealous
P - Z
Personality Adjectives

Positive Personality Adjectives

Negative Personality Adjectives
A - F
Personality Adjectives
abrasive
abrupt
abusive
afraid
aloof
ambiguous
angry
annoyed
anxious
arrogant
ashamed
awful
bad
belligerent
bewildered
boorish
bored
boring
callous
careless
clumsy
combative
confused
cowardly
crazy
creepy
cruel
cynical
dangerous
deceitful
defeated
defective
defiant
demonic
depressed
deranged
disagreeable
disillusioned
disturbed
domineering
draconian
embarrassed
envious
erratic
evasive
evil
faded
fanatical
A - F
F - R
Personality Adjectives
fierce
filthy
finicky
flashy
flippant
foolish
forgetful
frantic
fretful
frightened
furtive
greedy
grieving
grouchy
gruesome
grumpy
guarded
gullible
helpless
hesitant
homeless
horrible
hungry
hurt
ignorant
ill
irresolute
jealous
jittery
lacking
lazy
lonely
malicious
materialistic
mean
mysterious
naive
nasty
naughty
nervous
noisy
obnoxious
outrageous
panicky
pathetic
possessive
quarrelsome
repulsive
F - R
R - W
Personality Adjectives
ruthless
sad
scary
secretive
selfish
silly
slow
sneaky
snobbish
sore
spendthrift
squeamish
stingy
strange
sulky
tacky
tense
terrible
testy
thick-skinned
thoughtless
threatening
tight
timid
tired
tiresome
troubled
truculent
typical
undesirable
unsuitable
unsure
upset
uptight
vague
vengeful
venomous
volatile
voracious
vulgar
wary
wasteful
weak
weary
wicked
worried
worthless
wretched
R - W
Personality

Personality

Personality

Negative Personality Adjectives

Short, cute, intelligent, opinionated, conforming, comforting, honest, unforgiving, vain, talkative, diligent, strong, tolerant,
assertive, friendly, caring, kind, generous, assertive, creative, independent, active, cool, optimistic, funny, hungry, materialistic,
hard-working, worldly, forgetful, busy, stereotypical, calm, exciting, opportunistic, bright, dense, wide-eyed, meticulous, sociable,
righteous, confident, supportive, loyal, empathic, weird, enthusiastic, calculating, warm, brave, naive, ambitious, demanding,
thoughtful, distant, sharp, inquisitive, energetic, constant
1 data-driven
2 quantitative
3 proficient
4 technical
5 accomplished
6 agile
7 nimble
8 passionate
9 tenacious
10 entrepreneurial
11 methodical
12 efficient
13 accomplished
14 articulate
15 results-driven
16 detail-oriented
17 knowledgeable
18 capable
19 experienced
20 talented

Character Trait Descriptive Adjectives

Able
Accepting
Adventurous
Aggressive
Ambitious
Annoying
Arrogant
Articulate
Athletic
Awkward
able
achiever
active
adaptable
alert
ambitious
analytical
assertive
attentive

Boastful
Bold
Bossy
Brave
Bright
Busy
broad-
minded

Calm
Careful
Careless
Caring
Cautious
Cheerful
Clever
Clumsy
Compassionate
Complex
Conceited
Confident
Considerate
Cooperative
Courageous
Creative
Curious
capable
challenge-oriented
competent
conscientious
constructive
cooperative
Dainty
Daring
Dark
Defiant
Demandin
g
Determine
d
Devout
Disagreeab
le
Disgruntle
d
Dreamer
dedicated
dependable
determined
diplomatic
disciplined
dynamic


Eager
Efficient
Embarrass
ed
Energetic
Excited
Expert
economica
l
effective
efficient
endurance
energetic
enterprisin
g
enthusiasti
c



courageous
creative
curious


Fair
Faithful
Fancy
Fighter
Forgiving
Free
Friendly
Friendly
Frustrated
Fun-loving
Funny
far-sighted
fast learner
firmly


Generous
Gentle
Giving
Gorgeous
Gracious
Grouchy

Handsome
Happy
Hard-working
Helpful
Honest
Hopeful

Humble
Humorous
Imaginativ
e
Impulsive
Independe
nt
Intelligent
Inventive
imaginativ
e
independe
nt


Jealous
Joyful
Judgmenta
l

Keen
Kind
Knowledgea
ble


Lazy
Leader
Light
Light-
hearted
Likeable
Lively
Lovable
Loving
Loyal
logical

Manipulative
Materialistic
Mature
Melancholy
Merry
Messy
Mischievous
motivated

Nave
Neat
Nervous
Noisy

Obnoxious
Opinionate
d
Organized
Outgoing
optimistic
organized
original

Passive
Patient
Patriotic
Perfectionist
Personable
Pitiful
Plain
Pleasant
Pleasing
Poor
Popular
Pretty
Prim
Proper
Proud
perceptive
personable
pleasant
poised
positive
practical
Questioni
ng
Quiet

Radical
Realistic
Rebellious
Reflective
Relaxed
Reliable
Religious
Reserved
Respectful
Responsible
Reverent
Rich
Rigid
Rude
realistic
reliable
resourceful
responsible
risk-taker

Sad
Sarcastic
Self-
confident
Self-
conscious
Selfish
Sensible
Sensitive
Serious
Short
Shy
Silly
Simple
Simple-
minded
Smart
Stable
Strong
Stubborn
Studious
Tall
Tantalizing
Tender
Tense
Thoughtful
Thrilling
Timid
Tireless
Tolerant
Tough
Tricky
Trusting
tactful
talented
team
member
trustworth
y

pressure
problem
solver
productive
proficient
progressive
punctual
Successful

self-reliant
self-starter
sincere
skilled
sophisticat
ed
successful
systematic

Ugly
Understandin
g
Unhappy
Unique
Unlucky
Unselfish


Vain

Warm
Wild
Willing
Wise
Witty
willing worker
work well under
work well with
others





practical idealistic stable reliable
introspective leader temperamental loner
playful imaginative courageous curious
nurturing indecisive helpful sensitive
friendly consistent responsible calm
excitable trusting jealous trustworthy
ambitious mischievous creative obstinate
energetic enthusiastic emotional independent
fearful rigid intelligent follower
procrastinator organized perceptive worrier
conscientious sensitive clever quiet
talkative kind restrained anxious
serious aggressive open-minded optimistic
impatient articulate poised confident
dependable fun-loving patient compassionate
conservative outgoing sincere loyal
spontaneous deliberate decisive opinionated
action-oriented goal-oriented analytical expressive
listener unreliable pessimistic genuine

Negative Positive
1. grumpy
2. impatient
3. stubborn
4. critical
5. judgmental
6. introverted
7. angry
8. restless
9. distracted
10. complicated
11. idealistic
12. dissatisfied
13. anxious
14. nosy
15. insecure
16. doubtful
17. nervous
18. dependent
19. lazy
20. rude
21. awkward
22. nave
23. proud
24. self-conscious
25. pessimistic
26. incompetent
27. inflexible
28. intolerant
29. cowardly
30. stupid
31. bitchy
32. vulgar
33. lethargic
34. hostile
35. selfish
36. unhappy
37. cynical
38. needy
39. irrational
40. childish
41. passive
42. unresponsive
43. overdramatic
44. predictable
45. calculating
46. indecisive
47. anal
48. fussy
49. quixotic
50. irritating

1. nice
2. sweet
3. kind
4. talkative
5. determined
6. passionate
7. helpful
8. understanding
9. sympathetic
10. smart
11. friendly
12. diplomatic
13. sentimental
14. organised
15. dependable
16. tolerant
17. modest
18. romantic
19. reflective
20. confident
21. knowledgeable
22. trustworthy
23. polite
24. cheerful
25. observant
26. logical
27. sensible
28. engaging
29. cute
30. aware
31. dedicated
32. loving
33. reciprocating
34. meticulous
35. naughty
36. patient
37. loyal
38. fashionable
39. encouraging
40. simple
41. compassionate
42. forgiving
43. admiring
44. cheeky
45. grateful
46. silly
47. faithful
48. caring
49. considerate
50. apologetic



1) ambitious: Possessing a desire to be successful.

2) cooperative: Able to work well with others together for a common purpose.

3) cheerful: Good humored, bright and pleasant.

4) respectful: Feeling or showing honor for the feelings and rights of others.

5) self-respect: To demonstrate a positive opinion of oneself.

6) couragous: without fear

7) committed: Bound to a course of action.

8) loyal: Faithful to a person, team, or country.

9) determined: Staying firm, steadfastness.

10) trustworthy: Responsible, dependable, reliable, faithful, and loyal.

11) tolerant: Respecting the individual differences, beliefs, and views of others.

12) empathic: The ability to sense and understand what another person is feeling.

13) kind: Friendly, considerate, and willing to help others.

14) thankful: A feeling of appreciation for something given or done.

15) generous: Willing to give and share, unselfish.

16) diligent: Hard working in a careful, steady manner.

17) creative: Not bound by the norm.

18) self-motivated: The ability to begin tasks and to finish tasks without someone asking you to.

19) patriotic: Respectful and devoted to one's country.

20) punctual: On time, prompt

21) perseverance: To continue working in spite of difficulties and obstacles

22) reliable: Honoring commitments

23) courteous: Well-mannered and polite towards others.

24) honest: truthful and fair

25) fair: To be honest and just.

26) patient: ABle to wait calmly without complaining.

27) clean: Free from dirt, neat and tidy

28) self-controled: Having control over one's actions and feelings.

29) compassionate: Showing sympathetic feelings, showing pity or mercy.

30) independent: Being self-reliant, not dependent on others.

31) wise: Having accumulated learning, good sense and judgement.

32) lifelong learner: One who keeps an open mind to new information.

33) virtuous: Having moral excellence, conforming to a standard of right.

34) dependable: Worthy of trust.

35) flexible: Able to change.

Positive Personality Adjectives List
adaptable
adventurous
affable
affectionate
agreeable
ambitious
amiable
amicable
amusing
brave
bright
broad-minded
calm
careful
charming
communicative
compassionate
conscientious
considerate
convivial
courageous
courteous
creative
decisive
determined
diligent
diplomatic
discreet
dynamic
easygoing
emotional
energetic
enthusiastic
exuberant
fair-minded
faithful
fearless
forceful
frank
friendly
funny
generous
gentle
good
gregarious
hard-working
helpful
honest
humorous
imaginative
impartial
independent
intellectual
intelligent
intuitive
inventive
kind
loving
loyal
modest
neat
Negative Personality Adjectives List
aggressive
aloof
arrogant
belligerent
big-headed
bitchy
boastful
bone-idle
boring
bossy
callous
cantankerous
careless
changeable
clinging
compulsive
conservative
cowardly
cruel
cunning
cynical
deceitful
detached
dishonest
dogmatic
domineering
finicky
flirtatious
foolish
foolhardy
fussy
greedy
grumpy
gullible
harsh
impatient
impolite
impulsive
inconsiderate
inconsistent
indecisive
indiscreet
inflexible
interfering
intolerant
irresponsible
jealous
lazy
Machiavellian
materialistic
mean
miserly
moody
narrow-minded
nasty
naughty
nervous
obsessive
obstinate
overcritical
overemotional
nice
optimistic
passionate
patient
persistent
pioneering
philosophical
placid
plucky
polite
powerful
practical
pro-active
quick-witted
quiet
rational
reliable
reserved
resourceful
romantic
self-confident
self-disciplined
sensible
sensitive
shy
sincere
sociable
straightforward
sympathetic
thoughtful
tidy
tough
unassuming
understanding
versatile
warmhearted
willing
witty


parsimonious
patronizing
perverse
pessimistic
pompous
possessive
pusillanimous
quarrelsome
quick-tempered
resentful
rude
ruthless
sarcastic
secretive
selfish
self-centred
self-indulgent
silly
sneaky
stingy
stubborn
stupid
superficial
tactless
timid
touchy
thoughtless
truculent
unkind
unpredictable
unreliable
untidy
untrustworthy
vague
vain
vengeful
vulgar
weak-willed


Adjectives Describing People and Personal Qualities Vocabulary Word List

A
able
abnormal
absent-minded
above average
adventurous
affectionate
agile
agreeable
alert
amazing
ambitious
amiable
amusing
analytical
angelic
apathetic
apprehensive
D
dainty
decisive
deep
deferential
deft
delicate
demonic
dependent
delightful
demure
depressed
devoted
dextrous
diligent
direct
dirty
disagreeable
I
idiotic
idle
illogical
imaginative
immature
immodest
impatient
imperturbable
impetuous
impractical
impressionable
impressive
impulsive
inactive
incisive
incompetent
inconsiderate
N
naive
nasty
natural
naughty
negative
nervous
noisy
normal
nosy
numb
O
obliging
obnoxious
old-fashioned
one-sided
orderly
ostentatious
Q
quarrelsome
querulous
quick
quick-tempered
quiet
R
realistic
reassuring
reclusive
reliable
reluctant
resentful
reserved
resigned
resourceful
respected
respectful
T
tactful
tactless
talented
testy
thinking
thoughtful
thoughtless
timid
tired
tolerant
touchy
tranquil
U
ugly
unaffected
unbalanced
uncertain
ardent
artificial
artistic
assertive
attentive
average
awesome
awful
B
balanced
beautiful
below average
beneficent
blue
blunt
boisterous
brave
bright
brilliant
buff
C
callous
candid
cantankerous
capable
careful
careless
caustic
cautious
charming
childish
childlike
cheerful
chic
churlish
circumspect
civil
clean
clever
clumsy
coherent
cold
competent
composed
conceited
condescending
confident
confused
conscientious
considerate
content
cool
cool-headed
cooperative
cordial
courageous
cowardly
crabby
crafty
cranky
crass
critical
discerning
discreet
disruptive
distant
distraught
distrustful
dowdy
dramatic
dreary
drowsy
drugged
drunk
dull
dutiful
E
eager
earnest
easy-going
efficient
egotistical
elfin
emotional
energetic
enterprising
enthusiastic
evasive
even-tempered
exacting
excellent
excitable
experienced
F
fabulous
fastidious
ferocious
fervent
fiery
flabby
flaky
flashy
frank
friendly
funny
fussy
G
generous
gentle
gloomy
glutinous
good
grave
great
groggy
grouchy
guarded
H
hateful
hearty
helpful
hesitant
hot-headed
hypercritical
inconsistent
independent
indiscreet
indolent
indefatigable
industrious
inexperienced
insensitive
inspiring
intelligent
interesting
intolerant
inventive
irascible
irritable
irritating
J
jocular
jovial
joyous
judgmental
K
keen
kind
L
lame
lazy
lean
leery
lethargic
level-headed
listless
lithe
lively
local
logical
long-winded
lovable
love-lorn
lovely
M
maternal
mature
mean
meddlesome
mercurial
methodical
meticulous
mild
miserable
modest
moronic
morose
motivated
musical
outgoing
outspoken
P
passionate
passive
paternal
paternalistic
patient
peaceful
peevish
pensive
persevering
persnickety
petulant
picky
plain
plain-speaking
playful
pleasant
plucky
polite
popular
positive
powerful
practical
prejudiced
pretty
proficient
proud
provocative
prudent
punctual
responsible
restless
revered
ridiculous
S
sad
sassy
saucy
sedate
self-assured
selfish
sensible
sensitive
sentimental
serene
serious
sharp
short-tempered
shrewd
shy
silly
sincere
sleepy
slight
sloppy
slothful
slovenly
slow
smart
snazzy
sneering
snobby
somber
sober
sophisticated
soulful
soulless
sour
spirited
spiteful
stable
staid
steady
stern
stoic
striking
strong
stupid
sturdy
subtle
sullen
sulky
supercilious
superficial
surly
suspicious
sweet
uncooperative
undependable
unemotional
unfriendly
unguarded
unhelpful
unimaginative
unmotivated
unpleasant
unpopular
unreliable
unsophisticated
unstable
unsure
unthinking
unwilling
V
venal
versatile
vigilant
W
warm
warmhearted
wary
watchful
weak
well-behaved
well-developed
well-intentioned
well-respected
well-rounded
willing
wonderful
Y
volcanic
vulnerable
Z
zealous
cruel
curious
cynical
hysterical

amusing
angry
athletic
attractive
beautiful
boring
brave
careful
careless
charming
clever
confident
crafty
crazy
creative
cruel
cute
dangerous
dependable
easygoing
energetic
exciting
famous
forgetful
friendly
good-looking
graceful
happy
helpful
horrible
humble
humorous
inconsiderate
interesting
likable
lucky
middle class
old
outgoing
overweight
poor
popular
practical
responsible
rich
romantic
sad
selfish
skinny
stingy
successful
talkative
thin
touchy
ugly
unlucky
wealthy
young

A- Active: she likes to play sport or do physical things.
B- Bright: she is intelligent.
C- Cunning: she uses her intelligence secretly/mysteriously to get what she wants.
D- Diligent: she is hardworking.
E- Extroverted: she is very outgoing. She likes to be the centre of attention.
F- Funny: she makes people laugh.
G- Generous: she likes to give to help others.
H- Honest: she tells the truth.
I- Imaginative: she has a good imagination.
J- Jealous: (negative) she wants what other people have. She doesnt like others to succeed
K- Kind: nice, gentle and helpful
L- Lazy: (negative) she doesnt like to work or exercise. Shes happy doing nothing.
M- Moody: (negative) she often becomes angry and unfriendly because she is unhappy.
N- Naughty: (negative): usually for children) her behaviour is bad.
O- Optimistic: she is a positive person and positive about the future.
P- Pessimistic: she is a negative person. She thinks things will end badly. The opposite of optimistic.
Q- Quiet: she doesnt say much. She prefers to listen.
R- Rude: (negative) she is not polite and she offends people.
S- Sensible: she has good common sense and judgment.
T- Thoughtful: she carefully thinks about other people and how to help them.
U- Upbeat: she is positive and in a good mood.
V- Violent: (negative) she will hurt you. She is aggressiveso be careful!
W- Wonderful: she is great!
X- Xenophobic: she dislikes people from foreign countries. She is racist.
Y- Youthful: she is young at heart.
Z- Zany: she is a little crazy, but in a fun way.

Here is a list of 100 positive adjectives which you can use in your resume to describe yourself.
A
accomplished
advertised
arranged
achieved
advised
assembled
acquired
analyzed
assisted
adapted
appraised
audited
adjusted
approved
augmented
administered
arbitrated
authored
B
budgeted
built
C
calculated
conceived
coordinated
catalogued
conceptualize
d
copyrighted
charted
conducted
corrected
closed (a deal
)
consolidated
corresponded
coached
constructed
counseled
compared
consulted
created
compiled
contacted
cultivated
completed
controlled
composed
convinced
D
debugged
detected
discovered
decreased
determined
dispatched
delegated
developed
distributed
delivered
devised
documented
designated
diagnosed
designed
directed
E
edited
enhanced
examined
elicited
enlarged
exceeded
eliminated
established
executed
empowered
estimated
expanded
engineered
evaluated
explained
F
fired
flagged
formulated
founded
G
gathered
generated
guided
H
headed
hired
I
identified
initiated
interpreted
ignited
innovated
interviewed
implemented
inspected
invented
improved
installed
inventoried
increased
instituted
influenced
instructed
J
justified
L
lectured
lobbied
logged
led
M
maintained
mediated
motivated
managed
modified
manufactured
monitored
N
negotiated
O
obtained
ordered
overhauled
operated
organized
P
patented
prepared
programmed
performed
presented
promoted
persuaded
presided
proposed
placed
processed
provided
planned
produced
purchased
posted
proficient
Q
quantified
qualified
R
recognized
reorganized
researched
recommende
d
repaired
restored
reconciled
replaced
reviewed
reduced
reported
revised
referred
represented
regulated
rescued
S
scheduled
sold
suggested
screened
solved
supervised
selected
steered
supplied
served
streamlined
systematized
simplified
studied
T
taught
tracked
transcribed
tested
trained
translated
traced
U
updated
utilized
V
vended
W
won
wrote