When generally talking about someone’s personality, the point of concern should always be about what makes that person unique and different, perhaps even makes them stand out from the rest.

How many times has it occurred to you that specific characteristics about people attract or repel against our nature without us even noticing? That’s why relying on first impressions can summarize someone’s attitude, behavior, personality, appearance, and even their intellect.

Individual differences usually strike at some point or another; identifying them would require considerable attention. In order to actually describe people accurately and remember what aspects and traits about them impressed you, comparing and categorizing people is made easier. Note that it is not only differences but commonalities as well, which refers to the characteristics that interest people and draw them towards you. In this manner, personality, thoughts, feelings and appearances can be described using several adjectives. Listed below is an extensive list of words to describe someone's physical appearance, personality, behaviors and so on.

(Please note that although words have been categorized into positive and negative; your own understanding of certain adjectives being positive or negative may differ. This articles does not intend to judge any quality.)

Part 1: Words to Describe Someone’s Physical Appearance

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Positive

Negative

1.         Active

2.         Adept

3.         Adroit

4.         Agile

5.         Agreeable

6.         Ambitious

7.         Attractive

8.         Beautiful

9.         Brawny

10.     Charming

11.     Comely

12.     Cooper

13.     Curvy

14.     Comely

15.     Dainty

16.     Dapper

17.     Delicate

18.     Dexterous

19.     Elegant

20.     Exquisite

21.     Fair

22.     Fascinating

23.     Fit

24.     Good-looking

25.     Graceful

26.     Gorgeous

27.     Handsome

28.     Hardy

29.     Immaculate

30.     Lively

31.     Lovely

32.     Muscular

33.     Neat

34.     Nimble

35.     Presentable

36.     Pretty

37.     Ravishing

38.     Robust

39.     Shapely

40.     Skillful

41.     Slender

42.     Spirited

43.     Spruce

44.     Stalwart

45.     Strapping

46.     Strong

47.     Sturdy

48.     Tall

49.     Virile

50.     Vivacious

51.     Well-built

52.     Winsome

1.         Awkward

2.         Bald

3.         Bizarre

4.         Cadaverous

5.         Chubby

6.         Clumsy

7.         Coarse

8.         Decrepit

9.         Emaciated

10.     Fat

11.     Feeble

12.     Frail

13.     Flabby

14.     Gawky

15.     Ghastly

16.     Graceless

17.     Grotesque

18.     Hideous

19.     Horrible

20.     Incongruous

21.     Invidious

22.     Large

 

23.     Loathsome

24.     Obese

25.     Odious

26.     Ordinary

27.     Plain

28.     Plump

29.     Repellent

30.     Repugnant

31.     Repulsive

32.     Scruffy

33.     Short

34.     Sickly

35.     Slovenly

36.     Skinny

37.     Spare

38.     Thin

39.     Ugly

40.     Ungainly

41.     Unkempt

42.     Unmanly

43.     Unwomanly

44.     Weak


Part 2: Words to Describe Someone’s Personality

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Positive

Negative

1.         Adaptive

2.         Classy

3.         Compassionate

4.         Conscientious

5.         Creative

6.         Constitutionally

7.         Diligent

8.         Discreet

9.         Dynamic

10.     Easy-going

11.     Energetic

12.     Exuberant

13.     Fair-minded

14.     Faithful

15.     Fearless

16.     Flexible

17.     Forceful

18.     Frank

19.     Friendly

20.     Funny

21.     Great

22.     Hardworking

23.     Helpful

24.     Honest

25.     Humorous

26.     Imaginative

27.     Inclined

28.     Innate

29.     Intelligent

30.     Intuitive

31.     Larger-than-life

32.     Natural

33.     Patient

34.     Perfect

35.     Persistent

36.     Placid

37.     Risky

38.     Self-aware

39.     Self-confessed

40.     Sensible

41.     Sporty

42.     Temperate

43.     Thick-skinned

44.     Tidy

45.     Warm-hearted

46.     Well-endowed

47.     Willing

48.     Witty

49.     Active

50.     Ambitious

51.     Assertive

52.     Cautious

53.     Conscientious

54.     Creative

55.     Curious

56.     Extroverted

57.     Inventive

58.     Perfectionist

59.     Pragmatic

60.     Trustworthy

1.         Addictive

2.         Arrogant

3.         Clingy

4.         Flawed

5.         Needy

6.         Outward

7.         Overweening

8.         Reactive

9.         Sad

10.     Sniveling

11.     Temperamental

12.     Territorial

13.     Wayward

14.     Aggressive

15.     Aloof

16.     Arrogant

17.     Cruel

18.     Cunning

19.     Cynical

20.     Loony

21.     Deceitful

22.     Detached

23.     Foolish

24.     Impolite

25.     Impatient

26.     Impulsive

27.     Inconsiderate

28.     Indecisive

29.     Harsh

30.     Inflexible

31.     Jealous

32.     Machiavellian

33.     Miserly

34.     Narrow-minded

35.     Moody

36.     Pessimistic

37.     Obstinate

38.     Self-centered

39.     Pompous

40.     Ruthless

41.     Rude

42.     Stubborn

43.     Silly

44.     Stupid

45.     Superficial

46.     Tactless

47.     Untrustworthy

48.     Vain

49.     Shy

50.     Careless

51.     Conceited

52.     Impulsive

53.     Introverted

54.     Nervous

55.     Reserved

56.     Serious

57.     Volatile

58.     Passive

 


Part 3: Words to Describe Someone’s Mental Qualities

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Positive

Negative

1.         Apt

2.         Astute

3.         Capable

4.         Clever

5.         Competent

6.         Crafty

7.         Cunning

8.         Educated

9.         Erudite

10.     Gifted

11.     Ingenious

12.     Intellectual

13.     Intelligent

14.     Inventive

15.     Learner

16.     Observant

17.     Precocious

18.     Prudent

19.     Rational

20.     Reasonable

21.     Sage

22.     Scholarly

23.     Sensible

24.     Shrewd

25.     Subtle

26.     Talented

27.     Wily

28.     Wise

1.       Bigoted

2.       Dull

3.       Fatuous

4.       Foolish

5.       Ignorant

6.       Illiterate

7.       Inane

8.       Irrational

9.       Narrow-minded

10.    Obtuse

11.     Puerile

12.     Shallow

13.     Simple

14.      Stupid

15.     Ungifted

16.     Unintellectual

17.     Unintelligent 

18.     Unlettered

19.     Unschooled

20.     Vacuous

Part 4: Words to Describe Someone’s Moral Qualities

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Positive

Negative

1.         Abstemious

2.         Austere

3.         Beneficial

4.         Blasé

5.         Careful

6.         Carefree

7.         Chaste

8.         Confident

9.         Decent

10.     Diligent

11.     Dutiful

12.     Empathetic

13.     Enlightened

14.     Exemplar

15.     Exuberant

16.     Faultless

17.     Forgiving

18.     Idealistic

19.     Innocent

20.     Just

21.     Harmless

22.     Honest

23.     Logical

24.     Light-hearted

25.     Loyal

26.     Methodical

27.     Peaceful

28.     Puritanical

29.     Reserved

30.     Respectable

31.     Responsible

32.     Righteous

33.     Savvy

34.     Serious

35.     Sophisticated

36.     Spiritual

37.     Steady

38.     Straight-forward

39.     Trustworthy

40.     Tolerant

41.     Truthful

42.     Upright

43.     Virtuous

44.     Whimsical

1.         Corrupt

2.         Criminal

3.         Deceitful

4.         Fraudulent

5.         Hypocritical

6.         Puritanical

7.         Self-indulgent

8.         Self-appointed

9.         Self-centered

10.     Treasonous

11.     Uptight

12.     Unscrupulous

 

Part 5: Words to Describe Someone’s Spiritual Qualities

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Positive

Negative

1.         Angelic

2.         Believer

3.         Faithful

4.         Holy

5.         Godlike

6.         Religious

7.         Saintly

1.         Blasphemous

2.         Cynical

3.         Diabolic

4.         Evil

5.         Godless

6.         Profane

7.         Suspicious

8.         Skeptical

9.         Unregenerate

Part 6: Words to Describe Someone’s Behavior

1

Positive

Negative

1.         Caring

2.         Charming

3.         Considerate

4.         Enthusiastic

5.         Excitable

6.         Faithful

7.         Funny

8.         Kind

9.         Pleasant

10.     Polite

11.     Sincere

12.     Thoughtful

13.     Tactful

1.         Aggressive

2.         Argumentative

3.         Bossy

4.         Deceitful

5.         Domineering

6.         Inconsiderate

7.         Irritating

2.         Manic

3.         Manipulative

4.         Moody

5.         Rude

6.         Spiteful

7.         Thoughtless

8.         Tactless

Part 7: Words to Describe Someone’s Voice

1

Positive

Negative

1.         appealing

2.         booming

3.         fruity

4.         honeyed

5.         husky

6.         matter-of-fact

7.         modulated

8.         orotund

9.         penetrating

10.     plummy

11.     quietly

12.     ringing

13.     silvery

14.     singsong

15.     small

16.     smoky

17.     soft spoken

18.     toneless

19.     tremulous

1.         Adenoidal

2.         Breathy

3.         Brittle

4.         Croaky

5.         Dead

6.         Disembodied

7.         Flat

8.         Grating

9.         Gravelly

10.     Gruff

11.     Guttural

12.     High-pitched

13.     Hoarse

14.     Low

15.     Monotonous

16.     Nasal

17.     Quavering

18.     Raucous

19.     Rough

20.     Shrill

21.     Sotto voce

22.     Stentorian

23.     Strangled

24.     Strident

25.     Taut

26.     Thick

27.     Throaty

28.     Tight

29.     Wheezy

30.     Wobbly


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