Adjectives That Start With Every Letter
Here are adjectives that start with every letter from A to Z: 6,627 in all, with examples for each letter and a full page for every letter that has enough of them.
This A to Z collection holds 6,627 adjectives. U is the surprise leader with 700, thanks to the un- prefix, followed by S with 661, P with 516 and C with 515. I is also big at 471 because of in- and im-.
Toughest of all: X with one entry, Z with eight, Y with 15, Q with 21 and K with 22. For alphabet games where each player needs a describing word for every letter, plan ahead for those. Easy starters include happy, nice, quick and young.
- Adjectives listed
- 6,627
- Most common first letter
- U
Adjectives by letter
| Letter | How many | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 434 | all, another, able, available, average |
| B | 255 | best, both, better, big, bad |
| C | 515 | coming, clear, common, certain, cool |
| D | 322 | different, due, dead, difficult, deep |
| E | 296 | every, early, easy, english, economic |
| F | 278 | first, free, few, full, four |
| G | 208 | good, great, general, given, green |
| H | 207 | high, hard, happy, human, higher |
| I | 471 | important, international, independent, impossible, ill |
| J | 29 | joint, jealous, judicial, juvenile, juicy |
| K | 22 | knowing, keen, kindly, knowledgeable, kinetic |
| L | 201 | last, long, little, left, looking |
| M | 332 | many, million, major, main, military |
| N | 183 | no, new, next, national, nice |
| O | 169 | one, out, other, old, own |
| P | 516 | public, possible, political, perfect, personal |
| Q | 21 | quick, quiet, quarterly, questionable, queer |
| R | 251 | real, red, ready, round, recent |
| S | 661 | some, same, sure, second, small |
| T | 290 | two, three, true, third, total |
| U | 700 | under, unique, upper, useful, urban |
| V | 111 | various, valuable, visual, vast, violent |
| W | 131 | white, whole, working, wrong, worth |
| X | 1 | xenophobic |
| Y | 15 | young, yellow, younger, youthful, yummy |
| Z | 8 | zoological, zealous, zonal, zippy, zesty |
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Which letter do the most adjectives start with?
U, with 700 on this site's list.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet.