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These adjectives that start with X come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 1 adjectives starting with X on this page. The 1 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.

X has only one adjective in this list: xenophobic, which describes fear or dislike of people from other countries. That makes X the hardest letter for any describing-word game.

If you need an X word for an alphabet activity, it is fine to bend the rule. Many teachers let students use any describing word with an X somewhere inside it instead. The rest of this site lists other X words, including nouns and names, so a quick look elsewhere will help fill the gap.

Adjectives starting with X
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Most used
xenophobic
Longest common one
xenophobic 10 letters

Most common adjectives that start with X

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#WordMeaningType
1xenophobicsuffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreignadj.

Long adjectives that start with X

  • xenophobic

More that start with X

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How many adjectives start with X?

This list has 1 adjectives starting with X, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common adjectives that start with X?

xenophobic are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long adjectives that start with X?

xenophobic.

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. Offensive words are left out.

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