Personality Adjectives & Character Traits

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Personality Adjectives & Character Traits in English

101 POSITIVE adjectives to describe a person

While some of these adjectives are listed as positive, some people may consider them negative.

How would you describe yourself in three words?

I am …

adaptable: able to change in order to deal successfully with new situations.

adventurous: willing to take risks or to try out new ideas or experiences.

affectionate: readily showing caring feelings or tenderness for someone

approachable: friendly and easy to talk to

artistic: having natural creative skill, especially being able to paint or draw well.

attentive: helpful; making sure that people have what they need.

bold: fearless before danger; brave and confident; not afraid to say what you feel.

brave: courageous; not afraid to do things that are difficult or dangerous; to have mental strength to face danger.

bright: intelligent; clever; quick to learn new things.

calm: not excited or nervous; not showing agitation or excitement

careful: always thinking about what you are doing so that you avoid getting hurt, avoid damaging something or doing something wrong.

cautious: careful to avoid potential problems or dangers.

charismatic: having a compelling charm which attracts or impresses other people.

charming: very polite, friendly and likeable; very pleasant

cheerful: noticeably happy and showing it by the way you behave

clever: intelligent; quick to understand things or learn something.

compassionate: feeling or showing sympathy or concern for other people or animals who are suffering or having a difficult time.

confident: feeling sure about your own ability to do things successfully

conscientious: taking care to do things carefully and correctly.

considerate: always thinking of the feelings and rights of other people; being careful not to hurt or upset other people; careful not to inconvenience or harm others.

cooperative: to have a willingness and ability to work with others.

courageous: brave; not deterred by danger or pain; showing courage.

courteous: polite, especially in a way that shows respect; considerate in manner

creative: having the skill and ability to create something new, especially art; can easily use the imagination for original ideas or to create something.

curious: have a strong desire to investigate and learn about (new) things.

decisive: to have the ability to decide something quickly and with confidence.

dedicated: devoted to a task or purpose; working hard at something because it is important to you.

delightful: very pleasant; highly pleasing

dependable: trustworthy and reliable; can be relied on to do what you want or need

determined: having the ability to make a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.

diligent: having or showing care and effort in your work or studies

diplomatic: having the skill to deal with people (using tact and conciliation) in difficult situations , especially in order to keep the peace.

disciplined: to show a controlled form of behavior or way of working



discreet: careful in what you say or do in order to keep something confidential (or secret) or to avoid making someone feel embarrassed; tactful.

dynamic: having a lot of energy and a strong personality.

easygoing (US) / easy-going (UK): relaxed and casual in style or manner.

efficient: working in a good, well-organized and competent way with no waste of time or money.

energetic: having a lot of energy (and enthusiasm)

enthusiastic: having a lot of excitement and interest about things.

faithful: loyal; always staying with or supporting a person or organization.

fearless: not afraid, in a way that people can admire; brave

flexible: able to change and adapt to new or different situations.

focused: directs a lot of attention or activity towards a certain goal without distraction.

forgiving: ready and willing to forgive

friendly: behaves in a kind and pleasant way towards people.

funny: makes people laugh easily; easily causes amusement.

generous: gives freely to other people, often giving more than necessary or more than what was asked for.

gentle: calm and kind; doing things in a careful way to avoid harming someone.

genuine: sincere and honest; a person that can be trusted; real

hardworking (US) / hard-working (UK): tending to put a lot energy and commitment into a job in order to do it well; diligent.

helpful: willing to help other people; having a disposition to help or improve a particular situation.

honest: always tells the truth; never cheats; free from fraud or deception.

humble: to be modest and not proud or arrogant; to have or show a low estimate of one’s importance.

imaginative: constantly having new and exciting ideas; having a good imagination or showing creativity.

intelligent: good at thinking in a logical way about things; has the ability to learn and understand things quickly.

intuitive: being instinctive which is based on what you feel to be true even without conscious facts or reasoning.

kind: caring about other people; gentle, friendly, sympathetic or helpful towards others.

lively: full of life and energy; enthusiastic and outgoing

loving: feeling or showing love or care for somebody; affectionate

loyal: faithful; remaining constant in your support of someone

mature: behaving in a sensible way with the mental and emotional development characteristic of an adult.

modest: not talking much about your own abilities or achievements; humble

motivated: having a strong desire to do well or succeed in something, even if it involves hard work.

nice: kind, friendly and pleasant.

observant: good at noticing or paying attention to things that are around you.

open-minded: willing to listen to and consider different viewpoints or ideas; unprejudiced.

optimistic: hopeful and confident about the future; expecting good things to happen or that something will be successful.



passionate: having strong feelings of enthusiasm or a strong belief in something

patient: able to tolerate delays or difficulties without becoming annoyed or anxious.

peaceful: not violent; quiet and calm; not upset or worried in any way.

perceptive: having sensitive insight; good at seeing or understanding things quickly, especially things that are not obvious.

persistent: determined to continue doing something despite difficulties or being in an undesirable situation.

playful: full of fun; always wanting to play; light-hearted and cheerful.

polite: courteous and with good manners toward other people.

positive: optimistic; thinking about what is good in a situation; confident that something good will happen.

practical: makes sensible decisions and is realistic; skilled at manual tasks.

proactive: creates or controls a situation instead of just responding to it after it has happened.

prudent: acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

punctual: always arriving on time; never late.

rational: having thoughts or making decisions based on reason rather than on emotion.

realistic: having a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected.

relaxed: calm; not worried; free from tension and anxiety

reliable: can be trusted to do something well; you can depend or rely on them.

resilient: able to quickly recover from unpleasant or damaging events

resourceful: good at finding clever ways of doing things, solving problems or overcoming problems.

respectful: shows respect to others

responsible: behaves properly and sensible, without needing to be supervised.

romantic: does or says things that make their partner feel special and loved; readily demonstrating feelings of love.

sensible: to be practical and reasonable; having or using good sense or sound judgment.

sincere: genuine; not pretended; saying what you really think or feel.

sociable: very friendly and likes spending time with other people.

straightforward: uncomplicated and easy to be understood.

supportive: providing encouragement and emotional help or sympathy.

thoughtful: think about and care for other people; you remember what other people need or want.

tolerant: able to accept what other people say or do even if you don't agree with it or like it.

trusting: tending to believe in other people's honesty or sincerity; not suspicious.

trustworthy: capable of being trusted; you can rely on them to be good or honest.

unassuming: modest; not pretentious or arrogant; not wanting to draw attention to yourself or to what your abilities.

understanding: to have the ability to understand people and forgive them when they do something different or wrong.

versatile: able to do many different things

witty: quickly clever and humorous; characterized by a quick and inventive verbal humor.

How would you describe yourself in three words?


List of Positive Personality Adjectives

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