Free Adjective Finder
An adjective describes or modifies a noun: 'tall,' 'red,' 'mysterious,' 'broken.' This finder highlights every adjective in your text. Useful for editing repetitive descriptive writing, identifying weak modifiers, and grammar lessons. To find the nouns being described, use our Noun Finder; for the related word class that modifies verbs, see the Adverb Finder.
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How the Adjective Finder Works
The finder uses adjective-forming suffixes (-ful, -less, -able, -ible, -ous, -ive, -al, -ic, -ish, -y, -ed, -ing) and a curated dictionary of 3,000+ common English adjectives. Words appearing before nouns are also flagged as likely adjectives.
Rules & Tips
1Adjectives describe nouns
'A tall building' — 'tall' describes 'building.' 'The angry customer' — 'angry' describes 'customer.'
2Adjective-forming suffixes
-ful (helpful), -less (careless), -able (lovable), -ous (dangerous), -ive (active), -al (musical), -ic (basic), -ish (foolish), -y (sunny).
3Comparatives and superlatives
-er (taller, smarter), -est (tallest, smartest), 'more' + adj (more beautiful), 'most' + adj (most beautiful).
4Watch out for adjective overload
Strong writing uses precise nouns and verbs rather than piles of adjectives. If your text has 3+ adjectives per noun, consider trimming.
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