noun A word that describes or modifies a noun, such as "tall," "blue," or "happy."
- The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives.
- In the phrase "a very tall tree," the word "tall" is an adjective.
- The Brazilian football legend, who passed away in December, has been added to the Portuguese edition of the Michaelis dictionary as an adjective to describe someone or something “out of the ordinary.
— George Ramsay, Pelé added to Portuguese dictionary as an adjective for ‘out of the ordinary’ (2023)
- We have fallen into the culture of adjectives and adverbs, and we have forgotten the strength of nouns," he said.
— Jessie Yeung, Pope Francis loves nouns but is ‘allergic’ to adjectives (2019)
- In "the red car," "red" is the adjective.
- Good writers choose precise adjectives instead of stacking up vague ones.
