Describing Wordsfor Word

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Here are some adjectives for word: crisp and noble, sharp and waspish, mere unproven, heartfelt, personal, deftly fitting, single, weary, barely satisfactory, good four-letter, fatherly straight-from-the-shoulder, rare cryptic, harsh or unkind, wrong or idle, short but imperious, impudent and dictatorial, harsh or impatient, suitable four-letter, single louder, favorite four-letter, single, incomprehensible, occasional tactful, single unkind, wicked and harsh, sure prophetic, harsh or frightening, obsolete dutch, plainest and most vigorous, harsh or vindictive, vindictive, prescriptive, thy literal, hifalutin dirty. You can get the definitions of these word adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to word (and find more here).

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Words to Describe word

Below is a list of describing words for word. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe word:

crisp and noble sharp and waspish mere unproven heartfelt, personal deftly fitting single, weary barely satisfactory good four-letter fatherly straight-from-the-shoulder rare cryptic harsh or unkind wrong or idle short but imperious impudent and dictatorial harsh or impatient suitable four-letter single louder favorite four-letter single, incomprehensible occasional tactful single unkind wicked and harsh sure prophetic harsh or frightening
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obsolete dutch plainest and most vigorous harsh or vindictive vindictive, prescriptive thy literal hifalutin dirty secret sibilant ral angry absurd, antique expressive norwegian casual or inadvertent single, definitive chic, last angry or unkind fine and inaccurate acute or eloquent gentle or submissive phantom and empty obscene french shortest, shortest kindred german astonishingly inaccurate arrogant or indiscreet decisive, terrible nasty and derogatory apt and alliterative single mystic fine willowy injurious or very awkward unaccustomed last common but inexact little two-syllable tremely rude lengthy and somewhat daunting thoughtful, soft single ill-advised simpler, nastier horribly exact brief uncivil enigmatic and mystical bitter and dreary harsh or angry incontrovertible last smallest bitter foul or indecent unique and indubitably genuine old and still provincial hollow big hackneyed musical brave male venomous or foolish pleasant or merry cumulative descriptive common teutonic infinitely bitter least immodest low and delicious single legible momentary inadvertent slightest curt once innocuous next harsh yuultal single indiscreet covert or witty awkward arcane inarticulate, unintelligible beautifully predictive galactic basic �s�pecial �special foreign secret precautionary overly glorious nice bloodless particularly useful and interesting slightest equivocal terribly vague hasty or angry single abusive harsh or hasty further previous commonplace simple meek and ineffectual damned absurd unkind or impatient sour or sharp soft preparatory sharp or unkind utter rational smallest loving warm or human never harsh candid and heartfelt tentative civil indefinite but comprehensive briefest, plainest harshest and hardest eternal and incarnate scientifically abstracted black, imperious widely significant single controversial irreplaceable french enough portuguese wrong dutch harsh, earthy charming, sentimental curious, significant unkind or hasty beautifully apt single, mad rueful single silent or audible single profane descriptive french single articulate harsh or off-color aerial and radioed occasional archaic current last antique, meaningless clumsy, redundant excellent mediaeval uniquely perfect common and impolite hasty, cheery single coaxing insignificant, inadequate extremely grateful single, arcane single, soft-spoken single, two-letter latest, hottest expressive medieval soon official explosive turkish fine and hearty especially obscure or archaic coolly feminine single, distasteful unequivocal definite better key brief four-letter simple, four-letter colorlessly conventional troublesome and confusing thy unspoken wise, true terrible disastrous apt and elegant significant, emphatic new, barbarous conveniently comprehensive curt savage neatly suggestive happiest, thy corresponding finnish peculiarly shakespearian injurious or rude ostensibly reluctant formal and ostensibly reluctant unfamiliar or unintelligible powerful, empty universal comprehensive sacred, unblemished analytic single wordy, little æquivocal or ambiguous �quivocal or ambiguous aequivocal or ambiguous ill or insulting outlandish unintelligible modest bad usual and agreeable loathsome and obscene distinct and sure thrilling, mysterious free, true and loving ikal, native rebellious unspoken obviously triple gentler but effective solemn rasping pleasing, mellifluous cordial sympathetic inner and direct endearing and persuasive apt and musical local and obsolete deplorable bald dishonest or unkind horrible but convenient bold relentless decorative last clearly indispensable unkind or angry crisp, trenchant other and appropriate originally imperfect grand apostolic irrepressible, inevitable vague and casual generic or dual immoral or dishonorable ignoble, immoral or dishonorable wise or true virtuous and inexorable hard or excessively long low, barbarous thine unspoken wise and picturesque unchanging decisive sullen short different and far stronger harsh or loud strangely inadequate primary or radical quick double-edged profane or vulgar four-letter harsh or bitter single intelligible colored medieval clever nasty absent such fascinating, exotic simple, ubiquitous stupid, suicidal good, dramatic invariable last cognate german still provincial single impatient single but eloquent single harsh single mediocre new and spontaneous single arcane single obscene large, good quick, private rotten devilish protracted native unreadable, unavailable official final last unspoken logical and useful fickle, changeable silly non-scientific sharp, unsympathetic big, cheesy drawn-out last single, guttural single dismaying occasional hushed actually offensive single, stern single, alien holy terrible rude curt swift hermetic pithy indelicate specific arcane single, wonderful single calm awfully old-fashioned back telepathic polite, uncharged general and mysterious indelicate gaelic slightest harsh private but very forceful decidedly uncouth royal and inviolate simple fiery single two-syllable aptly descriptive funny, hard unknown hushed warm or respectful central necessary `signal genuine feline resounding and despairing superfluous, protective single, secret faintly dirty emotional and inexact decisive, ineluctable single, heartfelt current all-purpose visible, final unsportingly rude harsh, two-syllable brilliant, sacred breathless and insincere venal, bilious splendid and sonorous better descriptive angry or insulting solitary adroit obsolete, french clearest, bravest false, endearing wild indeterminate gay, facile angry or hasty partly familiar strange or partly familiar clear corresponding unknown, all-knowing beautiful but true oriental primitive substantial, consubstantial indecent or discourteous thoughtless or insulting smallest incautious unpleasant, botanical other unstressed impatient or harsh courteous and eager loose and questionable definitive or restrictive single derivative independent negative small and invariable anomalous and ungrammatical familiar intimate truer and larger inaudible, visible cheerful or sincere aforesaid foul single inadvertent pure antique hungry, carnal unpleasant or indelicate primitive natal senseless and disagreeable singularly senseless and disagreeable singularly senseless concrete and terribly ponderous unified, unanalyzed old-fashioned, every-day joyful or hopeful angry or discontented audible bodied prophetic fateful eloquent and hopeful high-pitched, violent unjust or petulant antiquated nautical selfish, inappropriate wise or helpful terribly menacing classic and noble remorseful, loyal quizzical deliberate barbarous and improper bad or improper precise, natural single discreet moderate fastidious single unofficial excellent anglo-irish last sugared brave brief cheery or facetious concise and suggestive profane or indecent last and incomparable particular naughty casual sharp convenient ancient meaningless and immetrical hitherto mysterious and incomprehensible hasty or exasperated objectionable and ambiguous rather objectionable and ambiguous long, mystic horribly illogical other and highly controversial mystic all-important irrelevant, inadequate single figurative pert and easy unmetrical and prosaic well-set comfortable true tremendous last detestable single courteous proposal or direct sharp or harsh odd and far-fetched misguided and well-intended odious and unpopular scrumptious new short and unromantic ineffably significant hasty, wicked pure unerring etymologically puzzling single incautious wide, slippery insolent or abusive last and definite cheerful or careless clear and unadulterated coarse or bitter relative and indefinite authoritative local extremely low and disagreeable mournful, mellifluous pleasant good-night ever pure and gentle true and venerable crisp, characteristic quiet saucy modest, generous long or grand foolish or necessary evil or passionate token and mysterious aangehaal moderately confessional suitable suggestive final, up-to-date irrelevant and indecent totally irrelevant and indecent fatal and mystical single glum adequate or picturesque hateful and misleading blind wonderful lightest, merriest expressive or descriptive picturesque and even poetic complete, imperative irreverent or reckless inevitable and superb proper elizabethan final or valid musical and luminous malicious, irritating own, unsupported latest pungent real unkind palely inadequate stinging, startling stern but clear final wretched thine instructive disgusting but graphic brawny, masculine german hybrid unfair, last single and awful horrible, unbelievable true missing last expressive jewish contemptuous solitary fond honest danish embarrassedly facetious fatally convenient beautiful and classical sufficiently unimpassioned quick or harsh unkind or irreverential slightest imprudent cold and inadequate idle careless unkind or bold majestic but incorrect unmusical and unromantic intelligible and universal reasonably intelligible and universal rough or angry bitter or despairing single unethical endearing and worshipful distinctly naughty faint but distinctly naughty final expressive other emphatic useful and very expressive sheepish or courteous impolite or arrogant clear instructive bad, shocking unchanging, impregnable good key short and handsome hopeful, ambiguous solitary identical useful and pithy indefinite and convenient short adhesive short, adhesive short inspiring utter disapproving unusual and very strong exact and happiest bitter, proscriptive sweetest and bitterest honest teutonic hot or uncivil harsh or profane slightest unfortunate sensibly present or absent sensibly present always concrete and sensible conveniently cloudy short and internationally current immutable, immortal common and comprehensive bolder unspoken down sonorous [[partial big and puzzling coolly civil unparalleled long single flattering tremulous soft coarse and emphatic rather bad but unavoidable bad but unavoidable decidedly convenient quick deferential artistic human common or every-day direly comprehensive boastful or complacent formal and hasty weak and very imperfect decisive and loud clear, decisive and loud hoarse but imperative long fragmentary least affectionate unnecessarily harsh or severe last truthful rude or impudent separate inexplicable back speedy usual but very expressive colloquial and popular conversational and popular strong but somewhat coarse sharp or angry quick or unkind less definitive scornful, furious soft, foreign-sounding profane and lurid vague, grandiloquent last and most accurate unknown abominable unnecessarily uncouth veritable and infallible cruel, sad brief and impolite final, useful certainly unconstitutional salutary but certainly unconstitutional hearty, outspoken brisk hearty hard or angry bad blasphemous apt, expressive good, much-abused true and only real definite and franker peremptory and jovial little, fond common and very improper last definitive wondrous, secret inefficient and prosaic stray, trifling simplest and most unadorned graphic, pictorial hitherto rare casual, indignant cynical or despairing hateful, cynical or despairing usual bengal certain untrue vile insulting sole turkish hopeful pagan so-called pivot loud and very bad smug, odious technical last short, astounding gentle and yet appropriate final sovereign single irritable angry or unjust hasty, ready-made nice, effective external harsh unavoidably harsh angry, repellent wondrous, sacred faint, pregnant often unanalyzed distinctive and often unanalyzed your--final wanton or unkind aboriginal british simple elegiac wise and unanswerable consciously trivial sheer and sacred hateful hyphenated ironical and impatient sacred, unspeakable somewhat barbarous and unintelligible solitary and small hasty and incautious unromantic but unanswerable solemn and most awful luxurious, seductive fervent, last good-humored, sarcastic kindred appropriate excellent resonant unfamiliar or half-understood single high-sounding particularly long or odd low thoughtless brief but most pregnant otherwise peculiar technical or otherwise peculiar sharper and shorter incorruptible, eternal actual, valid disagreeable and suggestive particularly disagreeable and suggestive offensive or impatient ugly hybrid marvelously inappropriate thy necromantic stern effective jenial hideously uncompromising expressive old-fashioned ambiguous or superfluous more teleological similar compelling terrible half-forgotten harmful or shameful direct and expressive bad or harsh insolent or unkind clearest, grandest bare, frigid slight or thoughtless coarse profane magical and sublime private, loving rough, out-and-out single but thrilling slightest sharp brief emphatic negative and cautionary important connective primary germanic perfectly antiquated antiquated and shocking perfectly antiquated and shocking strictly truer corrupt dutch last and most essential trivial gay inadvertent, hasty meaningless and hideous delightfully indefinite useless or idle loose or coarse shorter and even uglier classical but almost obsolete unkind passionate foul or impure illuminating unspoken extremely inadequate and misleading grave, impulsive merry and grateful irreducible and utterly unscientific unhappily common unfitting last grandest, holiest modern but not inapplicable single and sulky dull grown-up final persuasive odd pleasing baffling and unaccustomed local and better loud and commonplace ribald and voluptuous single derogatory sagely artistic wonderfully fitting sad or untoward actual and pure safe, endearing single scathing solitary civil thought--eternal definite satisfying single outspoken pitiful, astounding imperative highest infinitely pathetic and wonderful picturesque and contemptuous stern special sweet and significant easy and emphatic cold or sarcastic small emphatic contemptuous and lofty further priceless sane, relevant pathetic, simple hideous, maddening hard or cruel single gruff solitary sad same unuttered proper and milder actual eighteenth-century informal german sacrilegious or impious least canting obsolete but strong scornful thy so-called incorrect biological, scientific crabbed foreign friendly merry certainly expressive still comprehensive inevitable, satisfying gloomy, terrible truer, wiser careless harsh sweet mellifluous pure and unadorned suspicious or unkind sad dear kindly prophetic clearest grandest beautiful but artificial bitter or cruel precious wholesome ambiguous or multivocal loud or profane magically terrible big or violent violent or sonorous disused simple pluriliteral popular but unauthorized single untrue single imprudent single hysterical new and hearty different rude single grudging noble, good single meaningless exact, perfect expressive german least idle indubitably genuine single insulting false new old, formal same turkish ancient, obsolete stiff antique next unspoken plain brief impressive, sonorous strange or shocking lone, thin common and conventional last wise pure and essential single four-letter single recognizable single, ominous damn filthy single bitter husky, incoherent naked, bare short, explicit occasional salacious suave, sleek single cryptic awful foolish shorter and uglier shrewd, jovial single ill single sonorous jewish technical inexpressibly wicked heavy and weighty sad and weighty official and technical significant or analytic single raucous own, simple comical irish strictly deferential central and only important vulgar or trivial large courteous usual babylonian bad or impatient good, intelligible vague vain original etruscan later apostolic ultimate, irrevocable new and capital shortest and truest absolute and decisive last and secret ancient and very respectable now provincial articulate and intelligible single and impressive single sufficient expressive modern significant and awful extremely indecent final key single, quiet tacit, unspoken occasional congratulatory single guttural final insulting nearest mortal simple and sufficient sturdy hard foreign or strange free, good-natured clear and sure helpful, loving next least last ill single ill-timed authentic, unadulterated hateful and horrible single equivocal private single calm, imperative crazy, useless simple but suggestive pregnant and comprehensive unusually rare careless, disdainful cold or indifferent merest perfunctory full egyptian thy slightest final defiant vaguely dreadful short, important occasional real sensible human single poignant empty meaningless morally objectionable short and nasty short and familiar magical and unique single wrong wonderfully ambiguous materially higher single angry two-syllable vulgar but expressive last emphatic short, explosive unkind damned safe casually important big absolute emotionally neutral appropriate human single, useful main derogatory single, heartbreaking strange but somehow compelling elegantly handwritten obscene, blasphemous ugly interstellar much-needed tutorial foolish, archaic stark, simple singular and frightening large, brief difficult human forlorn, unexpected dark, vile grammatically unique gruesomely interpretable weak, nondescript unintelligible spanish short dismaying single, cryptic black noiseless seductive, dangerous human, unprofessional key and operative last, soft-spoken anciently honorable simple four-letter old four-letter personal, peculiar harsh or negative cuban colloquial exact, literal occasional bland scary european divine, sole indeed infernal secret neophyte awkwardly ambiguous incredibly outdated impure or improper soft magical least proud plainly understandable suddenly necessary single, expressionless throaty, guttural bald, angry ragged but emphatic single unintelligible authoritative final ordinarily difficult always key senseless and insignificant disgusting four-letter similarly crucial ancient archaic single sibilant single, hateful ridiculous native lousy wrong bad four-letter single unhelpful dangerous, evocative hoarse unedifying wrong, careless next fifth single indelicate foul, four-letter rough or impatient casual, bitter dramatic dynamic specific four-letter private one-way scratchy and weak different four-letter heartfelt and obscene ucal flippant, teasing universal four-letter flat, solitary last provocative

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Words to Describe word

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "word" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "word" are: crisp and noble, sharp and waspish, mere unproven, heartfelt, personal, and deftly fitting. There are 995 other words to describe word listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe word suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "word" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many word adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is word?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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