Describing Wordsfor Words

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Here are some adjectives for words: archaic and provincial, few gracious, fewest and plainest, few unintelligible, apt and gracious, crisp and noble, louder, entire, sharp and waspish, tersely formal, mainly hyphenated, mere unproven, flutingly sweet, heartfelt, personal, few indistinguishable, few but careful, luminous and hopeful, admirable rich, deftly fitting, utter meaningless, many articulate, single, weary, foolish and emotional, few and futile, few but emphatic, barely satisfactory, few, soft, pitilessly accurate, single succinct, good four-letter, utter memorable. You can get the definitions of these words adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to words (and find more here).

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Words to Describe words

Below is a list of describing words for words. 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 words:

archaic and provincial few gracious fewest and plainest few unintelligible apt and gracious crisp and noble louder, entire sharp and waspish tersely formal mainly hyphenated mere unproven flutingly sweet heartfelt, personal few indistinguishable few but careful luminous and hopeful admirable rich deftly fitting utter meaningless many articulate single, weary foolish and emotional few and futile few but emphatic barely satisfactory
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few, soft pitilessly accurate single succinct good four-letter utter memorable fatherly straight-from-the-shoulder fair witching own well-rehearsed metal, innocent sometimes feathered electly simple rare cryptic inadequate foul harsh or unkind plainest and fewest wrong or idle various unfrozen short but imperious utter ordinary fitting, luminous visible but inaudible mental or verbal radical big impudent and dictatorial macabre and foolish harsh or impatient rousing last nice grand meaningless, contradictory outwardly treasonous quietly sharp mute secret skeptical, cynical fewest and clearest chaste medical finite and quite rigid hardly legitimate rare and obsolete few and clear obsolete and unusual outlandish, unintelligible abrupt, haughty few but pregnant particular harmless fatal signal obliging but insignificant fewest and kindest gross ill brave and boastful few and random single compassionate terrible wonderful few inaudible suitable four-letter terminal key single louder pronouncing confident favorite four-letter few or fewer single, incomprehensible many odd-sounding occasional tactful softly striking single unkind few inspiring wicked and harsh few, hysterical sure prophetic polite, truthful and simple harsh or frightening unspoken brutal obsolete dutch hardest chinese plainest and most vigorous titanic and thunderous harsh or vindictive brilliant, poignant vindictive, prescriptive far louder and clearer harshly evocative abrupt and harshly evocative fragmented and mysterious ancient and sanctified formal and soft fewest and shortest low, singular focus-individual joyless and pallid evil and cunning brief, gracious sometimes easier forth abominable few conciliatory facetious last fitly significant many coaxing alone soft few cordial few peremptory thy literal unrelated, individual hifalutin dirty least, sharp secret sibilant awkward, inadequate ral angry studiously arrogant and insulting absurd, antique studiously arrogant expressive norwegian suddenly french casual or inadvertent splendid and satisfying single, definitive splendid and idle chic, last percival next angry or unkind private, heartfelt fine and inaccurate standard taboo acute or eloquent curiously impassioned gentle or submissive crazy but visionary phantom and empty superfluous scientific obscene french apologetic and imperfect shortest, shortest vague but gentle kindred german better focus-individual genuine, cordial vague and few earlier confident inaudible heroic quick incoherent unintentionally cruel back unkind useless and senseless pronouncing several several similar-sounding rational and peerless prophetic and most remarkable appropriate signal heartening and inspiring cheerful and teasing correct danish ironical and destructive bold, ironical and destructive different comparable forth sweet and persuasive utter offensive provincial and technical gracious, half-murmured caustic and cautious longest and richest few but apt few affectionate fewest possible pronouncing certain astonishingly inaccurate soft, humble arrogant or indiscreet elegant and idiomatic few fitting few courteous few curt famous last few incoherent decisive, terrible vague unreal nasty and derogatory calm but passionate apt and alliterative few terse single mystic trifling insignificant fine willowy politely cautious injurious or very awkward scratchy, rasping unaccustomed last usually remarkable common but inexact few four-letter little two-syllable splendid unanswerable tremely rude last edifying lengthy and somewhat daunting strange distinct thoughtful, soft healthy and highly theological single ill-advised few authoritative simpler, nastier outlandish, angry horribly exact memorable and tremendous brief uncivil menacing and unmistakable enigmatic and mystical cryptic final bitter and dreary borderline blasphemous harsh or angry wise and melodious incontrovertible last peculiar, meaningless smallest bitter trite or irritating foul or indecent such chary unique and indubitably genuine calm, knowledgeable old and still provincial flattering and hollow hollow big technical and familiar hackneyed musical gigantic and obsolete brave male mysterious but strangely seductive venomous or foolish bleak, skeptical pleasant or merry proud and precocious savage and evil weak and petulant ut\-terly unexpected trivial last carefully official helpless and inadequate unintelligible foreign hollow and toneless wee magical polite and empty misleading or nonsensical meaningless, bookish merry odd utter defamatory plainest and most unmistakable common and cursory few peppery fierce and blasphemous obsolete or unusual commonest or most notable mature, wise often few and funny hard, fussy utter impious divine and comfortable large, divine and comfortable simple but memorable few imperative animal, high eedentical shortest and strongest peculiarly applicable and appropriate straightforward and vivid laughably trivial and scanty bitter and unwise tiresome and absurd untried and uncertain sharp concise few but precise few ungracious mournful and memorable attentive and polite always attentive and polite familiar but respectable permissible common toneless few words--arterial such words--arterial unwise, cruel sinful and unnatural merry or wise utter distinct fervent and pathetic few and business-like swift, scornful calm but weighty outlandish, magical few but hearty bombastic, high-sounding gay, flattering curt, vigorous colorless and uncertain correctly pronouncing cumulative descriptive common teutonic occasional frantic last audible few cheery infinitely bitter few emphatic least immodest few persuasive low and delicious few stern single legible ominous last few harsh momentary inadvertent clumsy, legalistic slightest curt intensely taboo once innocuous diplomatic, careful next harsh harshest and most unwelcome yuultal smooth, flattering single indiscreet sharp quiet covert or witty back angry awkward arcane fitting reluctant inarticulate, unintelligible stream--unusual, rare beautifully predictive stream--unusual galactic basic hushed, cautious �s�pecial typically bucolic �special foreign quite casual and practical secret precautionary piercingly strange overly glorious severely unadorned nice bloodless weighty foreign particularly useful and interesting short, destructive slightest equivocal actual and unexpected terribly vague quick cruel hasty or angry emotionally believable single abusive quiet and anguished harsh or hasty more ill-timed further previous pronouncing human commonplace simple senseless and ambiguous meek and ineffectual reassuringly martial damned absurd meaningless but reassuringly martial unkind or impatient other, unsaid sour or sharp utter bold soft preparatory benign, truer sharp or unkind few explanatory utter rational high, eloquent smallest loving wisely cynical warm or human cordial but stiff never harsh surprisingly foul candid and heartfelt irrational, fragmented tentative civil more four-letter indefinite but comprehensive useless, inevitable briefest, plainest sweet sinful harshest and hardest bitter and extremely impolite eternal and incarnate faint, fragmentary scientifically abstracted angry jealous black, imperious pertinent key widely significant fine but fruitless single controversial portuguese and african irreplaceable french soft but obviously desperate enough portuguese unevenly typewritten wrong dutch harsh or cold harsh, earthy correct arcane charming, sentimental childishly clear and simple curious, significant peculiar but sonorous potent, direct pitifully polite particularly strong and visible hot and frequent hard and stinging strong, expressive short insignificant festive and jocose utter but few artistically expressive obscene and modest sonorous but unnecessary else ill obsolete auxiliary high and querulous absolutely immemorial several obsolete uncouth or antique last inexorable short and very decisive best and fewest plainer and fresher simple, formal fresh and sane angry or naughty bitterly true few coaxing few norwegian quite abrupt and awkward rogue fair remarkable smart scornful and vindictive few but simple few and solemn pure numeral loathsome, nauseous pathetic and prophetic utter other mad melodramatic sweet, flattering pleasant, coaxing variably hyphenated inconsistently hyphenated hot and abusive few and sensible distinct adverbial plainer but not simpler clear pregnant thereto meaningless slighted gentle utter hasty dark, atheistic few but thrilling few and expressive few but weighty nobly pious dry and careless presently obsolete stunning long warm, hasty tactful and vivid forth unintelligible resonant and useful dientikal concrete and picturesque rural and archaic few and distinct weak and unconnected honest and convenient forth jejune necessary, irrevocable articulate many rough contemptuous scanty final few affable severe or insulting strangely cold and heartless obsolete or really worn-out frigidly civil kindly royal dead obsolete utter sad sinewy, idiomatic swift, complimentary harsh and profane devious and misleading bitter anguished dark or pessimistic deceptive and dazzling such unroyal forth lewd solemnly true startling and solemnly true dim, enigmatical wonderful next anywhere grander impatiently solemn enigmatical last awful, reticent simplest, briefest pathetic and far-reaching deceitful or flattering simple and dour relatively new and effective craftily casual painful unspoken imprudent, undisciplined simplest, childish wild and fervent few but solemn false and plausible hateful, humiliating vain raucous long and big painfully bitter and malignant painfully bitter vague exalted incoherent ecstatic passionate, heedless solemn, striking natural, dramatic thoughtless and harsh simple, straightforward and vigorous originally poetic few loving few hasty few civil hard, more few evasive four-letter unkind or hasty appropriate last beautifully apt utter angry single, mad many and elegant rueful single vague and quaint silent or audible many disdainful single profane deepest and wisest descriptive french also injurious obsolete or foreign last, solemn last intelligible last articulate few calm single articulate big expansive special quiet eloquent and truthful shy and simple few heartfelt few scathing simple, painful back bitter few polite few appropriate more last few pleasant harsh or off-color few impassioned aerial and radioed few and profane occasional archaic recently naughty current last raucous, incoherent antique, meaningless superficially harmless clumsy, redundant forth shaky excellent mediaeval empty, hackneyed uniquely perfect always wise and helpful common and impolite hundred-odd fuzzy hasty, cheery exact and thoughtful single coaxing cryptic few insignificant, inadequate indistinct but unmistakably angry extremely grateful wild untrue single, arcane oddly coherent single, soft-spoken rare key single, two-letter blasphemous, sacrilegious latest, hottest empty, high-toned expressive medieval undoubtedly greater soon official undoubtedly greater and more explosive turkish abstract, colorless fine and hearty same or similar-sounding especially obscure or archaic hard-edged and harsh coolly feminine distinct incomprehensible single, distasteful shrill and passionate unequivocal definite final terse better key soft, convincing brief four-letter sacred or important simple, four-letter vile and scornful colorlessly conventional incredibly hopeful troublesome and confusing graphically unambiguous thy unspoken squeaky, distant but clear wise, true actually muffled terrible disastrous proud and empty apt and elegant harsh, abusive significant, emphatic gentle, nonsensical new, barbarous indhopal, such conveniently comprehensive sometimes sharp and disagreeable curt savage next, soft neatly suggestive medically inaccurate happiest, thy sweet nonsensical corresponding finnish short and weighty peculiarly shakespearian technical or barbarous injurious or rude fantastically stupid ostensibly reluctant forth meaningless formal and ostensibly reluctant always empty and childish unfamiliar or unintelligible few soft-spoken powerful, empty precise, mellow universal comprehensive cautious, ambivalent sacred, unblemished immediately excusable and allowable analytic single immediately excusable wordy, little few arrogant æquivocal or ambiguous obsolete, resplendent �quivocal or ambiguous modern barbarous aequivocal or ambiguous fancy pseudo-scientific ill or insulting rough, strange outlandish unintelligible metallically sharp modest bad short and forceful usual and agreeable gratuitous final loathsome and obscene laborious last distinct and sure acceptable civilized thrilling, mysterious vague useless free, true and loving alien and inappropriate ikal, native musical but unintelligible rebellious unspoken completely legible obviously triple plain and impolite gentler but effective teen simple solemn rasping insulting french pleasing, mellifluous calmly analytical cordial sympathetic fresh, gigantic inner and direct last, enigmatic endearing and persuasive weak and awkward apt and musical sorely bitter local and obsolete frequently important deplorable bald few flattering dishonest or unkind flush and hot horrible but convenient blasphemous and offensive bold relentless sweet wicked decorative last soft fierce clearly indispensable wicked fatal unkind or angry slow piteous crisp, trenchant semantically clever other and appropriate minor connective originally imperfect wicked and incomprehensible grand apostolic nice clear-cut irrepressible, inevitable resounding, unintelligible vague and casual profuse and eloquent generic or dual awful subsequent immoral or dishonorable bald cold ignoble, immoral or dishonorable few, straight wise or true terribly pregnant virtuous and inexorable easy and significant hard or excessively long filthy, humiliating low, barbarous high and abusive thine unspoken low but ardent wise and picturesque apt and clean-cut unchanging decisive thy few sullen short grammatical articulate different and far stronger thine such harsh or loud elderly gentle strangely inadequate sharp, meaningless primary or radical fantastical or gloomy quick double-edged various hyphenated angry or harsh angry or wicked few and pelting clearly incomprehensible familiar and insulting simple but thoughtful crafty and discreet few and formal formal and operative mad, incoherent eager tense misleading and reprehensible henceforth meaningless superfluous grand apt and peculiar archaic and far-fetched treacherous, flattering deliberate last analogous modest family different familiar but often mysterious pregnant and highly illuminating weighty and highly significant forward pronouncing somber and pregnant prophetic and ominous thine interesting eloquent and clear sensible and sympathetic common irregular indiscriminately regular pronouncing mysterious manye such strongest, such namely inflated thrilling, prophetic sublime impassioned ignominious and malicious clear forceful harsh or wild hackneyed but ever memorable modest, wise fatal and incredible last but secret vain mad back cheerful anglo-french many comprehensive and superlative hot and great impiously irreverent impudent or abusive exclusively intelligible severe but polite usual and lawful evangelical, apostolic captivating psychological calm every-day gruesome, shameless other analytic sharp and uncompromising fond merry naively sublime young artless blind, loud sacred and hopeful energetic and tremendous never essential other and plainer pathetic and pessimistic oriental, pathetic and pessimistic grand but grim aloud profane flush and quiet beautiful and straightforward excellent and thy pleasant and quaint small but infinite potent witching strangely unjust equally solemn and urgent wise, true and hopeful low and too modest clearer or better crafty and slanderous strenuous sinewy utter comfortable warm, humane anxious, fervent wanton, useless and injurious pregnant and pitiless angry or vain general but strong notable and mournful handsome and apt high-sounding, impotent shamelessly impudent utter intelligible minutely appropriate ironical, bitter dimly human compact, impressive plain, decisive decisive, several delightful past loudly impious careless cold impressive, vivid unmoved, serious splendid sympathetic sympathetic, cordial redundant and obsolete slow, ambiguous righteous, free and peaceful atheistic and blasphemous analogous african obsolete synonymous late bold true, brave and sincere frivolous and immoderate indiscreet and violent hideous and reckless useless and grotesque hardly understandable filthy and indecent obscure and senseless such palestinian dutch such clear and significant quite theoretical rude and sinful truthful and compassionate sometimes futile and unnecessary simple but never-to-be-forgotten frivolous last welcome, refreshing sublime and poignant amiable and too flattering unfamiliar, daring few but significant illustrative native graphic native truly magnificent and sublime bold but highly significant crabbed, legal piteous, passionate harshest and most difficult reverent or loving proud and wise doubly dreadful gentle and flattering indeed empty easily particular bold amorous unknown or unliterary otherwise unknown or unliterary admirable and explicit certain non-technical soft specious dear mystic academically long merely synonymous unusually awful deeply-practical memorable and weighty pregnant and many-sided solemn and melodious simple terrible memorable and history-making wrong or harsh vain, empty and insignificant empty and insignificant terse and concrete fateful, astounding weary and pointless lofty and boastful pungent, humbling contentious, passionate present and soft superlatively noteworthy scarcely reliable significant and well-known singularly clear and strong barbarous and fearsome beautiful, tremendous needlessly angry articulate simple stray vulgar trenchant uncompromising definitely pacific accurate, well-balanced crazy, strange conversation--only tedious quiet lifeless familiar, vivid empty but high-sounding cunning and fine utter, such inaudible and incoherent brief cordial few and pithy last and most cordial brief but malicious certain incredible

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Words to Describe words

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "words" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "words" are: archaic and provincial, few gracious, fewest and plainest, few unintelligible, and apt and gracious. There are 995 other words to describe words listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe words 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, "words" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many words 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 words?

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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