Character Traits

Words you can use to describe characters. 

KEY 

Red = Generally negative

Black = Generally positive

Able

Accepting

Adventurous

Affectionate

Aggressive

Ambitious

Annoying

Arrogant

Articulate

Assertive

Athletic

Awkward


Belligerent

Boastful

Bold

Boring

Bossy

Brave

Bright

Busy

 

Calm

Callous

Careful

Careless

Caring

Cautious

Charming

Cheerful

Clever

Clumsy

Compassionate

Complex

Conceited

Confident

Controlling

Considerate

Cooperative

Courageous

Cowardly

Creative

Cruel

Cunning

Curious

Cynical

  

Dainty

Daring

Dark

Deceitful

Decisive

Defiant

Demanding

Detached

Determined

Devout

Diligent

Diplomatic

Discreet

Disagreeable

Disgruntled

Dishonest

Dreamer

Dynamic

 

Eager

Easygoing

Efficient

Egotistic

Embarrassed

Emotional

Energetic

Enthusiastic

Excited

Expert

Fair

Faithful

Fancy

Fearless

Fighter

Finicky

Flirtatious

Foolish

Forceful

Forgiving

Frank

Free

Friendly

Frustrated

Fun-loving

Funny

Fussy

 

Generous

Gentle

Giving

Good

Gorgeous

Gracious

Greedy

Gregarious

Grouchy

Grumpy

Gullible

 

Handsome

Happy

Harsh

Hard-working

Helpful

Honest

Hopeful

Humble

Humorous


Ignorant 

Imaginative

Impatient

Impolite

Impulsive

Inconsiderate

Inconsistent

Indecisive

Independent

Inflexible

Intellectual

Intelligent

Intolerant

Intuitive

Inventive

Irresponsible

 

Jealous

Joyful

Judgmental

 

Keen

Kind

Knowledgeable

 

Lazy

Leader

Light

Light-hearted

Likeable

Lively

Lovable

Loving

Loyal

 


Manipulative

Materialistic

Mature

Mean

Melancholy

Merry

Messy

Mischievous

Modest

Moody

 

Naïve

Narrow-minded

Nasty

Naughty

Neat

Negative

Nervous

Nice

Noisy

Nosy 

  

Obnoxious

Opinionated

Optimistic

Organized

Outgoing


Passionate

Passive

Patient

Patriotic

Perfectionist

Persistent

Personable

Pessimistic 

Philosophical

Pitiful

Plain

Pleasant

Pleasing

Polite

Pompous

Poor

Popular

Possessive

Powerful

Practical

Pretty

Prim

Proactive

Proper

Proud

 

Quarrelsome

Questioning

Quick-tempered

Quick-witted

Quiet

 

Radical

Rational

Realistic

Rebellious

Reflective

Relaxed

Reliable

Religious

Reserved

Resourceful

Respectful

Responsible

Reverent

Rich

Rigid

Romantic

Rude

 


Sad

Sarcastic

Self-confident

Self-conscious

Self-disciplined

Selfish

Sensible

Sensitive

Serious

Short

Shy

Silly

Simple

Simple-minded

Sincere

Smart

Sociable

Stable

Straightforward

Strong

Stubborn

Studious

Successful

Sympathetic

 

Tactless

Tall

Tantalizing

Tender

Tense

Thoughtful

Thoughtless

Thrilling

Tidy

Timid

Tireless

Tolerant

Touchy

Tough

Tricky

Trusting

 

Ugly

Understanding

Unhappy

Unkind

Unique

Unlucky

Unpredictable

Unreliable

Untrustworthy

Unselfish

Untidy

 

Vague

Vain

Vengeful

Versatile

Vulgar


Warm

Warmhearted

Weak-willed

Wild

Willing

Wise

Witty