Adjective Degrees Of Comparison

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Here are examples of comparative and superlative adjectives that kids might enjoy and find familiar.

The adjective is listed first, followed by the comparative adjective and then the superlative adjective:

• Angry - angrier - angriest
• Anxious - more anxious - most anxious
• Big - bigger - biggest
• Brave - braver - bravest
• Bright - brighter - brightest
• Broad - broader - broadest
• Calm - calmer - calmest
• Cold - colder - coldest
• Cool - cooler - coolest
• Curly - curlier - curliest
• Dark - darker - darkest
• Dirty - dirtier - dirtiest
• Dull - duller - dullest
• Dry - drier - driest
• Early - earlier - earliest
• Easy - easier - easiest
• Embarrassed - more embarrassed - most embarrassed
• Evil - more evil - most evil
• Famous - more famous - most famous
• Fine - finer - finest
• Fresh - fresher - freshest
• Hard - harder - hardest
• Heavy - heavier - heaviest
• Immense - more immense - most immense
• Late - later - latest
• Light - lighter - lightest
• Long - longer - longest
• Lovely - lovelier - loveliest
• Nervous - more nervous - most nervous
• New - newer - newest
• Old - older - oldest
• Perfect - more perfect - most perfect
• Quick - quicker - quickest
• Rich - richer - richest
• Sad - sadder - saddest
• Simple - simpler - simplest
• Small - smaller - smallest
• Smart - smarter - smartest
• Soft - softer - softest
• Sweet - sweeter - sweetest
• Thin - thinner - thinnest