When students are trying to organize their thoughts and compare two or more items, it is helpful to show them several examples of comparative and superlative.
Comparative and superlative adjectives
Used to make a comparison of adjectives between two things or two people who have the same adjective but in different amounts.
Here are the comparative and superlative adjectives:
A
- angry - angrier - angriest
B
- bad - worse - worst
- big - bigger - biggest
- bitter - bitterer - bitterest
- black - blacker - blackest
- bland - blander - blandest
- bloody - bloodier - bloodiest
- blue - bluer - bluest
- bold - bolder - boldest
- bossy - bossier - bossiest
- bravest - braver - brave
- brief - briefer - briefest
- bright - brighter - brightest
- broad - broader - broadest
- busy - busier - busiest
C
- calm - calmer - calmest
- cheap - cheaper - cheapest
- chewy - chewier - chewiest
- chubby - chubbier - chubbiest
- classy - classier - classiest
- clean - cleaner - cleanest
- clear - clear - clearest
- clever - cleverer - cleverest
- close - closer - closest
- cloudy - cloudier - cloudiest
- clumsy - clumsier - clumsiest
- coarse - coarser - coarsest
- cold - colder - coldest
- cool - cooler - coolest
- crazy - crazier - craziest
- creamy - creamier - creamiest
- creepy - creepier - creepiest
- crispy - crispier - crispiest
- cruel - crueller - cruellest
- crunchy - crunchiest - crunchier
- curly - curly - curliest
- curvy - curvier - curviest
- cute - cuter - cutest
D
- damp - damper - dampest
- dark - darker - darkest
- deadly - deadlier - deadliest
- deep - deeper - deepest
- dense - denser - densest
- dirty - dirtier - dirtiest
- dry - drier - driest
- dull - duller - dullest
- dumb - dumber - dumbest
- dusty - dustier - dustiest
E
- early - earlier - earliest
- easy - easier - easiest
F
- faint - fainter - faintest
- fair - fairer - fairest
- fancy - fancier - fanciest
- far - further, farther - furthest, farthest
- fast - faster - fastest
- fat - fatter - fattest
- few - fewer - fewest
- fierce - fiercer - fiercest
- filthy - filthier - filthiest
- fine - finer - fines
- firm - firmer - firmest
- fit - fitter - fittest
- flaky - flakier - flakiest
- flat - flatter - flattest
- fresh - fresher - freshest
- friendly - friendlier - friendliest
- full - fuller - fullest
- funny - funnier - funniest
G
- gentle - gentler - gentlest
- gloomy - gloomier - gloomiest
- good - better - best
- grand - grander - grandest
- grave - graver - gravest
- greasy - greasier - greasiest
- great - greater - greatest
- greedy - greedier - greediest
- gross - grosser - grossest
- guilty - guilter - guiltiest
H
- hairy - hairier - hairiest
- handy - handier - handiest
- happy - happier - happiest
- hard - harder - hardest
- harsh - harsher - harshest
- healthy - healthier - healthiest
- heavy - heavier - heaviest
- high - higher - highest
- hip - hipper - hippest
- hot - hotter - hottest
- humble - humbler - humblest
- hungry - hungrier - hungriest
I
- icy - icier - iciest
- itchy - itchier - itchiest
J
- juicy - juicier - juiciest
K
- kind - kinder - kindest
L
- large - larger - largest
- late - later - latest
- lazy - lazier - laziest
- light - lighter - lightest
- likely - likelier - likeliest
- little - littler - littlest
- lively - livelier - liveliest
- lonely - lonlier - loneliest
- long - longer - longest
- loud - louder - loudest
- lovely - lovelier - loveliest
- low - lower - lowest
M
- mad - madder - maddest
- mean - meaner - meanest
- messy - messier - messiest
- mild - milder - mildest
- moist - moister - moistest
N
- narrow - narrower - narrowest
- nasty - nastier - nastiest
- naughty - naughtier - naughtiest
- near - nearer - nearest
- neat - neater - neatest
- needy - needier - neediest
- new - newer - newest
- nice - nicer - nicest
- noisy - noisier - noisiest
O
- odd - odder - oddest
- oily - oilier - oiliest
- old - older - oldest
P
- plain - plainer - plainest
- polite - politer - politest
- poor - poorer - poorest
- pretty - prettier - prettiest
- proud - prouder - proudest
- pure - purer - purest
Q
- quick - quicker - quickest
- quiet - quieter - quietest
R
- rare - rarer - rarest
- raw - rawer - rawest
- rich - richest - richer
- ripe - riper - ripest
- risky - riskier - riskiest
- roomy - roomier - roomiest
- rough - rougher - roughest
- rude - ruder - rudest
- rusty - rustier - rustiest
S
- sad - sadder - saddest
- safe - safer - safest
- salty - saltier - saltiest
- sane - saner - sanest
- scary - scarier - scariest
- shallow - shallower - shallowest
- sharp - sharper - sharpest
- shiny - shinier - shiniest
- short - shorter - shortest
- shy - shyer - shyest
- silly - sillier - silliest
- simple - simpler - simplest
- sincere - sincerer - sincerest
- skinny - skinnier - skinniest
- sleepy - sleepier - sleepiest
- slim - slimmer - slimmest
- slimy - slimier - slimiest
- slow - slower - slowest
- small - smaller - smallest
- smart - smarter - smartest
- smelly - smellier - smelliest
- smoky - smokier - smokiest
- smooth - smoother - smoothest
- soft - softer - softest
- soon - sooner - soonest
- sore - sorer - sorest
- sorry - sorrier - sorriest
- sour - sourer - sourest
- spicy - spicier - spiciest
- steep - steeper - steepest
- stingy - stingier - stingiest
- strange - stranger - strangest
- strict - stricter - strictest
- strong - stronger - strongest
- sunny - sunnier - sunniest
- sweaty - sweatier - sweatiest
- sweet - sweeter - sweetest
T
- tall - taller - tallest
- tan - tanner - tannest
- tasty - tastier - tastiest
- thick - thicker - thickest
- thin - thinner - thinnest
- thirsty - thirstier - thirstiest
- tiny - tinier - tiniest
- tough - tougher - toughest
- true - truer - truest
U
- ugly - uglier - ugliest
W
- warm - warmer - warmest
- weak - weaker - weakest
- wealthy - wealthier - wealthiest
- weird - weirder - weirdest
- wet - wetter - wettest
- wide - wider - widest
- wild - wilder - wildest
- windy - windier - windiest
- wise - wiser - wisest
- worldly - worldlier - worldliest
- worthy - worthier - worthiest