COMPERATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Case Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form

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1-syllable adjectives huge huger hugest

large larger largest
ending in "e" strange stranger strangest
wise wiser wisest
big bigger biggest
1-syllable adjectives fat fatter fattest
red redder reddest
ending in a consonant with a
single vowel preceding it sad sadder saddest
thin thinner thinnest

1-syllable adjectives dry drier driest

spry sprier/spryer spriest/spryest
ending in "y" wry wrier/wryer wriest/wryest
fast faster fastest

1-syllable adjectives, great greater greatest

quick quicker quickest
other cases short shorter shortest
tall taller tallest

2-syllable adjectives fickle fickler ficklest

handsome handsomer handsomest
ending in "e" polite politer politest
bumpy bumpier bumpiest

2-syllable adjectives heavy heavier heaviest

icy icier iciest
ending in "y" shiny shinier shiniest
tiny tinier tiniest
able abler ablest
gentle gentler gentlest
2-syllable adjectives
hollow hollower hollowest
narrow narrower narrowest
ending in "le", or "ow"
shallow shallower shallowest
simple simpler simplest
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
colorful more colorful most colorful
2 or more syllable adjectives,
complete more complete most complete
delicious more delicious most delicious
other cases
generous more generous most generous
important more important most important
bad worse worst
far (place) farther farthest
far (place or time) further furthest
good better best
late (time) later latest
Irregular and confusing
late (order) latter last
adjectives
little (size) littler littlest
little (amount) less least
many/much/some more most
old (people or things) older oldest
old (people) elder Eldest
eldest
 COMPERATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Case Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form

close closer closest

1-syllable adjectives huge huger hugest

large larger largest
ending in "e" strange stranger strangest
wise wiser wisest
big bigger biggest
1-syllable adjectives fat fatter fattest
red redder reddest
ending in a consonant with a
single vowel preceding it sad sadder saddest
thin thinner thinnest

1-syllable adjectives dry drier driest

spry sprier/spryer spriest/spryest
ending in "y" wry wrier/wryer wriest/wryest
fast faster fastest

1-syllable adjectives, great greater greatest

quick quicker quickest
other cases short shorter shortest
tall taller tallest

2-syllable adjectives fickle fickler ficklest

handsome handsomer handsomest
ending in "e" polite politer politest
bumpy bumpier bumpiest

2-syllable adjectives heavy heavier heaviest

icy icier iciest
ending in "y" shiny shinier shiniest
tiny tinier tiniest
able abler ablest
gentle gentler gentlest
2-syllable adjectives
hollow hollower hollowest
narrow narrower narrowest
ending in "le", or "ow"
shallow shallower shallowest
simple simpler simplest
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
colorful more colorful most colorful
2 or more syllable adjectives,
complete more complete most complete
delicious more delicious most delicious
other cases
generous more generous most generous
important more important most important
bad worse worst
far (place) farther farthest
far (place or time) further furthest
good better best
late (time) later latest
Irregular and confusing
late (order) latter last
adjectives
little (size) littler littlest
little (amount) less least
many/much/some more most
old (people or things) older oldest
old (people) elder eldest