Looking for some positive words to describe someone great, namely yourself? Here's a long list for you.
A classic move for a job interviewer is to ask if you could describe yourself in one word.
To help you prepare for that surprisingly challenging personality-testing job interview question, here's some positive adjective help that will also make you happy.
The good, better and best adjectives to “describe me”
Dilbert creator Scott Adams once asked his readers to pick one word to describe themselves.
Looking at the results, he made an interesting discovery. Scott is also a trained hypnotist, and according to him, quickly reading this powerful, positive personality adjectives list will make you happier.
And you know what?
It works!
Give it a try…
These are also good adjectives for a person you're writing about, such as when you need to describe someone in a LinkedIn recommendation.
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- adept
- agreeable
- alert
- alluring
- amazing
- ambitious
- amusing
- attentive
- awesome
- boundless
- brave
- bright
- calm
- capable
- charming
- cheerful
- clever
- coherent
- comfortable
- confident
- conscientious
- considerate
- consistent
- cooperative
- courageous
- creative
- credible
- cultured
- dashing
- dazzling
- debonair
- decisive
- decorous
- delightful
- detailed
- determined
- diligent
- discerning
- discreet
- dynamic
- eager
- eclectic
- efficient
- elated
- eminent
- enchanting
- encouraging
- endurable
- energetic
- enterprising
- entertaining
- enthusiastic
- excellent
- excited
- exclusive
- exuberant
- fabulous
- fair
- faithful
- fantastic
- fearless
- fine
- frank
- friendly
- funny
- generous
- gentle
- glorious
- good
- groundbreaking
- happy
- hard-working
- harmonious
- helpful
- hilarious
- honorable
- impartial
- ingenious
- insightful
- inventive
- industrious
- inscrutable
- instinctive
- jolly
- joyous
- kind
- kind-hearted
- knowledgeable
- level
- likeable
- lively
- logical
- lovely
- loving
- loyal
- lucky
- mature
- meticulous
- modern
- multi-talented
- nice
- obedient
- optimistic
- organized
- painstaking
- peaceful
- perceptive
- perfect
- persistent
- placid
- plausible
- pleasant
- plucky
- productive
- professional
- protective
- proud
- punctual
- quiet
- receptive
- reflective
- reliable
- relieved
- resolute
- responsible
- rhetorical
- righteous
- robust
- romantic
- sedate
- seemly
- selective
- self-assured
- sensitive
- sharp
- shrewd
- silly
- sincere
- skillful
- smart
- smiling
- sophisticated
- splendid
- steadfast
- stimulating
- strategic
- studious
- successful
- succinct
- talented
- thoughtful
- thrifty
- tough
- trustworthy
- unbiased
- unprecedented
- unusual
- upbeat
- vigorous
- vivacious
- warm
- willing
- wise
- witty
- wonderful
Feel better?
Good 👍
However, if you're now tempted to go off with this list and rewrite your resume, adding in as many positive, empowering adjectives as you can, please don't. Adjectives come across as fluff in a resume.
Instead, use action verbs instead to give your resume more punch.
Question of the article
What's your choice for “best word to describe myself” and why? Think how you would justify your response in an interview, and tell us in the comments.
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hi Jacob,
I think your site can be a great resource for most of my students…you know there’s always a lesson focused on jobs. I’ll definitely use it in my classes.
Thanks!
e.
Glad to hear it Elena. If there’s any specific topic you’d like me to cover more in depth, please tell me.
Jacob,
Are you able to give your expertise on resumes?
Sure. What’s your question?
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thank u so much my 9th granders needed a vocab check so this site really helped them out wit word choices!!!
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Interesting to see that just adjectives can give you so many ideas to describe yourself. Nice one! I like this!
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make a lits about the adjetives for desenbiengl people and things
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this site is strange and weird did not help me in my job interview they thought i was to always trying to be perfect
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hi! this is really helpful! yeah, its me. Ariana. not a poser:]
ha yea “OOOOKKAAAY”
Yea. This is good. But what the hell has hypnotism got to do with this?! This isn’t hypnotism, this is simply positive/good/happy things – of course it’d make you feel a bit beter reading the list — good things make you feel better and this list would also probably make you think of a few positive things which will also make you feel better. All good and valid, just don’t tarnish it by calling hypnotism. please.
Glenn- Talk to Scott Adams, he’s the hypnotist.
Fair enough!
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you should also do negative words!!!!
Nice article, Although, I wish you posted these adjective with their meaning. Thanks 🙂
i want adjectives with their meanings and use in sentences
I agree with Hina because then English teachers can use the post as a teaching text.
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This did not help me with my interview. They called the cops on me and said i was weird. I then yelled the positive words at the boss, but that did not help either. This site is a sham! Don’t yell the words does not work.
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I really like these adjetives
Jacob — about a week or so ago I published this on a veteran LI group; I guess great minds think alike 🙂
ADJECTIVE: a word or phrase naming an attribute, or modifying a noun, such as a bright blue flower (as opposed to a blue flower), or, a highly-skilled extremely-successful well-respected leader (as opposed to a manager). Adjectives are our enemies. Adjectives need to be eliminated from our LinkedIn profiles and resumes. Adjectives such as the following MUST DIE:
A challenging and rewarding
A proven history of working in the ____ industry
Dynamic leader
Highly-effective communicator
Dedicated leader / leadership
Servant leader
Seasoned / Seasoned professional
Highly-accomplished / -motivated / -successful / -experienced
Organized and creative professional
Motivated self-starter
Fast-paced
Determined, Hard-working, Diligent, Trustworthy, Team player, Motivated, Reliable
And so, so many more….
Highly-effective communication, Chris. I like it 👍
Just posted a massive update to this list, adding in another 35 adjectives and a new bonus tip 🚀💯
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