20+ Irregular Adjectives, Comparative and Superlative List

20+ Irregular Adjectives, Comparative and Superlative List

irregular adjectives examples

Irregular adjectives are those that don’t follow the normal rules for comparative and superlative forms. This list will give you some of the most common ones.

List of Irregular Adjectives (Positive, Comparative, & Superlative)

good – better – best

  • She is a good girl.
  • Your performance is better today.
  • You are the best today!

well – better – best

  • He is well.
  • Your performance is better today.
  • You are the best today!

bad – worse – worst

  • He is a bad boy.
  • Your performance is worse today.
  • You are the worst today!

far – further – furthest

  • They went far.
  • They went further.
  • They went furthest.

far – farther – farthest

  • They went far.
  • They went farther.
  • They went farthest.

old – elder – eldest

  • We are the old people here.
  • He is the elder brother.
  • He is the eldest brother.

little – less – least

  • I have little money.
  • He has less money.
  • He has the least money.

much – more – most

  • I have much respect for him.
  • He has more respect for her.
  • She has the most respect for him.

many – more – most

  • I have many friends.
  • He has more friends.
  • He has the most friends.

Examples Table of Irregular Adjectives Comparative and Superlative

Positive Comparative Superlative Examples
many   more   Most – I have many friends.

– He has more friends.

– He has the most friends.

much   more   most – I have much respect for him.

– He has more respect for her.

– She has the most respect for him.

little   less   least – I have little money.

– He has less money.

– He has the least money.

old  elder  eldest – We are the old people here.

– He is the elder brother.

– He is the eldest brother.

far  farther  farthest – They went far.

– They went farther.

– They went farthest.

far  further  furthest – They went far.

– They went further.

– They went furthest.

bad  worse  worst – He is a bad boy.

– Your performance is worse today.

– You are the worst today!

well  better  best – He is well.

– Your performance is better today.

– You are the best today!

 

good  better  best – She is a good girl.

– Your performance is better today.

– You are the best today!