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This post includes a comprehensive list of Adjectives that start with N and some positive adjectives that start with N. An adjective is a part of speech that qualifies as a noun or pronoun. It explains something more about the noun or a pronoun. Adjectives are the content words in English grammar. Content words add to the language over time and act as open-class words.
Adjective Examples:
Good, bad, long, short, red, wide, two, etc.
This is a good book.
The tail of the parrot is long.
Two wide feet.
I need a red flower.
(good, long, wide, and, red are adjectives)
Degrees of Adjectives:
There are 3 degrees of Adjectives:
- Absolute Degree  Tall
- Comparative Degree  Taller
- Superlative Degree Tallest
Absolute Degree modifies one noun or pronoun.
Comparative Degree modifies and compares two nouns or pronouns.
Superlative Degree modifies and compares more than two nouns or pronouns.
Let’s have a look at adjectives that start with n:
| New | Noisy | Nativist | Nebulous |
| Neo | Netlike | Nautical | Needless |
| Net | Nearby | Naughty | Nauseous |
| Nice | Needed | Nativistic | Nefarious |
| Neat | National | Nameless | Negative |
| Near | Nonstop | Narrative | Neglected |
| Nerd | Nervous | Notorious | Neglectful |
| Next | Neurotic | Namibian | Negligent |
| Nifty | Neuronic | Nourished | Negligible |
| Nicer | Neuronal | Neonatal | Negotiable |
| Naive | Numeric | Neolithic | Navigable |
| Nasal | Nuanced | Neckless | Neck-deep |
| Nasty | Nascent | Nepalese | Natriuretic |
| Natal | Narcotic | Nephritic | Naturalistic |
| Nerdy | Nutritive | Nationalist | Napoleonic |
| Neural | Newborn | Noticeable | Narcissistic |
| Neuter | Nostalgic | Nourishing | Nationalistic |
| Nepali | Nurturing | Neoliberal | Narcotising |
| Newer | Nutritious | Needful | Narcotized |
| Novel | Nigerian | Neoclassic | Narcotizing |
| Naked | Nebular | Neocortical | Noteworthy |
| Noble | Noiseless | Neighbourly | Nationwide |
| Native | Notable | Necessitous | Nauseated |
| Noted | Nerveless | Neoplastic | Nauseating |
| Needy | Nonprofit | Neighbouring | Nearsighted |
| Negro | Necessary | Never-ending | Nonperishable |
| Neutral | Numerous | Nonviolent | Narrow-bodied |
| Narrow | Newfound | Never-failing | Nasopharyngeal |
| Natural | Newsworthy | Nail-biting | Narrow-minded |
| Normal | Newfangled | Nationwide | Nonjudgmental |
Rules for making comparative & superlative degrees of adjectives:
There are 2 Regular rules to make comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.
Rule 1
One-Syllable Adjectives Comparative Degree (er) Superlative degree (est)
Short Shorter Shortest
Rule 2
Two or more Syllable Adjectives Comparative Degree (more) Superlative degree (most)
Handsome More handsome Most handsome
Beautiful More beautiful Most beautiful
Irregular Adjectives:
Irregular adjectives do not follow any rule. They make their comparative and superlative degrees in different ways.
Degrees of Adjective Examples:
Absolute Comparative Superlative
Good     Better        Best
Bad      Worse       Worst
Little     Less         Least
Many    More        Most
Placement of Adjectives:
According to their placement, adjectives can be divided into two categories:
- Attributive Adjective
- Predicative Adjectives
Attributive Adjective
Attributive adjectives are placed before nouns.
E.g. Red shirt, tall boy, pretty girl, etc.
(Red, tall, and pretty are attributive adjectives)
Predicative Adjective
Predicative adjectives are placed after the noun or pronoun.
She is busy.
Ahmed is obedient.
Adjectives that can only be Predicative or Attributive:
Adjectives that can only be Predicative
afraid, asleep, alike, alone, ashamed, awake, aware
Adjectives that can only be Attributive
elder, eldest, live, old, little, mere, and sheer
Final Words:
This post gave a comprehensive list of 120 adjectives that start with the letter N. For more lectures on English grammar, click on the link below:
