Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.I’m a native English speaker and I have a degree in English, but I still need to research words in order to choose the best ones! Our language is complex because so many other languages have influenced it through the centuries. I always keep a dictionary and a thesaurus side by side because there are so many words that I don’t know. It is important to know the definition of each word in order to use it exactly as you mean it. For example, the word “brainy” implies someone who is a genius or obsessed with learning (affectionately known in slang as a “nerd” or “dork”), while the word, “refined” implies someone who has been educated in manners as well as educated academically. Keep in mind that although they all mean “well-educated,” each word has a different connotation (implied meaning or tone). I’m not sure what you mean by “educationist.” Do you mean “educator” as a person, a teacher? Or do you mean someone who is well-educated? Some adjectives for someone who is smart and well-educated are knowledgeable, enlightened, erudite, refined, scholarly, intellectual, well-read, academic, studious, bookish, brainy, urbane. The first thing to ask yourself is this: What gives you this feeling? Is it about her appearance or just a general feeling?īut if it’s about her appearance (she might be a clown), then we can say:ĭownload the free PDF cheat sheet with all these adjectives and more! The only difference is that you have the freedom to use different words to describe the woman in the second example:īut what if you don’t know this person? What if you just have the feeling that she might be funny? There isn’t much difference between these sentences. If we simply want to describe the person directly, we can say: There are different ways we can use this word to describe a person. Let’s start with a simple adjective to describe someone: Let’s take a look at a few different ways to use adjectives. So now you know 59 positive adjectives to describe people you like.
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