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Random Adjective Generator

Press Draw again and this deals adjectives from a list of 420 written for this tool, sorted into twelve themes by hand and shown with an example phrase beside each one. The phrase is the part other adjective lists on this search leave out, and it is written here rather than borrowed: every row carries a partner noun and the article that row actually takes, so you get a useful gadget and an honest broker rather than the a/an rule getting both wrong. Set a theme, ask for 1 to 100 adjectives, type the words you never want to see into Excluded, and keep the seed if you want the same list again tomorrow. Syllable counts sit at the end of each row as estimates from a written rule, not a pronunciation lookup, and the tool says so on the stage.

  • 8 adjectives
  • Every theme
  • No exclusions
  • Seed 512

corpus 420 adjectives, tagged seed 512 theme every theme excluded none

  • fragranttastea fragrant curry2 syllables
  • vintageagea vintage poster2 syllables
  • tensefeelinga tense pause1 syllable
  • olivecolouran olive jug2 syllables
  • crumblingagea crumbling wall2 syllables
  • freshagea fresh trail1 syllable
  • mutedcoloura muted wallpaper2 syllables
  • coppercoloura copper pipe2 syllables

syllable counts are estimates, not a lookup

8 adjectives drawn from the 420 in the whole list, on seed 512.

Press Space or Draw again for a fresh seed. A draw takes without replacement, so no adjective comes up twice in one round, and asking for more than a theme holds gives you everything it has with the count stated. Each row shows the theme it is tagged with, an example phrase written for that word, and a syllable estimate. Type words into Excluded, separated by commas, to keep them out of every draw. The theme, the count and the exclusions are kept in this browser so the page opens where you left it, and Start over at the top of the page forgets them. The seed is not kept, so every visit begins with new words.

  • Theme texturetagged entries only
    rubbery, frosted, crisp
  • Exclude softsame theme, 40 entries
    soft never appears in the draw
  • The same seed twiceseed 512
    the same 8 adjectives
Accuracy. Every entry is an adjective written into this tool's own word list and tagged by theme, and the example phrases are written here too rather than lifted from a dictionary. Syllable counts come from a heuristic rule, not a pronunciation lookup, and are labelled as estimates. The same seed always returns the same draw. Of the 420 adjectives here, 3 carry an article the ordinary a/an rule would have got wrong, and the syllable estimates run from 1 to 5.

Common questions

Where do the adjectives come from?
All 420 were typed out for this tool from ordinary knowledge of English and sorted into twelve themes by hand. No thesaurus was queried and no other generator's list was copied, and once the page has loaded nothing else is fetched: the draw happens in your browser and what you type stays there. A word had to pass one test before it went in: would somebody writing a prompt, a class exercise or a name recognise it without being told what it means. That rules out proper adjectives, brand words and technical vocabulary.
Are the example phrases taken from a dictionary?
No. Each entry carries a partner noun written next to it, and the phrase is the article, the adjective and that noun: a brittle page, a velvety shadow, a glassy pond. Nothing in a row is a definition, so there is nothing here that could have come off somebody else's page. The article is stored with the entry rather than worked out, which matters for the three words the ordinary a/an rule gets wrong: you get a useful gadget, a united front and an honest broker, because English follows the sound and not the first letter.
How accurate are the syllable counts?
They are estimates from a rule, and the tool labels them that way on the stage. The rule counts vowel groups and then applies five corrections: a silent e before -ful or -less, a silent final e unless a consonant plus -le ends the word, a silent -ed unless it follows t or d, an i that keeps its own syllable before another vowel, and the -ual ending. It gets brittle right at two and ragged wrong at one, which is exactly why the page does not claim a pronunciation lookup. Across the list it reads 81 words as one syllable, 268 as two, 66 as three, 4 as four and 1 as five.
Can I get the same adjectives again?
Keep the seed. Every draw is made by a seeded shuffle, so the same seed with the same theme, count and exclusions returns the same adjectives in the same order, on any machine and on any day. The seed is on screen and you can type one in: any whole number from 0 to 999999. Draw again rolls a fresh one, and the seed is deliberately not remembered between visits, so coming back tomorrow gives you new words unless you type yesterday's seed back in. Asking for more adjectives on the same seed keeps the ones already on screen and adds to them.
How do I keep a word out of the draw?
Type it into Excluded. Commas, semicolons and spaces all separate, capitals do not matter, and up to 40 words can be banned at once. An exclusion matches a whole word, so soft removes soft and nothing else. If you exclude a word the list never held, the line under the tool tells you rather than pretending to have removed something, and excluding every adjective in a theme is refused with the reason instead of returning an empty stage.
What are the twelve themes, and how big is each one?
Texture (40), Colour (40), Size (35), Shape (30), Sound (30), Taste and smell (30), Feeling (45), Character (45), Speed (25), Light and weather (35), Age and condition (30) and Worth (35). The split is there so a draw can suit the job: Texture and Colour for a description exercise, Character and Feeling for a story or a role, Size and Shape for a drawing game, Worth and Age for product copy. A draw takes without replacement, so no adjective comes up twice in one round, and asking for more than a theme holds gives you everything it has with the count stated: Speed holds 25 adjectives, so asking it for 100 hands back all 25 rather than repeating any to make up the number. Leave the theme on Every theme and all 420 are in the pool.
Can I use this for a writing exercise or a game?
That is what the themes and the phrases are for. Draw three adjectives from Texture and write a paragraph that uses all three, or draw from Character and hand one to each player as a role to act out. The example phrase shows the word doing its job in front of a noun, which is the thing a bare word list cannot show a young class. Copy puts the drawn words on the clipboard, one per line, ready to paste into a document, and the seed written on the worksheet brings the same list back next year.

Every entry is an adjective written into this tool's own word list and tagged by theme, and the example phrases are written here too rather than lifted from a dictionary. Syllable counts come from a heuristic rule, not a pronunciation lookup, and are labelled as estimates. The same seed always returns the same draw.