Comparative

Case Adjective Superlative Form

Form
close closer closest

1-syllable huge huger hugest

adjectives large larger largest
ending in "e" strange stranger strangest
wise wiser wisest
1-syllable big bigger biggest
adjectives fat fatter fattest
ending in a red redder reddest
consonant with a
sad sadder saddest
single vowel
preceding it thin thinner thinnest

1-syllable dry drier driest

adjectives spry sprier/spryer spriest/spryest
ending in "y" wry wrier/wryer wriest/wryest
fast faster fastest

1-syllable great greater greatest

adjectives, quick quicker quickest
other cases short shorter shortest
tall taller tallest

2-syllable fickle fickler ficklest

adjectives handsome handsomer handsomest
ending in "e" polite politer politest
bumpy bumpier bumpiest

2-syllable heavy heavier heaviest

adjectives icy icier iciest
ending in "y" shiny shinier shiniest
tiny tinier tiniest
2-syllable able abler ablest
adjectives gentle gentler gentlest
ending in "le", or
hollow hollower hollowest
"ow"
narrow narrower narrowest
shallow shallower shallowest
 simple simpler simplest
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
colorful more colorful most colorful
2 or more syllable
complete more complete most complete
adjectives, other
delicious more delicious most delicious
cases
generous more generous most generous
important more important most important
bad worse worst
far (place) farther farthest
far (place
further furthest
or time)
good better best
late (time) later latest
late (order) latter last
Irregular and
confusing adjectives little (size) littler littlest
little
less least
(amount)
many/
more most
much/some
old (people
older oldest
or things)
old (people) elder eldest