Personality Traits

Personality Traits are defined as something about a person that impacts how they tend to think, feel and behave on an ongoing basis.

Positive Personality Traits

To get a better sense of all of your personality traits, here is a list of nearly 200 positive personality traits. Ask yourself, which of these tend to describe you the best?

  • Accessible: friendly and easy to talk to; approachable.
    • “he is more accessible than most professors”
  • Accurate: very precise
    • You can also describe a person as accurate if they fire a weapon or throw something in this way.
  • Active: engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits.
    • “I needed to change my lifestyle and become more active”
  • Adaptable: able to adjust to new conditions.
    • “He is highly adaptable to change. He tends to face problems, pivot among distractions, and politely proceed forward.”
  • Admirable: arousing or deserving respect and approval.
    • “he has one admirable quality—he is totally honest”
  • Adventurous: willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences.
    • “She is an adventurous traveler”
  • Agreeable: enjoyable and pleasurable; pleasant.
    • “a cheerful and agreeable companion”
  • Alert: quick to notice any unusual and potentially dangerous or difficult circumstances; vigilant.
    • “an alert police officer discovered a truck full of explosives”
  • Ambitious: having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed.
    • “Their father was hard-working and ambitious for his four children.”
  • Amiable: having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
    • “Hemingway was an amiable, unassuming fellow.”
  • Amusing: causing laughter and providing entertainment.
    • “such a likable, amusing man!”
  • Appreciative: feeling or showing gratitude or pleasure.
    • “an appreciative audience”
  • Articulate: (of a person or a person’s words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.
    • “an articulate account of their experiences”
  • Artistic: having or revealing natural creative skill.
    • “my artistic ability”
  • Assertive: having or showing a confident and forceful personality.
    • “patients should be more assertive with their doctors”
  • Athletic: physically strong, fit, and active and disciplined.
    • “he has always been quite athletic”
  • Attentive: paying close attention to something.
    • “never before had she had such an attentive audience”
  • Attractive: appealing to look at, pleasing or appealing to the senses.
    • “an attractive, charismatic man”
  • Balanced: keeping or showing a balance; arranged in good proportions.
    • “she assembled a balanced team”
  • Benevolent: well meaning and kindly.
    • “a benevolent smile”
  • Big-thinking: be ambitious.
    • “to trade in a heavyweight world market we must think big”
  • Bold: showing an ability to take risks; confident and courageous.
    • “a bold attempt to solve the crisis”
  • Breezy: they behave in a casual, cheerful, and confident manner
    • “his bright and breezy personality”
  • Brilliant: exceptionally clever or talented.
    • “a brilliant young mathematician”
  • Calm: not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.
    • “she had to keep calm at all costs”
  • Capable: able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do; competent.
    • “she looked enthusiastic and capable”
  • Captivating: capable of attracting and holding interest; charming.
    • “a captivating smile”
  • Caring: displaying kindness and concern for others.
    • “a caring and invaluable friend”
  • Casual: relaxed and unconcerned.
    • “we have a very casual dress-code.”
  • Cautious: careful to avoid potential problems or dangers.
    • “a cautious driver”
  • Charismatic: exercising a compelling charm which inspires devotion in others.
    • “a charismatic leader”
  • Charming: polite, friendly, and likable.
    • “he was a charming, affectionate colleague”
  • Cheerful: noticeably happy and optimistic.
    • “how can she be so cheerful at six o’clock in the morning?”
  • Clean: attentive to personal hygiene.
    • “by nature he was clean and neat”
  • Clear-headed: alert and thinking logically and coherently.
    • “he was finally clearheaded enough to make some sort of decision”
  • Clever: quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
    • “a clever and studious young woman”
  • Compassionate: feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
    • “I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds”
  • Confident: feeling or showing confidence in oneself; self-assured.
    • “we require outgoing, confident people able to approach large groups”
  • Conscientious:  wishing to do what is right, especially to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly.
    • “a conscientious and hardworking clerk”
  • Conservative: sober and conventional, holding traditional values.
    • Rose is strong-willed, unafraid, and dresses rather conservatively.
  • Considerate: careful not to cause inconvenience or hurt to others.
    • “the quietest and most considerate tenants possible”
  • Consistent: acting or done in the same way over time, especially so as to be fair or accurate.
    • “the parents are being consistent and firm in their reactions”
  • Constant: unflinchingly faithful and dependable.
    • “a constant friend”
  • Constructive: serving a useful purpose; tending to build up.
    • “constructive criticism”
  • Convincing: capable of causing someone to believe that something is true or real.
    • “the team cruised to a convincing win”
  • Cooperative: willing to be of assistance.
    • “they have been extremely considerate, polite, and cooperative”
  • Courageous: not deterred by danger or pain; brave.
    • “her courageous human rights work”
  • Courteous: not deterred by danger or pain; brave.
    • “her courageous human rights work”
  • Creative: relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work.
    • “change unleashes people’s creative energy”
  • Cultured: characterized by refined taste and manners and good education.
    • “the development of a modern, cultured society”
  • Curious: eager to know or learn something.
    • “a curious mind”
  • Daring: adventurous or audaciously bold.
    • “a daring enterprise”
  • Decent: conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behavior.
    • “the good name of such a decent and innocent person”
  • Decisive: (of a person) having or showing the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.
    • “decisive leader”
  • Dedicated: devoted to a task or purpose; having single-minded loyalty or integrity.
    • “a team of dedicated doctors”
  • Deep: profound or penetrating in awareness or understanding.
    • “a deep thinker”
  • Delicate: tactful and considerate.
    • “the most delicate tact was called for”
  • Dependable: trustworthy and reliable.
    • “a dependable supply of…”
  • Determined: processing or displaying resolve.
    • “Helen was a determined young girl.”
  • Dignified: having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect.
    • “she maintained a dignified silence”
  • Disciplined: showing a controlled form of behavior or way of working.
    • “a disciplined approach to management”
  • Discreet: careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage.
    • “we made some discreet inquiries”
  • Dutiful: conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one’s duty.
    • “a dutiful student
  • Dynamic: positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas.
    • “she’s dynamic and determined”
  • Earnest: resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.
    • “an earnest student”
  • Easygoing: relaxed and tolerant in approach or manner.
    • “an outwardly easygoing but fiercely competitive youngster”
  • Educated: resulting from or having had a good education.
    • “one to make educated decisions”
  • Efficient: working in a well-organized and competent way.
    • “an efficient administrator”
  • Elegant: pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
    • “she will look elegant in black”
  • Eloquent: fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
    • “an eloquent speech”
  • Empathetic: showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
    • “she’s compassionate and empathetic towards others”
  • Energetic: showing or involving great activity or vitality.
    • “energetic teacher”
  • Enthusiastic: having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
    • “the promoter was enthusiastic about the concert venue”
  • Ethical: morally good or correct.
    • “can a profitable business be ethical?”
  • Exciting: causing great enthusiasm and eagerness.
    • “an exciting breakthrough”
  • Expedient: suitable or appropriate.
    • “holding a public inquiry into the scheme was expedient”
  • Experimental: involving a radically new and innovative style.
    • “experimental music”
  • Extraordinary: very unusual or remarkable.
    • “extraordinary devotion”
  • Extravagant: exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate; absurd.
    • “producing extravagant results”
  • Fair: in accordance with the rules or standards; legitimate.
    • “the group has achieved fair and equal representation for all its members”
  • Faithful: remaining loyal and steadfast.
    • “throughout his career, he remained faithful to the principles of Classical art”
  • Farsighted: having or showing imagination or foresight.
    • “a farsighted businessman”
  • Fashionable: dressing or behaving according to the current trend.
    • “they risked being scoffed at by their more fashionable friends”
  • Fiery: having a passionate, quick-tempered nature.
    • “a fiery, imaginative writer”
  • Flamboyant: tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness.
    • “a flamboyant display of aerobatics”
  • Flexible: ready and able to change so as to adapt to different circumstances.
    • “you can save money if you’re flexible about where your room is located”
  • Focused: adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly.
    • “try to focus on a stationary object”
  • Folksy: informal and unpretentious.
    • “his tireless energy and folksy oratory were much in demand at constituency lunches”
  • Forgiving: ready and willing to forgive.
    • Fortunately she had a forgiving nature.
  • Forthright: direct and outspoken; straightforward and honest.
    • “his most forthright attack yet on the reforms”
  • Frank: he quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or writing.
    • “Lisa spoke with disarming frankness about the accident”
  • Freethinking: : a person who thinks freely or independently
    • “Freethinking is a right which cannot and must not be limited, for it is the only means of attaining to a knowledge of truth.”
  • Friendly: kind and pleasant.
    • friendly person”
  • Fun-loving: light-hearted and lively.
    • “he was known as a fun-loving, easy-going family man”
  • Gentle: having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character.
    • “he was a gentle, sensitive man”
  • Wise: having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment.
    • “he seems kind and wise”
  • Generous: showing a readiness to give more of something, as money or time, than is strictly necessary or expected.
    • “she was generous with her money”
  • Genuine: sincere.
    • “she strikes as a very genuine person.”
  • Glamorous: having glamour.
    • “one of the world’s most glamorous women”
  • Good-natured: kind, friendly, and patient.
    • “everyone was very good-natured about my comments”
  • Gracious: courteous, kind, and pleasant.
    • “smiling and gracious in defeat”
  • Grateful: feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.
    • “I’m very grateful to you for all your help”
  • Hardworking: tending to work with energy and commitment; diligent.
    • “an efficient, hard-working, and trusted administrator”
  • Healthy: normal, natural, and desirable.
    • “a healthy appetite for knowledge”
  • Helpful: giving or ready to give help.
    • “people are friendly and helpful”
  • Heroic: having the characteristics of a hero or heroine; very brave.
    • “heroic deeds”
  • Honest: free of deceit and untruthfulness; sincere.
    • “He is always very honest.”
  • Honorable: bringing or worthy of honor.
    • “this is the only honorable course”
  • Humble: having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance.
    • “he was humble about his stature as one of rock history’s most influential guitarists”
  • Humorous: causing lighthearted laughter and amusement; comic.
    • “a humorous and entertaining talk”
  • Hypnotic: exerting a compelling, fascinating, or soporific effect.
    • “her voice had a hypnotic quality”
  • Idealistic: characterized by idealism; unrealistically aiming for perfection.
    • “idealistic young doctors who went to work for the rebels”
  • Imaginative: having or showing creativity or inventiveness.
    • “making imaginative use of computer software”
  • Impressive: evoking admiration through size, quality, or skill; grand, imposing, or awesome.
    • “She has an impressive resume”
  • Incisive: intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.
    • “she was an incisive critic”
  • Independent: capable of thinking or acting for oneself.
    • “advice for independent travelers”
  • Individualistic: characterized by individualism; independent and self-reliant.
    • “individualistic cultures where individuals strive for self-realization”
  • Innovative: introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking.
    • “an innovative thinker”
  • Insightful: having or showing an accurate and deep understanding; perceptive.
    • “thank you for all the insightful comments”
  • Intelligent: having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level.
    • “Annabelle is intelligent and hardworking”
  • Intense: having or showing strong feelings or opinions; extremely earnest or serious.
    • “an intense young woman, passionate about her art”
  • Interesting: arousing curiosity or interest; holding or catching the attention.
    • “an interesting debate”
  • Intuitive: using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive.
    • “I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in that company.”
  • Inventive: having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.
    • “she is the most inventive painter around”
  • Kind: having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature.
    • “Lady Di was a good, kind woman”
  • Knowledgeable: intelligent and well informed.
    • “he is very knowledgeable about livestock and pedigrees.”
  • Likable: pleasant, friendly, and easy to like.
    • “a very likable young professional”
  • Logical: characterized by or capable of clear, sound reasoning.
    • “her logical mind”
  • Lovable: inspiring or deserving love or affection.
    • “a strict but lovable leader”
  • Loyal: giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institution.
    • “loyal asset”
  • Mature: having reached an advanced stage of mental or emotional development characteristic of an adult.
    • “a young man mature beyond his years”
  • Mellow: softened or matured by age or experience.
    • “a more mellow personality”
  • Methodical: orderly or systematic in thought or behavior.
    • “she was so methodical, she kept everything documented”
  • Moderate: not radical or excessively right- or left-wing.
    • “a moderate reform program”
  • Modern: a person who advocates or practices a departure from traditional styles or values.
    • “he has a modern approach.”
  • Modest: unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one’s abilities or achievements.
    • “he was a very modest man, refusing to take any credit for the enterprise”
  • Neat: habitually tidy, well groomed, or well organized.
    • “her daughter was always neat and clean”
  • Objective: not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
    • “historians try to be objective and impartial”
  • Open: accessible to new ideas; unprejudiced.
    • “I’m keeping an open mind about my future”
  • Optimistic: hopeful and confident about the future.
    • “he has an optimistic attitude”
  • Orderly: well behaved; disciplined.
  • Organized: having one’s affairs in order so as to deal with them efficiently.
    • “I am systematic and organized enough to save things”
  • Original: not dependent on other people’s ideas; inventive and unusual.
    • “a subtle and original thinker”
  • Passionate: showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief.
    • “passionate pleas for help”
  • Patient: a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment.
    • “many patients in the hospital were more ill than she was”
  • Patriotic: having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country.
    • “today’s game will be played before a fiercely patriotic crowd”
  • Peaceful:  inclined to avoid conflict; not aggressive.
    • “she said her dad was a peaceful man who was always happy”
  • Perceptive: having or showing sensitive insight.
    • “an extraordinarily perceptive individual”
  • Personable: having a pleasant appearance and manner.
    • “he was so personable and well-spoken”
  • Persuasive: good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation.
    • “an informative and persuasive speech”
  • Playful: fond of games and amusement; lighthearted.
    • “the ballet accents the playful use of movement”
  • Polished: refined, sophisticated, or elegant.
    • “he was polished and charming”
  • Popular: liked, admired, or enjoyed by many people or by a particular person or group.
    • “he was one of the most popular interns”
  • Practical: sensible and realistic in their approach to a situation or problem.
    • “I always try to be practical”
  • Precise: exact, accurate, and careful about details.
    • “the director was precise with his camera positions”
  • Principled: acting in accordance with morality and showing recognition of right and wrong.
    • “a principled politician”
  • Profound: having or showing great knowledge or insight.
    • “a profound philosopher”
  • Protective: capable of or intended to protect someone or something.
    • “caring and protective.”
  • Purposeful: having or showing determination or resolve.
    • “the purposeful stride of a great lawyer”
  • Punctual: happening or doing something at the agreed or proper time; on time.
    • “she’s the sort of person who’s always punctual”
  • Rational:  able to think clearly, sensibly, and logically.
    • “he is very rational”
  • Realistic: having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected.
    • “jobs are scarce at the moment, so you’ve got to be realistic”
  • Reflective: relating to or characterized by deep thought; thoughtful.
    • “a quiet, reflective, astute man”
  • Relaxed: free from tension and anxiety; at ease.
    • “we were having a great time and feeling very relaxed”
  • Reliable: a person or thing with trustworthy qualities.
    • “reliable professional”
  • Resourceful: having the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.
    • “he maintained her reputation for being a resourceful problem-solver”
  • Respectful: feeling or showing deference and respect.
    • “respectful young man”
  • Responsible: capable of being trusted.
    • “a responsible adult”
  • Romantic: of, characterized by, or suggestive of an idealized view of reality.
    • “a romantic attitude toward the future”
  • Secure: feeling no doubts about attaining; certain to achieve.
    • “she remained poised and complacent, secure of admiration”
  • Self-sufficient: emotionally and intellectually independent.
    • “their son was quiet independent and very self-sufficient”
  • Selfless: concerned more with the needs and wishes of others than with one’s own; unselfish.
    • “an act of selfless devotion”
  • Sensitive:  having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others’ feelings.
    • “I pay tribute to the Minister for his sensitive handling of the bill”
  • Sociable: willing to talk and engage in activities with other people; friendly.
    • “being a sociable person, Eva loved entertaining”
  • Solid: dependable; reliable.
    • “the defense is solid”
  • Sophisticated: having, revealing, or proceeding from a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.
    • “a chic, sophisticated woman”
  • Spontaneous: having an open, natural, and uninhibited manner.
    • “spontaneous nature”
  • Stable: sane and sensible; not easily upset or disturbed.
    • “the officer concerned is mentally and emotionally stable”
  • Steady: sensible, reliable, and self-restrained.
    • “a solid, steady young man”
  • Strong: having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks.
    • “she cut through the water with her strong arms”
  • Studious: spending a lot of time studying or reading.
    • “he was quiet and studious”
  • Sweet: pleasant and kind or thoughtful.
    • “a very sweet nurse came along”
  • Sympathetic: feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.
    • “he was sympathetic toward staff with family problems”
  • Thorough: complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial.
    • “planners need a thorough understanding of the subject”
  • Tidy: inclined to keep things or one’s appearance neat and in order.
    • “she was a tidy little girl”
  • Tolerant: showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
    • “we must be tolerant of others”
  • Uncomplaining: not complaining; resigned.
    • “she was uncomplaining, accepting of her lot”
  • Understanding: the power of abstract thought; intellect.
    • “a child of sufficient intelligence and understanding”
  • Vivacious: attractively lively and animated (typically used of a woman).
    • “her vivacious and elegant mother”
  • Warm: having, showing, or expressive of enthusiasm, affection, or kindness.
    • “they exchanged warm, friendly smiles”
  • Well-rounded: having a personality that is fully developed in all aspects.
    • “she’s a well-rounded counselor.”
  • Witty: showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humor.
    • A witty person has no bounds 

Negative Personality Traits

Negative personality traits
Negative personalities traits, attitude, and characteristic. Cold, cantankerous, calculative, clumsy, confused, conceited, compulsive, complacent, condemnatory, crazy, cruel, cowardly, cynical, childish, and conformist.

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