adjectives and idioms to describe a
person's personality to describe how
they think how they act how they show up
or are in the world this is going to be
the best lesson on this topic and i'm
going to categorize these adjectives in
a way that helps you to remember them
we're also going to have a section of
adjectives that i highly suggest you use
when you need to describe yourself in an
interview or another opportunity in your
professional life
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email this week's video we're going to
focus on positive attributes or positive
descriptors in another lesson perhaps
next week we'll talk about negative
adjectives and idioms but this week
let's keep it positive let's talk about
how to describe people in a positive
light in the next 10 minutes you will
improve your vocabulary including
advanced words phrases and idioms to
describe people you'll improve your
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explore adjectives in categories as
opposed to a long list of random
adjectives or an alphabetically
organized list the best way to actually
memorize vocabulary in general and for
this topic describing personalities is
to group the words by general meaning
and in that way you can associate them
together you can think well i can use
these words in similar situations when i
want to describe a certain kind of
person and that's how our brain works is
we want to associate
ideas or vocabulary words together now
let's jump in the first descriptive word
is one that is super basic but we're
going to explore more advanced
vocabulary to describe a nice person
probably the most basic way to describe
someone positively is
they are nice a quite advanced word to
me nice is affable we don't use this in
conversational english but it's more of
an advanced word that you might see in
writing she's kind considerate
thoughtful amicable means polite
friendly respectful
warm-hearted
kind generous instead of saying she's
nice all the time try using some of
these other adjectives cheerful
helpful
selfless selfless means that this person
is so helpful they even help someone
else before they help themselves
courteous courteous is also like
considerate thoughtful respectful
diplomatic a diplomatic person is able
to deal with difficult people or
difficult situations someone who is
tactful and someone who is nice could
have a heart of gold someone who's smart
instead of saying smart we could say
bright she's so bright she's witty or
quick witted she has a quick witted
humor meaning that she is very funny but
in a smart way clever brilliant
intelligent alert someone who's alert is
smart but it could also mean a bit
anxious always watching for the next
thing that could happen instead of smart
we could describe someone as a smart
cookie she's a smart cookie why cookie i
don't know but it's a great idiom to use
or wiz kid this is not just for children
or kids
he's a real whiz kid could describe
someone who is smart but keep in mind
that whiz kid is casual so you might not
describe your boss this way but maybe a
colleague or someone who's kind of on
the same level as you like a friend or
someone who is in your class with
personality we have this whole idea of
type a or type b a type a person is
someone who's
a bit high strung or uptight maybe they
don't relax very easily they could be a
bit tense which is not really a positive
attribute but type a can be positive
someone who's organized put together
determined ambitious their eyes are on
the prize they keep their eyes on the
prize or they are goal oriented they
have it together they're usually
meticulous and detail-oriented
they have eagle eyes meaning they see
all the details a type a person is the
type of person you want to have as your
lawyer or someone who's helping you with
a detailed contract for example a type b
person on the other hand is more easy
going laid back go with the flow type b
can be more spontaneous creative
imaginative but perhaps on the negative
side a bit scatter brained or spacey but
the good thing is they tend to be
adaptable down to earth and in general
happy campers
i would say i'm a little of type a and a
little of type b it depends on the day
what about you are you more type a or
type b
introverted and extroverted a person who
is introverted tends to spend more time
on their own someone who is funny has a
good sense of humor they might be a
barrel of laughs a live wire someone who
is quite energetic always cracking jokes
a live wire means energetic someone who
is full of life full of energy exuberant
lively exuberant is such a great word
it's fun to say exuberant someone who
has a zest for life or joie de vivre yes
we use this phrase in english even
though it is french personally i love
when i find phrases from other languages
that we use in english can you think of
any others now this lesson wouldn't be
complete without talking about how to
describe yourself in a positive light
for an interview or professional
situation and also how to describe other
people who might be strong leaders or
someone you want to recommend she's
open-minded no we don't say broad-minded
i think this is more british english
someone who is open-minded is open to
new ideas this is important when you're
a leader and when you want to learn new
things in an industry and you want to
stay on the cutting edge
if you are pioneering this means that
you're an early adopter you are staying
on the cutting edge always learning
about new technology and trying it out
being reliable trustworthy dependable or
a solid person are all really important
when you have a leadership role can
people count on you can they rely on you
then you're dependable
you show up you do what you said you
would do you are a man of his word
or woman of her word it's important to
be decisive to be able to make decisions
to be frank means to be honest
straightforward you don't beat around
the bush to beat around the bush means
to hem and ha
to say ah well i don't know i'm not sure
to beat around the bush means you are
not direct you are not honest or
straightforward you don't want to give
someone bad news
leaders are often sociable they might be
social butterflies maybe a bit
extroverted at least for the purpose of
networking it could be described as
a people person
even gregarious gregarious is someone
who talks
a lot easily but sometimes too much so
this word
could be negative but it basically means
someone who's very outgoing or
extroverted you have the gift of gab gab
means talking so the gift of gab means
it's easy for you to talk with other
people on the other hand a good leader
could also be introverted someone who's
more intuitive or who understands
something
with their gut feeling as opposed to
needing a lot of data modest means that
you're not full of yourself you're not
boastful you're not egotistical so even
though you have achieved a lot even
though you're a good leader you're still
modest you're an action taker you're
proactive a go-getter ambitious
assertive you don't want to show up as
overly emotional you want to be even
keeled
calm
rational
and even have a poker face a poker face
means you don't show
your feelings you don't show your hand
now this could be slightly negative
depending on how you're describing a
person in what situation
however even though you don't want to be
overly emotional you do want to be
passionate
passionate about your work passionate
about your goals and achieving things
persistent you are resilient if you fall
down you get back up if at first you
don't succeed you try and try again
you're persistent and resilient you're
goal oriented you're driven you're
ambitious you're confident or
self-confident salt of the earth salt of
the earth means someone who is honest
straightforward and hard working
optimistic someone who thinks positively
also you could be a realist someone who
thinks positively but within reality so
not overly optimistic you're resourceful
meaning you are creative in finding
resources you're versatile meaning you
can do a lot of different things perhaps
a jack of all trades someone who can do
a lot of different tasks successfully
a linchpin meaning that you are not
replaceable you can do so many things
that really only you can do the way that
you do them you are irreplaceable you're
a linchpin a mover and a shaker so i
would probably only use this to describe
someone else i think it would sound a
little strange if i said yeah i'm a real
mover and a shaker
it just means that you take action
you're always trying new things you're
networking with people you get things
done and you're out and about in the
world people know who you are and that
you're interesting you're fun you're
bubbly you you are
never stagnant you don't stay in one
place or doing the same thing for too
long and a couple other adjectives to
close this out that i would only use to
describe other people would be top dog
someone who is
really at the top
one percent of their group a top dog or
a major player someone who is
influential in their space their
profession their field their company so
tell me how would someone describe you
how would your colleagues describe you
tell me in the comments and practice
using some of these adjectives and
idioms to describe personality just a
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