Do you ever struggle with finding the right words to describe yourself or someone else? You want to be precise, yet encouragingly present them. You rack your brain and the words are just out of reach. Trust me, the struggle is real.
Thankfully, you don’t have to struggle any longer. In this post, we’ve listed 101 positive words that start with A (seems as good a place as any) that you can use when describing yourself or someone else.
Why Are Positive Words Important?
Positive words are important because they make a positive impact on the listener. In other words, positive words create positive vibes. These vibes can be about you or someone else. Furthermore, these vibes make the listener think positively about the person being described. After all, words matter.
A simple word can generate:
It’s also important to remember that we can affect people’s opinions of others by what we say. Positive words will encourage your listener to put their confidence and faith in the person mentioned. Even more, it can inspire the listener to appreciate that person more. Above all, positive words cause your listener to take an honest look at the person and search out these qualities for themselves.
Often, we don’t realize the power our words have when speaking about someone. With our words, we can build up or tear down someone in the opinions of our listeners. This even holds true for ourselves. Using positive words is the key to unlocking some many of the things we seek to gain or be in life.
Situations When You Can Use Positive Words
Since it's important to use positive words, you’ll want to use them whenever you can. Plus, the more often you use them, the easier it becomes to use them again. You build your vocabulary through repetition. With that in mind, look for opportunities to speak positively about someone.
Positive Words about Someone to Others
These positive words can be used in:
As you can see, opportunities to use positive words about someone else abound. This is true in both your professional and personal life. This is true for adults and children.
Let’s be honest. There’s enough negativity in the world. If someone looks hard enough, they can find fault with everyone. Instead of joining in the gripe session, choose the high road and offer positive words. This will positively affect your listener, the person you’re discussing, and yourself.
Positive Words Spoken Directly To the Person
Not only can you speak positively about someone, but you can also speak positively directly to that person. Look for opportunities to praise someone – face to face. For instance, congratulate them on winning an award. Or thank them for their care and consideration during a time of need.
People need this type of encouragement. They may not show it, but someone may be in need of the positivity you have to offer, especially if they are experiencing difficulties. Reach out to them and use your positive words to lift them up.
You can speak positivity into a person’s life when:
As you can see, the opportunities to speak positive words to someone are endless. Your positive words will be a source of encouragement and support in a time of need. Your words will build them up, which inspires them to think positively about themselves.
Speaking Positively About Yourself
Finally, it's important that you speak positively about yourself. Often, we’re our own worst enemy when it comes to how we think and speak about ourselves. Negative self-talk leads to negative action or inaction. It will keep you from trying your best. This will have negative results. Not only will it affect your performance, but it also affects how others perceive you.
Therefore, you need to speak positively about yourself. In fact, speaking positively about yourself increases positive thinking, which increases performance.
This includes how you describe yourself in:
For example, how many times have you heard someone giving a speech start off their speech with, “I’m not a good speaker”? Right off, they’ve negated everything else they’re going to say. If you’re not a good speaker, why should anyone pay attention?
Instead, you should speak positively of yourself. Now, that doesn’t mean bragging. There’s a difference between speaking positively about yourself and bragging. Being positive means being honest about your accomplishments, skills, and character traits. That’s not bragging. It’s speaking positively about your strengths.
101 Positive Words That Start With “A”
Now that you know why and when you should use positive words to describe yourself or someone else, it's time to share with you these 101 positive words that start with A.
To help you incorporate these words better, we’ve listed them alphabetically and included a short definition. But before you use them, here are some tips:
With that being said, here’s the list.
- Abiding- continuing for a long time
- Ablaze- lit up with emotion
- Able- having the skill and knowledge to do something
- Absolutely- without any limitations
- Abounding- in great supply
- Abundant- large quantity
- Academic- related to studying and learning
- Ace- being an expert in something,
- Acceptance- agreement with something
- Accessible- open to access
- Acclaimed- attracting approval or praise
- Accolade- praise and approval
- Accommodate- to provide what someone needs
- Accomplishment- the act of completing something
- Accountable- capable of giving an explanation
- Accredited- to recognize as meeting a standard
- Accrue- to acquire or multiply
- Accurate- hitting the intended target
- Accuracy- being exact, correct, or precise
- Achieve- to get results
- Acknowledge- to take notice of
- Active- engaging in movement
- Activate- to start or initiate something
- Adaptable- able to adjust to new conditions
- Adept- being skilled or proficient in something
- Advisable- recommended, sensible
- Alacrity- brisk and cheerful readiness
- Align- bring into agreement
- Ally- One who is united with something or someone else
- Amicable- displaying peace-loving characteristics
- Admirable- deserving respect or approval
- Ample- more than enough, in large supply
- Amusing- causing laughter or providing entertainment
- Adorable- inspiring, great affection, charming, delightful
- Advanced- ahead in development or progress
- Advantage- favorable or better position
- Adventurous- willing to try new things or ideas
- Advocate- to recommend or support
- Affable- friendly, easy to talk to
- Affection- fondness or liking
- Affinity- natural liking or sympathy for someone or something
- Affirmation- emotional support or encouragement
- Affirmative- supportive, hopeful, encouraging
- Ageless- appearing not to grow old or last forever
- Agility- ability to move or think quickly and easily
- Aglow- glowing with excitement or happiness
- Agreeable- enjoyable, pleasant, willing to agree
- Alert- quick to notice
- Alive- full of life
- Allegiance- loyalty and commitment to something or someone
- Altruistic- selfless concern for the well-being of others
- Amazed- greatly surprised
- Amazing- causing great surprise or wonder
- Ambition- desire and determination to achieve success
- Amiable- having a friendly, pleasant manner
- Amity- a friendly relationship
- Amusement- finding something funny
- Anew- in a new or different, often more positive way
- Angelic- exceptionally beautiful, innocent, or kind
- Animated- full of life or excitement
- A-OK- gaining approval, satisfaction, agreement
- A-plus- added quality, outstanding
- Appealing- attractive or appealing
- Applaud- showing approval or praise
- Appreciation- recognizing the good qualities of someone or something
- Appreciative- showing gratitude
- Approachable- friendly and easy to talk to
- Appropriate- suitable or proper for the situation
- Apt- appropriate or suitable
- Ardor- enthusiasm or passion
- Arousing- to evoke or awaken an emotion or response
- Articulate- speak fluently or coherently
- Artistic- having a natural creative skill
- Artistry- displaying a creative skill or ability
- Ascertain- to find out something for certain
- Aspire- directing one’s hope or ambition toward a goal
- Assistive- providing aid or assistance
- Associate- partner, colleague, or a connection
- Assurance- confidence, a promise
- Assuring- comforting, instilling confidence
- Astonishing- extremely surprising or impressive
- Astounding- surprisingly impressive or noteworthy
- Astronomical- exceedingly large or an extremely great amount
- Astute- ability to assess a situation and use it as an advantage
- Athletic- physically fit, active
- Attain- to succeed in achieving
- Attentive- paying close attention to something
- Attractive- pleasing, appealing, or inviting to the senses
- Attuned- aware, adjusted, or adapted
- August- respected or impressive
- Auspicious- conducive to success, favorable
- Authentic- genuine, original, or real
- Authoritative- commanded, self-confident, or reliable
- Avant-garde- new, normal, or experimental
- Avid- showing keen interest or enthusiasm for something
- Awake- fully conscious, alert, aware
- Award- prize or mark of recognition
- Aware- concerned, or well-informed
- Awareness- knowledge about a certain situation or fact
- Awe-inspiring- breathtaking, amazing, stunning
- Awesome- extremely impressive, inspiring admiration
Final Thoughts on Positive Words That Start With A
Speaking positively about someone, whether it’s yourself or someone else, is important for many reasons. It incites feelings of encouragement, inspiration, and confidence. Plus, it creates positive vibes about the person.
You should use positive words when talking about or to someone… as often as possible. This doesn’t mean you should “kiss up to them”, but just let them know you’re appreciative of their contribution to your life.
This list of positive words that start with A makes it easy for you to do that. It can be hard to think of positive words on the spot, so this will help take off some of the pressure… or so that’s the idea. For more positive words, you can use, then read our other posts:
- 365 Positive Words to Use Daily [A to Z for 2022]
- 85 Positive Words That Start with the Letter B
- 85 Positive Words That Start with the Letter C
