Virtuous (good) characteristics

General

1. man (person)

2. individual (n., adj.) (individuum)

3. personality

4. character

5. human nature

6. quality

· innate qualities

7. trait

· hereditary traits

· acquired traits

8. split personality

9. aptitude (for) (capability; ability)

· he shows aptitude for dealing with problems

10. faculty

· the faculty of making friends easily

· have a great faculty for learning languages

11. power

· he is a man of great intellectual powers

12. characteristic feature

· learnt (learned) features

13. behaviour/behavioural pattern

14. motive, drive

15. reaction, response

16. attitude

17. merit (strength)

18. weakness/fault

19. sin

20. estimate (v)

· self-esteem

21. virtue

22. mannerism

Types of People

1. an adjudicator

2. an adolescent

3. an agnostic

4. an anarchist

5. an arbitrator

6. an atheist

7. a battle-axe

8. a benefactor

9. a beneficiary

10. a bigot

11. a bookworm

12. a bore

13. a bully

14. a busybody

15. a bystander

16. a castaway

17. a charlatan

18. a chatterbox

19. a civilian

20. a clock-watcher

21. a conscientious objector

22. a conscript

23. a coward

24. a crank

25. a cynic

26. a dare-devil

27. a day-dreamer

28. a degenerate

29. a deserter

30. a Don Juan

31. an early bird

32. an erudite

33. an expatriate

34. a fare-dodger

35. a femme fatale

36. a fool (n)

37. a good company

38. a good mixer

39. a date-crasher

40. a genius

41. a golden boy

42. a gossip

43. a hermit

44. a highbrow

45. a high flier

46. an imposter

47. an ignoramus

48. an infant

49. an invigilator

50. a jay-walker

51. a jet-setter

52. a juvenile

53. a killjoy

54. a layabout

55. a lazybones

56. a life and soul of the party

57. a litter-lout

58. a loner

59. a lone wolf

60. a miser

61. a name-dropper

62. a nationalist

63. a nosey parker

64. a pain in the neck

65. a parasite

66. a patriot

67. a penfriend

68. a picket

69. a proprietor

70. a road-hog

71. a rolling stone

72. a sadist

73. a scapegoat

74. a sceptic

75. a scatterbrain

76. a scrounger

77. a scoundrel

78. a shirker

79. a slacker

80. a slave-driver

81. a slob

82. a slow coach

83. a slowpoke (dawdler)

84. a snob

85. a social climber

86. a socialite

87. a spendthrift

88. a sponger

89. a squatter

90. a tear-away

91. a teetotaller

92. a tomboy

93. a troublemaker

94. a tycoon

95. a veteran

96. a villain

97. a wallflower

98. a wet blanket

99. a wind-bag

100.a workaholic

Innate Qualities

Virtuous (good) characteristics

1. accomplished

2. active

3. adventurous

4. affable

5. affectionate

6. altruistic

7. ambitious

8. amiable

9. amusing

10. articulate

11. attentive

12. awesome

13. bashful

14. benevolent

15. brave

16. bright

17. broad-minded

18. calm (placid)

19. cautious

20. charismatic

21. cheerful (merry)

22. clever

23. committed

24. communicable

25. competitive

26. composed

27. concentrated

28. concerned

29. confident (of)

30. conscientious

31. considerate

32. consistent

33. contented

34. cool

35. cordial

36. courageous

37. courteous

38. creative

39. daring

40. dedicated

41. deep

42. delighted

43. determined

44. devoted

45. dignified

46. diligent

47. disciplined

48. discreet

49. earnest

50. easy-going

51. economical

52. educated

53. elated

54. emotional

55. enlightened

56. enthusiastic

57. extravagant

58. fair

59. faithful

60. fearless

61. firm

62. flexible

63. forbearing

64. frank

65. friendly

66. frugal

67. generous

68. genial

69. genius

70. gentle

71. gifted

72. glad

73. good natured

74. good-humoured

75. happy

76. hard-working

77. honest

78. honorable

79. hopeful

80. hospitable

81. humane

82. humble

83. impartial

84. in a good mood

85. independent

86. industrious

87. ingenuous

88. in high spirits

89. inspired

90. intelligent

91. just

92. joyful

93. jovial

94. kind

95. kindhearted

96. knowledgeable

97. learned

98. level-headed

99. loyal

100.masterly (skilled)

101.meek

102.merciful

103.mild (soft)

104.modest

105.moral

106.neat

107.noble

108.obedient

109.open

110.open-hearted

111.outspoken

112.passionate

113.patient

114.persistent

115.philanthropic

116.pleased

117.polite

118.practical

119.proud

120.punctual

121.quick

122.quick-minded

123.quick-witted

124.quiet

125.rational

126.regretful

127.reliable

128.reputable

129.reserved

130.resolute

131.respectable

132.respectful

133.responsible

134.scholarly

135.scrupulous

136.self-blaming

137.(self-) confident

138.(self-reliant)

139.self-critical

140.self-denying

141.self-disciplined

142.selfless

143.self-possessed

144.sensible

145.sensitive

146.serious

147.sharp

148.show presence of mind

149.show resistance to pressure

150.shrewd

151.sincere

152.single-minded

153.smart

154.sober-minded

155.sociable

156.soft-hearted

157.sophisticated

158.spiritually-minded

159.stands one’s ground

160.steady

161.straightforward

162.strong-willed

163.sympathetic

164.tactful

165.talented

166.tender

167.thoughtful

168.thrifty

169.thrilled

170.timid

171.trustful

172.trusting

173.trustworthy

174.undemanding

175.understanding

176.unpretending

177.versatile

178.vivacious

179.warmhearted

180.well-behaved

181.well-bread

182.well-mannered

183.well-read

184.wise

185.witty

186.worldly(-minded)

187.yielding

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