Adjectives that start with M

Describing words, to help you tell someone else what something is like.

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M is for Main

Main means the largest or most important of something. For example a company might have their main office, and many towns have a main street.

M is for Manly

Manly is a less formal way of saying masculine, or strong like a man.

M is for Married

Two people are married if they have been through a wedding ceremony together and have formally become a couple.

M is for Massive

Something is massive if it is really, really big. The truck in the picture is massive.

M is for Mature

Something is mature if it has fully reached adulthood. A fruit or nut is said to be mature if it is fully ripe. Other foods like wine and cheese where you need to wait a long time for the flavor to change are said to be mature when they are ready to eat or drink.

M is for Medium

Medium is a way to describe something that is a size in between small and large.

M is for Messy

Something is messy if the things in or on it are arranged randomly, so they don't look very nice. The opposite of messy is neat.

M is for Mexican

Mexicans are people from Mexico, and Mexican also means anything relating to Mexico.

M is for Middle-aged

Middle-aged is a way of describing someone who is about 40 to 60 years old. It describes someone who is no longer young, but not yet old.

M is for Military

Military means anything relating to the armed forces, particularly the army.

M is for Miniature

Something is miniature if it is a very small copy of something else. A miniature can either be a model of something, like a miniature car, or a word for a very small animal, such as a miniature horse.

M is for Missing

Something is missing if it is not there, and it should be there. One of the chocolates in the picture is missing.

M is for Molten

Something is molten if it has been melted by heat. Molten is usually used to describe hot, liquid metals.

M is for Mongolian

Mongolian means anything relating to Mongolia, people from Mongolia or the language spoken in Mongolia.

M is for Monochrome

Something is monochrome if it is made up of shades of the same color.

M is for Muslim

Muslim describes anything related to the religion of Islam.

M is for Mussed

Something is mussed if it is in a messy state.
The person in the picture has their hair mussed.