Chapter 8-8: Subjective Wording
Subjective words, such as "good," "bad," and "effective," can be misleading and affect the accuracy of ideas presented in writing. A good strategy is to use precise and unambiguous language that accurately conveys the intended meaning. If authors must use subjective terms in essays and professional texts, they should define these expressions and provide context for the reader. Readers will then understand what is meant by the term. Additionally, varying vocabulary and avoiding repetitive language can make writing more engaging and effective.
Here is an unexhaustive example list of some subjective words:
Acclaimed
Accomplished
Adept
Adorable
Advantaged
Affluent
Amazing
Bad
Beautiful
Best
Boring
Breathtaking
Captivating
Certain
Characteristic
Characterize
Clear
Compelling
Complete
Complex
Conclusive
Confusing
Consistent
Convenient
Convincing
Correct
Courageous
Creative
Crisp
Critical
Cruel
Dazzling
Definite
Delightful
Desirable
Detailed
Different
Difficult
Distinct
Dynamic
Effective
Elegant
Emotional
Encouraging
Engaging
Enjoyable
Enormous
Entertaining
Enthusiastic
Essential
Exceptional
Exciting
Expansive
Exquisite
Extraordinary
Fabulous
Fair
Familiar
Fantastic
Fascinating
Fearless
Fierce
Flawless
Focused
Fortunate
Fragile
Free
Fresh
Friendly
Fun
Funny
Genuine
Glorious
Good
Graceful
Great
Groundbreaking
Guaranteed
Handy
Hard
Harmful
Harmonious
Helpful
Helping
Hilarious
Honest
Hopeful
Impartial
Important
Impressive
Incredible
Indisputable
Ineffective
Inevitable
Ingenious
Innovative
Inspiring
Intense
Interesting
Intriguing
Invaluable
Irresistible
Joyful
Key
Knowledgable
Lasting
Learned
Light
Likely
Logical
Lovely
Lucky
Magnificent
Majestic
Marvelous
Meaningful
Memorable
Modern
Moving
Necessary
Noble
Notable
Noticeable
Nourishing
Novel
Outstanding
Passionate
Perfect
Persistent
Phenomenal
Pivotal
Pleasing
Poised
Powerful
Practical
Precious
Prime
Principal
Progressive
Promising
Proven
Radiant
Refreshing
Relevant
Reliable
Remarkable
Required
Respectful
Revolutionary
Rich
Right
Robust
Romantic
Rousing
Satisfying
Secure
Sensational
Sensible
Sensitive
Significant
Simple
Smart
Smashing
Smooth
Solid
Sparkling
Special
Spectacular
Stable
Stunning
Substantial
Successful
Superior
Supportive
Supreme
Sure
Surprising
Sustainable
Sweet
Sympathetic
Thorough
Thrilling
Timeless
Top
Tranquil
Transformative
Triumphant
Trustworthy
Ugly
Unequaled
Unfair
Unimportant
Unique
Unsuccessful
Unsurpassed
Upbeat
Valuable
Vibrant
Visionary
Vital
Warm
Wholesome
Winning
Wise
Witty
Wonderful
Worst
Worthy
Wrong
Young