A comparative adjective is used to compare two things.

A superlative adjective is
used when you compare three or more things. For example, looking at apples you
can compare their size, determining which is big, which is bigger, and which is
biggest. The comparative ending (suffix) for short, common adjectives is generally
"-er"; the superlative suffix is generally "-est." For most longer adjectives, the
comparative is made by adding the word "more" (for example, more comfortable)
and the superlative is made by adding the word "most" (for example, most
comfortable).

If a 1-syllable adjective ends in "e", the endings are "-r" and "-st", for example:
wise, wiser, wisest.

If a 1-syllable adjective ends in "y", the endings are "-er" and "-est", but the y is
sometimes changed to an "i". For example: dry, drier, driest.

If a 1-syllable adjective ends in a consonant (with a single vowel preceding it),

then the consonant is doubled and the endings "-er" and "-est" are used, for
example: big, bigger, biggest.

If a 2-syllable adjective ends in "e", the endings are "-r" and "-st", for example:
gentle, gentler, gentlest.

If a 2-syllable adjective ends in "y", the endings

are "-ier" and "-iest", for example: happy,
happier, happiest.

Some 2-syllable adjectives use the standard "-er"

and "-est suffixes", including adjectives that end in "er", "le", or "ow". For
example: narrow, narrower, narrowest.

For most adjectives with two or more syllables, the comparative is formed by
adding the word "more," and you form the superlative by adding the word "most",
for example: colorful, more colorful, most colorful.

Some comparative and superlative adjectives are irregular, including some very
common ones such as good/better/best and bad/worse/worst.
 Case Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
close closer closest

1-syllable adjectives huge huger hugest

large larger largest
ending in "e" strange stranger strangest
wise wiser wisest
big bigger biggest
1-syllable adjectives fat fatter fattest
red redder reddest
ending in a consonant with a
single vowel preceding it sad sadder saddest
thin thinner thinnest

1-syllable adjectives dry drier driest

spry sprier/spryer spriest/spryest
ending in "y" wry wrier/wryer wriest/wryest
fast faster fastest

1-syllable adjectives, great greater greatest

quick quicker quickest
other cases short shorter shortest
tall taller tallest

2-syllable adjectives fickle fickler ficklest

handsome handsomer handsomest
ending in "e" polite politer politest
bumpy bumpier bumpiest

2-syllable adjectives heavy heavier heaviest

icy icier iciest
ending in "y" shiny shinier shiniest
tiny tinier tiniest
able abler ablest
gentle gentler gentlest
2-syllable adjectives hollow hollower hollowest

ending in "le", or "ow" narrow narrower narrowest

shallow shallower shallowest
simple simpler simplest
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
2 or more syllable adjectives, colorful more colorful most colorful

other cases complete more complete most complete

delicious more delicious most delicious
 generous more generous most generous
important more important most important
bad worse worst
far (place) farther farthest
far (place or time) further furthest
good better best
late (time) later latest
Irregular and confusing late (order) latter last
adjectives little (size) littler littlest
little (amount) less least
many/much/some more most
old (people or
older oldest
things)
old (people) elder eldest
Case Adjective Comparative Form Superlative Form
close closer closest

1-syllable adjectives huge huger hugest

large larger largest
ending in "e" strange stranger strangest
wise wiser wisest
big bigger biggest
1-syllable adjectives fat fatter fattest
red redder reddest
ending in a consonant with a
single vowel preceding it sad sadder saddest
thin thinner thinnest

1-syllable adjectives dry drier driest

spry sprier/spryer spriest/spryest
ending in "y" wry wrier/wryer wriest/wryest
fast faster fastest

1-syllable adjectives, great greater greatest

quick quicker quickest
other cases short shorter shortest
tall taller tallest
2-syllable adjectives fickle fickler ficklest
 handsome handsomer handsomest
ending in "e"
polite politer politest
bumpy bumpier bumpiest

2-syllable adjectives heavy heavier heaviest

icy icier iciest
ending in "y" shiny shinier shiniest
tiny tinier tiniest
able abler ablest
gentle gentler gentlest
2-syllable adjectives hollow hollower hollowest

ending in "le", or "ow" narrow narrower narrowest

shallow shallower shallowest
simple simpler simplest
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
colorful more colorful most colorful
2 or more syllable adjectives, complete more complete most complete

other cases delicious more delicious most delicious

generous more generous most generous
important more important most important
bad worse worst
far (place) farther farthest
far (place or time) further furthest
good better best
late (time) later latest
Irregular and confusing late (order) latter last
adjectives little (size) littler littlest
little (amount) less least
many/much/some more most
old (people or
older oldest
things)
old (people) elder eldest