Positive Words That End in OUS
Explore 187 verified English positive words ending with the suffix -OUS, including Famous, Curious, Gorgeous, Generous, Precious, Ambitious and Tremendous. Useful for character traits, appreciation notes, and optimistic writing and rhyming patterns, browse these uplifting, kind, and complimentary words below or review grammatical rules and sentence examples in our positive words guide.
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Starts with A17 words
ambitious
autonomous
adventurous
advantageous
auspicious
audacious
amorous
assiduous
ambidextrous
abstemious
alacritous
affectious
affectuous
acuminous
affabrous
adjutorious
animous
Starts with B8 words
boisterous
beauteous
bounteous
bodacious
bootylicious
babelicious
bargainous
bonhomous
Starts with C15 words
curious
courageous
courteous
conscientious
copious
chivalrous
curvaceous
commodious
callipygous
celebrious
concinnous
coharmonious
canorous
coglorious
cogracious
Starts with D5 words
delicious
dexterous
decorous
duteous
dulcifluous
Starts with E7 words
efficacious
expeditious
euphonious
equanimous
eximious
eulogious
eumoirous
Starts with F14 words
famous
fabulous
fortuitous
felicitous
fantabulous
frabjous
fervorous
fructuous
festivous
flavorous
fortitudinous
featous
feracious
featuous
Starts with G9 words
gorgeous
generous
glorious
glamorous
gracious
gregarious
gumptious
goloptious
goluptious
Starts with H4 words
humorous
hilarious
harmonious
harborous
Starts with I4 words
ingenious
illustrious
industrious
idoneous
Starts with J
2 words joyous
judicious
Starts with L5 words
luxurious
luminous
luscious
lustrous
longanimous
Starts with M9 words
marvelous
miraculous
meticulous
momentous
melodious
meritorious
magnanimous
mellifluous
magnolious
Starts with N8 words
nutritious
noncancerous
nonhazardous
nonpoisonous
nonmalicious
nondangerous
nectareous
nectarous
Starts with P12 words
precious
prestigious
prosperous
pious
prodigious
precocious
propitious
plenteous
perspicacious
perspicuous
pulchritudinous
philogynous
Starts with R5 words
righteous
rigorous
rapturous
revelrous
respectuous
Starts with S24 words
spontaneous
spacious
studious
sumptuous
scrupulous
scrumptious
sensuous
stupendous
serendipitous
solicitous
sonorous
sagacious
salubrious
splendiferous
sedulous
splendorous
superluxurious
splendrous
symphonious
splendidious
salutiferous
solacious
splendacious
superindustrious
Starts with T4 words
tremendous
tenacious
temptatious
timeous
Starts with U19 words
unanimous
unambiguous
unpretentious
uproarious
unselfconscious
unsuspicious
uncontentious
unostentatious
unanxious
ultraglamorous
unpresumptuous
unenvious
unjealous
uncensorious
unmalicious
unobnoxious
ultraconscientious
untumultuous
uncontradictious
Starts with V10 words
victorious
vigorous
virtuous
voluptuous
vivacious
valorous
veracious
verdurous
vegetous
veridicous
Starts with W
1 words wondrous
Starts with Z
1 words zealous