Positive Words Ending in OUS and Containing U

This list gathers 187 English positive words ending in OUS and containing U, such as Famous, Curious, Gorgeous, Generous, Precious, Ambitious and Tremendous. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our positive words guide to review grammatical rules and sentence examples.

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Starts with A
17 words
ambitious
autonomous
adventurous
advantageous
auspicious
audacious
amorous
assiduous
ambidextrous
abstemious
alacritous
affectious
affectuous
acuminous
affabrous
adjutorious
animous
Starts with B
8 words
boisterous
beauteous
bounteous
bodacious
bootylicious
babelicious
bargainous
bonhomous
Starts with C
15 words
curious
courageous
courteous
conscientious
copious
chivalrous
curvaceous
commodious
callipygous
celebrious
concinnous
coharmonious
canorous
coglorious
cogracious
Starts with D
5 words
delicious
dexterous
decorous
duteous
dulcifluous
Starts with E
7 words
efficacious
expeditious
euphonious
equanimous
eximious
eulogious
eumoirous
Starts with F
14 words
famous
fabulous
fortuitous
felicitous
fantabulous
frabjous
fervorous
fructuous
festivous
flavorous
fortitudinous
featous
feracious
featuous
Starts with G
9 words
gorgeous
generous
glorious
glamorous
gracious
gregarious
gumptious
goloptious
goluptious
Starts with H
4 words
humorous
hilarious
harmonious
harborous
Starts with I
4 words
ingenious
illustrious
industrious
idoneous
Starts with J
2 words
joyous
judicious
Starts with L
5 words
luxurious
luminous
luscious
lustrous
longanimous
Starts with M
9 words
marvelous
miraculous
meticulous
momentous
melodious
meritorious
magnanimous
mellifluous
magnolious
Starts with N
8 words
nutritious
noncancerous
nonhazardous
nonpoisonous
nonmalicious
nondangerous
nectareous
nectarous
Starts with P
12 words
precious
prestigious
prosperous
pious
prodigious
precocious
propitious
plenteous
perspicacious
perspicuous
pulchritudinous
philogynous
Starts with R
5 words
righteous
rigorous
rapturous
revelrous
respectuous
Starts with S
24 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 T
4 words
tremendous
tenacious
temptatious
timeous
Starts with U
19 words
unanimous
unambiguous
unpretentious
uproarious
unselfconscious
unsuspicious
uncontentious
unostentatious
unanxious
ultraglamorous
unpresumptuous
unenvious
unjealous
uncensorious
unmalicious
unobnoxious
ultraconscientious
untumultuous
uncontradictious
Starts with V
10 words
victorious
vigorous
virtuous
voluptuous
vivacious
valorous
veracious
verdurous
vegetous
veridicous
Starts with W
1 words
wondrous
Starts with Z
1 words
zealous

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