| accelerando | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in tempo | - |
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| adagio | (adjective) (of tempo) leisurely | - |
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| ago | (adjective) gone by; or in the past | Synonyms: agone |
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| akimbo | (adjective) (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body | - |
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| albino | (adjective) having albinism | - |
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| alfresco | (adjective) in the open air | Synonyms: open-air |
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| allargando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner | - |
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| allegretto | (adjective) (of tempo) faster than allegro | - |
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| allegro | (adjective) (of tempo) fast | - |
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| altissimo | (adjective) very high | - |
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| alto | (adjective) (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group | - |
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| (adjective) of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor | Synonyms: countertenor |
| (adjective) of or being the lowest female voice | Synonyms: contralto |
| amino | (adjective) pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia | Synonyms: aminic |
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| ammino | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt) | - |
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| andantino | (adjective) (of tempo) moderately fast | - |
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| arco | (adjective) (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow | - |
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| avocado | (adjective) of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado | - |
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| azido | (adjective) relating to or containing the azido group N3 | - |
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| azo | (adjective) relating to or containing the azo radical | - |
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| blotto | (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
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| boffo | (adjective) resoundingly successful and popular | - |
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| calando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume | - |
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| calico | (adjective) made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned | - |
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| (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
| churrigueresco | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresque |
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| contralto | (adjective) of or being the lowest female voice | Synonyms: alto |
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| crescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in volume | - |
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| decrescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: diminuendo |
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| diazo | (adjective) relating to or containing diazonium | - |
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| diminuendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: decrescendo |
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| falsetto | (adjective) artificially high; above the normal voice range | - |
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| fortissimo | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) very loud and strong | - |
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| go | (adjective) functioning correctly and ready for action | - |
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| gonzo | (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
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| incognito | (adjective) with your identity concealed | - |
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| incommunicado | (adjective) without the means or right to communicate | - |
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| indigo | (adjective) having a color between blue and violet | - |
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| jumbo | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: elephantine, gargantuan, giant |
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| larghetto | (adjective) (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo | - |
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| larghissimo | (adjective) (of tempo) as slow and broad as possible | - |
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| largo | (adjective) very slow in tempo and broad in manner | - |
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| legato | (adjective) (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected | Synonyms: smooth |
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| lentissimo | (adjective) (of tempo) very slow | - |
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| lento | (adjective) (of tempo) slow | - |
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| loco | (adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky |
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| macho | (adjective) used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner | Synonyms: butch |
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| macro | (adjective) very large in scale or scope or capability | - |
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| micro | (adjective) extremely small in scale or scope or capability | - |
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| moderato | (adjective) (of tempo) moderate | - |
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| mono | (adjective) designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel | Synonyms: monophonic, single-channel |
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| negro | (adjective) having skin rich in melanin pigments; | Synonyms: colored, coloured |
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| neo | (adjective) (used as a combining form) recent or new | - |
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| no | (adjective) (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of | - |
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| pianissimo | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) very soft | - |
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| piano | (adjective) (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone | Synonyms: soft |
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| pizzicato | (adjective) (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger | - |
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| prestissimo | (adjective) (of tempo) as fast as possible | - |
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| presto | (adjective) (of tempo) very fast | - |
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| primo | (adjective) the best of its kind | - |
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| pro | (adjective) in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) | - |
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| proto | (adjective) indicating the first or earliest or original | - |
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| proximo | (adjective) in or of the next month after the present | Synonyms: prox |
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| pseudo | (adjective) (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of | - |
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| radio | (adjective) indicating radiation or radioactivity | - |
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| rallentando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rit., ritardando, ritenuto |
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| retro | (adjective) affecting things past | Synonyms: ex post facto, retroactive |
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| ritardando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rallentando, rit., ritenuto |
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| ritenuto | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rallentando, rit., ritardando |
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| rococo | (adjective) having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation | - |
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| servo | (adjective) of or involving servomechanisms | Synonyms: servomechanical |
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| solo | (adjective) composed or performed by a single voice or instrument | - |
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| sopranino | (adjective) higher in range than soprano | - |
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| soprano | (adjective) having or denoting a high range | Synonyms: treble |
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| staccato | (adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply | Synonyms: disconnected |
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| stereo | (adjective) designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels | Synonyms: stereophonic, two-channel |
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| taboo | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten |
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| (adjective) forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands | Synonyms: tabu |
| two | (adjective) being one more than one | Synonyms: 2, ii |
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| ultimo | (adjective) in or of the month preceding the present one | Synonyms: ult |
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| virtuoso | (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: consummate, masterful, masterly |
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| zero | (adjective) of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) | - |
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| (adjective) indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration | Synonyms: 0 |
| (adjective) having no measurable or otherwise determinable value | - |
| (adjective) indicating an initial point or origin | - |