English — comparatives

Eight everyday adjectives graded base → comparative → superlative, with the base meaning in your language. Watch the irregular good and bad.

comparatives
Meaning	Base	Comparative	Superlative
good	good	better	best
bad	bad	worse	worst
big	big	bigger	biggest
small	small	smaller	smallest
old	old	older	oldest
new	new	newer	newest
long	long	longer	longest
expensive	expensive	more expensive	most expensive

⚠ Note

English and German add -er/-est; Romance languages use más / più / plus + adjective; Polish uses -szy and naj-…-szy. Good and bad are irregular almost everywhere (good → better → best).