If you are having trouble, here is a list of 200 adjectives and other descriptive phrases that will help you pinpoint the precise phrases that will help to achieve the intended mission of the employee performance appraisal.

A

A cut above, Able, Above average, Absent-minded, Accommodating, Accomplished, Accurate, Adaptable, Adept, Advanced, Advantageous, Agreeable, Aggressive,  Affable, Ambiguous, Ambitious, Amiable, Analytical, Antiquated, Appalling, Articulate, Assiduous, Astute,  Assured,  Attentive, Authoritative, Average, Awkward

B

Below average, Benevolent, Bold, Brazen

C

Capable, Careful, Careless, Casual, Cautious, Cavalier, Chaotic, Compassionate, Conscientious, Considerable, Considerate, Controlled, Cordial, Courageous, Creative

D

Daring, Deficient, Deliberate, Demanding, Detailed, Detail-oriented, Difficult, Disagreeable, Disobliging, Disordered, Disorganized

E

Effortless, Encouraging, Exacting, Exceptional, Excellent, Excessive, Enhanced, Enterprising, Expert, Exclusive, Extreme

F

Fastidious, Fearless, First class, Foolish, Forgetful

G

Genial, Gifted, Good-humored, Good-natured, Gracious, Great

H

Haphazard, Hasty, Heedless, Helpful, Heroic

I

Improved, Imprudent, Impudent, Inaccurate, Inadequate, Inferior, Ingenuity, Initiative, Injudicious, Innovative, Insensitive, Insightful, Inspiring, Intense, Intrepid, Inventive

J

Judicious

K

Kind

L

Lackadaisical, Lax, Lazy, Likable, Logical, Loyal

M

Mediocre, Methodical, Meticulous, Mindful, Momentous, Motivational

N

Needs improvement, Negative, Neglectful, Noteworthy

O

Obstructive, Offhand, Original, Outstanding, Ordinary, Organized

P

Painstaking, Paramount, Particular, Pedantic, Poor, Positive, Potential, Precise, Prepared, Promising,  Provoking, Prudent, Punctual, Prompt Punctilious

R

Reasonable, Reckless, Resourceful

S

Scrupulous, Selfless, Selfish, Sensible, Serious, Shrewd, Sizeable, Sloppy, Solicitous, Sound, Spontaneous, Stability, Standard, Stupendous, Suitable, Substandard, Substantial, Supportive, Sympathetic,

T

Talented, Thoughtful, Thoughtless, Timely, Top notch, Top quality, Trivial, Typical

U

Unafraid, Unaccommodating, Unconstructive, Uncooperative, Unnecessary, Unoriginal, Unselfish, Unsupportive, Unsurpassed, Unthinking, Untouchable, Unusual, Unwise

V

Validity, Valliant, Vigilant

W

Wary, Well-timed, Well thought out, Wise

Though using precise adjectives are important for employee performance appraisals, it makes a greater impact when you choose action verbs as well. As an example, substitute performs for is.