Positive Character Traits

Thoughtfully crafting distinctive positive character traits is essential for you to create strong characterization and compelling narratives. The traits assigned to characters reveal essential personality, inform relationships and drive conflict, motivate pivotal actions and decisions, generate reader empathy, and shape growth arcs.

Here we present you a list of over 100 positive character traits:

Note: Some character traits may be positive, negative, or neutral, depending on your point of view.

• Accepting

• Acclaimed

• Accommodating

• Accomplished

• Admirable

• Advanced

• Adventurous

• Amusing

• Artful

• Artistic

• Assertive

• Authentic

• Bold

• Brainy

• Brave

• Brilliant

• Broad-minded

• Captivating

• Careful

• Charitable

• Charming

• Collaborative

• Concerned

• Considerate

• Constant

• Creative

• Daring

• Dazzling

• Delightful

• Discerning

• Eager

• Ebullient

• Educated

• Educational

• Eloquent

• Empathetic

• Encouraging

• Engaging

• Exceptional

• Exciting

• Extraordinary

• Exuberant

• Farsighted

• Fascinating

• Fearless

• Forthcoming

• Fun

• Fun-loving

• Funny

• Gentle

• Glad

• Growth-oriented

• Happy

• Health-conscious

• High-achieving

• Impressive

• Incorruptible

• Influential

• Inspiring

• Interesting

• Invigorating

• Irrepressible

• Joyful

• Judicious

• Leaderly

• Level-headed

• Leveled-headed

• Likable

• Lovable

• Magnanimous

• Masterful

• Mighty

• Multi-talented

• Noteworthy

• Organized

• Outgoing

• Peaceable

• Percipient

• Permissive

• Perspicacious

• Pioneering

• Playful

• Pleasant

• Polished

• Popular

• Powerful

• Productive

• Prolific

• Punctual

• Quick-witted

• Relational

• Righteous

• Risk-taking

• Sagacious

• Savvy

• Self-confident

• Self-disciplined

• Selfless

• Service-oriented

• Significant

• Situational

• Smart

• Sociable

• Staunch

• Strategic

• Teachable

• Tenacious

• Thoughtful

• Tireless

• Unbiased

• Upbeat

• Uplifting

• Vivid

• Welcoming

• Well-balanced

• Well-informed

• Well-read

• Wholehearted

• Willing

• Wondrous

Conclusion

All people exhibit an intricate blend of light and dark; effective writers reflect this. See our full list of character traits for more inspiration.