In this article, you can find a word list of nouns describing personality or behavior (e.g. valehtelija “liar”; laiskuri “lazybones”). Of course there are many adjectives describing people as well (e.g. epärehellinen “dishonest”; laiska “lazy”).

The nouns in this article describe either the personality or the behavior of a person. In green, I have marked the most commonly used nouns, so you know what to focus on when you first tackle this subject.

Often, there are many words that are very close in meaning. For example, if somebody is an idiot or a fool, we could call them mäntti, torvelo, törppö, idiootti, tyhmyri, pölkkypää, tomppeli, tollo, juntti and many other names. This is especially common for negative personality traits. Nouns that describe a person with a certain positive personality trait are much harder to find.

That’s it for this list of nouns describing people’s personality or behavior.

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