French adjective comparison

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An adjective or adverb has three forms for comparison, which are called positive, comparative and superlative. Look at a few examples to see how that works:

Mary is as nice as John. (positive)

Mary is nicer than Sue. (comparative)

Mary is the nicest girl in class. (superlative)

The regular forms are very simple. You just add the word plus in front of the adjective or adverb to form the comparative. To get the superlative, add a definite article in front of "plus".
Replacing "plus" with "moins", you can create a comparative in the other direction.
As in the positive form, the adjective can precede or succeed the noun. See French adjectives for details.

Irregular cases are rare:
bien - (le) mieux (well - better/best)
bon(ne) - (le/la) meilleur(e) (good - better/best)
mal - (le) pis (badly - worse/worst)
mauvais(e) - (le/la) pire (bad - worse/worst)

Finally a few words about how to form sentences with that. For a positive comparison, use "aussi ADJ que", and with the comparative, use "plus ADJ que":

Jean est plus grand que Marie. = John is taller than Mary.

Marie est moins grande que Jean. = Mary is smaller than John.

Jean est le plus grand garçon de la classe. = John is the tallest boy in class.

Marie est la fille la plus intelligente de la classe. = Mary is the most intelligent girl in class.

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