Verbs are essential components of language that allow us to convey action, existence, and change. They are the backbone of sentences; with them, our communication is complete. From “run” to “eat” to “think,” verbs come in many forms, and each serves a unique purpose.
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This list will provide a handy A to Z of common verbs that you can use to enhance your writing, improve your speech, or expand your vocabulary. Whether you’re a student looking to boost your language skills or a professional writer seeking to spice up your prose, this list of common verbs is an invaluable resource.
Verbs Starting With A
Accept
Accuse
Achieve
Acknowledge
Acquire
Adapt
Add
Adjust
Admire
Admit
Adopt
Adore
Advise
Afford
Agree
Aim
Allow
Announce
Anticipate
Apologize
Appear
Apply
Appreciate
Approach
Approve
Argue
Arise
Arrange
Arrive
Ask
Assume
Assure
Astonish
Attach
Attempt
Attend
Attract
Avoid
Awake
Verbs Starting With B
Bake
Bathe
Be
Bear
Beat
Become
Beg
Begin
Behave
Believe
Belong
Bend
Bet
Bind
Bite
Blow
Boil
Borrow
Bounce
Bow
Break
Breed
Bring
Broadcast
Build
Burn
Burst
Buy
Verbs Starting With C
Calculate
Can/Could
Care
Carry
Catch
Celebrate
Change
Choose
Chop
Claim
Climb
Cling
Come
Commit
Communicate
Compare
Compete
Complain
Complete
Concern
Confirm
Consent
Consider
Consist
Consult
Contain
Continue
Convince
Cook
Cost
Count
Crawl
Create
Creep
Criticize
Cry
Cut
Verbs Starting With D
Dance
Dare
Deal
Decide
Defer
Delay
Deliver
Demand
Deny
Depend
Describe
Deserve
Desire
Destroy
Determine
Develop
Differ
Disagree
Discover
Discuss
Dislike
Distribute
Dive
Do
Doubt
Drag
Dream
Drill
Drink
Drive
Drop
Dry
Verbs Starting With E
Earn
Eat
Emphasize
Enable
Encourage
Engage
Enhance
Enjoy
Ensure
Entail
Enter
Establish
Examine
Exist
Expand
Expect
Experiment
Explain
Explore
Extend
Verbs Starting With F
Fail
Fall
Feed
Feel
Fight
Find
Finish
Fit
Fly
Fold
Follow
Forbid
Forget
Forgive
Freeze
Fry
Verbs Starting With G
Generate
Get
Give
Go
Grind
Grow
Verbs Starting With H
Hang
Happen
Hate
Have
Hear
Hesitate
Hide
Hit
Hold
Hop
Hope
Hug
Hurry
Hurt
Verbs Starting With I
Identify
Ignore
Illustrate
Imagine
Imply
Impress
Improve
Include
Incorporate
Indicate
Inform
Insist
Install
Intend
Introduce
Invest
Investigate
Involve
Iron
Verbs Starting With J
Jog
Jump
Justify
Verbs Starting With K
Keep
Kick
Kiss
Kneel
Knit
Know
Verbs Starting With L
Lack
Laugh
Lay
Lead
Lean
Leap
Learn
Leave
Lend
Lie (in bed)
Lie (not to tell the truth)
Lift
Light
Like
Listen
Look
Lose
Love
Verbs Starting With M
Maintain
Make
Manage
Matter
May
Mean
Measure
Meet
Melt
Mention
Might
Mind
Miss
Mix
Mow
Must
Verbs Starting With N
Need
Neglect
Negotiate
Verbs Starting With O
Observe
Obtain
Occur
Offer
Open
Operate
Order
Organize
Ought to
Overcome
Overtake
Owe
Own
Verbs Starting With P
Paint
Participate
Pay
Peel
Perform
Persuade
Pinch
Plan
Play
Point
Possess
Postpone
Pour
Practice
Prefer
Prepare
Pretend
Prevent
Proceed
Promise
Propose
Protect
Prove
Pull
Punch
Pursue
Push
Put
Verbs Starting With Q
Qualify
Quit
Verbs Starting With R
React
Read
Realize
Recall
Receive
Recollect
Recommend
Reduce
Refer
Reflect
Refuse
Regret
Relate
Relax
Relieve
Rely
Remain
Remember
Remind
Repair
Replace
Represent
Require
Resent
Resist
Retain
Retire
Rid
Ride
Ring
Rise
Risk
Roast
Run
Verbs Starting With S
Sanction
Satisfy
Say
Scrub
See
Seem
Sell
Send
Serve
Set
Settle
Sew
Shake
Shall
Shed
Shine
Shoot
Should
Show
Shrink
Shut
Sing
Sink
Sit
Ski
Sleep
Slice
Slide
Slip
Smell
Snore
Solve
Sow
Speak
Specify
Spell
Spend
Spill
Spit
Spread
Squat
Stack
Stand
Start
Steal
Stick
Sting
Stink
Stir
Stop
Stretch
Strike
Struggle
Study
Submit
Succeed
Suffer
Suggest
Supply
Suppose
Surprise
Survive
Swear
Sweep
Swell
Swim
Swing
Verbs Starting With T
Take
Talk
Taste
Teach
Tear
Tell
Tend
Think
Threaten
Throw
Tiptoe
Tolerate
Translate
Try
Verbs Starting With U
Understand
Verbs Starting With V
Vacuum
Value
Vary
Volunteer
Verbs Starting With W
Wait
Wake
Walk
Want
Warn
Wash
Watch
Wave
Wear
Weep
Weigh
Whip
Will
Win
Wish
Would
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