4 Letter Words Starting with M

Common four-letter words that start with M

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• make 10/11 engage in
• more 6/7 (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
• mean 6/8 mean or intend to express or convey
• much 11/13 to a great degree or extent
• must 6/8 a necessary or essential thing
• made 7/8 produced by a manufacturing process
• mind 7/9 that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions
• miss 6/7 fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
• move 9/11 change location
• many 9/10 a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'
• meet 6/7 come together
• most 6/7 used to form the superlative
• mine 6/8 excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
• mike 10/11 device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
• mama 8/10 informal terms for a mother
• mark 10/11 attach a tag or label to
• mess 6/7 a state of confusion and disorderliness
• moon 6/8 the natural satellite of the Earth
• meat 6/7 the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
• main 6/8 most important element
• milk 10/12 a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
• mail 6/8 the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
• mood 7/8 a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
• male 6/8 an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
• matt 6/7 the property of having little or no contrast
• mate 6/7 the officer below the master on a commercial ship
• meal 6/8 the food served and eaten at one time
• maid 7/8 a female domestic
• mile 6/8 a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet
• mask 10/11 a covering to disguise or conceal the face
• mall 6/9 a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
• mass 6/7 the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
• math 9/9 a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
• mars 6/7 a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye
• menu 6/9 a list of dishes available at a restaurant
• mill 6/9 move about in a confused manner
• mick 12/14 (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
• mole 6/8 the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams
• milo 6/8 small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
• mere 6/7 being nothing more than specified
• monk 10/12 a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
• melt 6/8 reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
• mack 12/14 a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
• mule 6/9 hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
• myth 12/11 a traditional story accepted as history
• memo 8/10 a written proposal or reminder
• mice 8/10
• mint 6/8 (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• mock 12/14 treat with contempt
• mode 7/8 how something is done or how it happens

All 209 four-letter words that start with M

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