Words Starting with B

Common words that start with B

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

• be 4/5 have the quality of being
• but 5/7 and nothing more
• back 12/14 in or to or toward a former location
• been 6/8
• by 7/7 so as to pass a given point
• because 11/14
• before 11/12 earlier in time
• better 8/9 surpass in excellence
• big 6/8 above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
• believe 12/15 accept as true
• bad 6/7 having undesirable or negative qualities
• boy 8/8 a youthful male person
• baby 11/12 a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• being 8/11 the state or fact of existing
• best 6/7 the supreme effort one can make
• bring 8/11 take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
• business 10/13 a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
• both 9/9 (used with count nouns) two considered together
• brother 12/12 a male with the same parents as someone else
• beautiful 14/18 delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
• bit 5/6 a small piece or quantity of something
• boys 9/9 (form of boy) a youthful male person
• break 11/12 terminate
• body 10/10 the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
• buy 8/9 obtain by purchase
• behind 12/13 in or to or toward the rear
• bed 6/7 a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
• blood 8/10 the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and…
• bye 8/8 an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
• book 10/11 a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
• between 12/14 in the interval
• brought 13/15
• bet 5/6 the money risked on a gamble
• black 13/16 being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
• beat 6/7 come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• boss 6/7 a person who exercises control over workers
• bill 6/9 a statute in draft before it becomes law
• become 12/15 enter or assume a certain state or condition
• busy 9/10 actively or fully engaged or occupied
• broke 11/12 lacking funds
• ball 6/9 round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
• buddy 12/13 a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• blue 6/9 blue color or pigment
• building 12/17 a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
• ben 5/7 a mountain or tall hill
• blow 9/11 exhale hard
• birthday 17/16 an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
• boat 6/7 a small vessel for travel on water
• bag 6/8 a flexible container with a single opening
• bob 7/9 move up and down repeatedly

The 1,000 most common of 9,233 words that start with B

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Longest: BUCKMINSTERFULLERENES (21 letters).