Words Starting with G

Common words that start with G

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

• get 4/5 come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• go 3/4 change location
• got 4/5
• good 6/7 having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
• going 7/10 (form of go) change location
• give 8/10 cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
• god 5/6 the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe
• great 6/7 relatively large in size or number or extent
• guy 7/8 an informal term for a youth or man
• guys 8/9 (form of guy) an informal term for a youth or man
• girl 5/7 a young female
• getting 9/12 (form of get) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• guess 6/8 expect, believe, or suppose
• gone 5/7 destroyed or killed
• gave 8/10
• game 7/9 a contest with rules to determine a winner
• gets 5/6 (form of get) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
• goes 5/6 (form of go) change location
• gun 4/7 a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
• girls 6/8 (form of girl) a young female
• glad 6/8 showing or causing joy and pleasure
• gentlemen 12/17 (form of gentleman) a man of refinement
• goodbye 14/15 a farewell remark
• general 8/11 applying to all or most members of a category or group
• goddamn 12/15 used as expletives
• giving 11/15 (form of give) cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
• given 9/12 acknowledged as a supposition
• gold 6/8 coins made of gold
• girlfriend 15/18 any female friend
• group 8/11 any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
• ground 8/11 the solid part of the earth's surface
• green 6/8 green color or pigment
• grab 7/9 take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
• gas 4/5 the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity
• government 16/21 the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
• gives 9/11 (form of give) cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
• gift 8/9 something acquired without compensation
• grand 7/9 of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
• guilty 10/12 responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
• glass 6/8 a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
• guns 5/8 (form of gun) a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
• grow 8/9 pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
• gay 7/7 bright and pleasant
• guard 7/9 a person who keeps watch over something or someone
• gotten 7/9
• greatest 9/10 highest in quality
• gee 4/5 a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity
• grandma 11/14 the mother of your father or mother
• games 8/10 (form of game) a contest with rules to determine a winner
• grace 8/10 (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God

The 1,000 most common of 5,582 words that start with G

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Longest: GLOMERULONEPHRITIDES (20 letters).