Words Starting with M

Common words that start with M

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

• me 4/5 a state in New England
• my 7/7
• man 5/7 an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
• 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
• maybe 12/13 by chance
• must 6/8 a necessary or essential thing
• money 10/11 the most common medium of exchange
• made 7/8 produced by a manufacturing process
• might 11/12 physical strength
• may 8/8 the month following April and preceding June
• mind 7/9 that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions
• mother 11/11 a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
• miss 6/7 fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
• morning 10/14 the time period between dawn and noon
• mom 7/9 informal terms for a mother
• move 9/11 change location
• minute 8/11 a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
• men 5/7 the force of workers available
• matter 8/9 a vaguely specified concern
• 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
• myself 14/15
• minutes 9/12 a written account of what transpired at a meeting
• mine 6/8 excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
• makes 11/12 (form of make) engage in
• married 10/11 joined in matrimony
• making 13/16 (form of make) engage in
• means 7/9 thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
• met 5/6
• moment 10/13 a particular point in time
• ma 4/5 informal terms for a mother
• months 11/12 (form of month) one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
• music 9/12 an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous…
• meeting 10/13 a formally arranged gathering
• movie 10/12 a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
• million 9/13 the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
• moving 12/16 (form of move) change location
• mad 6/7 roused to anger
• murder 9/11 kill intentionally and with premeditation
• mike 10/11 device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
• major 14/17 of greater importance or stature or rank
• mouth 10/11 the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
• marry 10/10 take in marriage
• meant 7/9
• mama 8/10 informal terms for a mother
• mistake 13/14 a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

The 1,000 most common of 9,619 words that start with M

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Longest: MICROELECTROPHORETICALLY (24 letters).