career
Upgrade resume bullets with precise action verbs by role and impact level.
Words like "helped" and "worked on" hide ownership and outcomes.
Before: Worked on customer onboarding.
After: Redesigned onboarding flow, cutting time-to-first-value by 32%.
Use this quick matrix to compare core words in this guide and jump directly into deeper lookup pages.
High-value alternatives
Opposite direction words
High-value alternatives
Opposite direction words
High-value alternatives
Example sentences pulled from our lexical corpus to show natural context.
led
Freud's insights into human behavior led to him being honored as a profound thinker.
built
Your scheme is like a house built on the sand.
improved
I think your English has improved a lot.
optimized
We have optimized the database indexing, and as a result, system efficiency has improved by 50%.
Diversity helps, but clarity and outcome matter more.
Yes. Match the verb to your actual scope.