Verb

//vɜːb//

Synonyms for "verb" (8 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

action word

auxiliary

Strong matches (2)

intransitive tip

Related words (4)

transitive verbize word to the wise

Verb(1 words)

verbize

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

4 entries

content word major form class open-class word word

More specific

36 entries

See: Thesaurus:verb anomalous verb auxiliary auxiliary verb boot verb causative control verb copular verb defective verb ditransitive verb dynamic verb ergative verb frequentative full verb helper verb helping verb

Showing 16 of 36 words.

Related terms

2 entries

copula workword

at location

6 entries

book instructions for assembly scentence sentance sentence sentences

derived

79 entries

HTTP verb abstract verb action verb adverb also: Thesaurus:verb attributive verb auxiliary verb boot verb catenative verb causal verb concrete verb control verb copular verb coverb defective verb definite verb

Showing 16 of 79 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

word

has context

5 entries

grammar linguistics nonstandard programming used as neutral unspecific verb

is a

8 entries

action word content word major form class open class word part of speech word word referring to action youdo

part of

2 entries

predicate sentence

related to

21 entries

action action indicating actions adverb copula figure figure speech grammar grammar type indicating object operation part part speech proverb speech

Showing 16 of 21 words.

used for

10 entries

demonstration action denote action discription express action expressing action follow noun indicating action making sentence go showing action signifying action

Translations

204 translations across 155 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

werkwoord noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Albanian

1 entries

folje noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Amharic

1 entries

ግሥ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ῥῆμα noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Arabic

2 entries

فعل noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
فِعْل noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Aragonese

1 entries

berbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Aramaic

2 entries

מלתא noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
ܡܠܬܐ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Armenian

1 entries

բայ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Assamese

1 entries

ক্ৰিয়া noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Asturian

1 entries

verbu noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Aymara

1 entries

parliri noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

feil noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
feʼl noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡылым noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Basque

1 entries

aditz noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Belarusian

1 entries

дзеясло́ў noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Bengali

2 entries

ক্রিয়া noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
ক্রিয়াপদ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Bikol Central

1 entries

panhiro noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Breton

1 entries

verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Bulgarian

1 entries

глаго́л noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Burmese

1 entries

ကြိယာ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

часослово noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Catalan

1 entries

verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

کردار noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Chechen

1 entries

хандош noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Chinese

1 entries

動詞 /动词 noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

動詞 /动词 noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

動詞 /动词 noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Chuvash

1 entries

глагол noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

fiil noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Czech

2 entries

sloveso noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
verbum noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Danish

2 entries

udsagnsord noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
verbum noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Dari

1 entries

فِعْل noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ކއަނ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Dutch

1 entries

werkwoord noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Erzya

2 entries

теввал noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
теемавал noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Esperanto

1 entries

verbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Estonian

3 entries

pöördsõna noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
tegusõna noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Ewe

1 entries

dɔwɔnya noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Faroese

1 entries

sagnorð noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Finnish

2 entries

teonsana noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
verbi noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

French

1 entries

verbe noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Galician

1 entries

verbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Georgian

1 entries

ზმნა noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

German

4 entries

Aussagewort noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
Middle High German noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
Tunwort noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
Tuwort noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Greek

1 entries

ρήμα noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Greenlandic

1 entries

oqaluut noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Gujarati

1 entries

ક્રિયાપદ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

動詞 /动词 noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Hausa

1 entries

fi'ili noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Hawaiian

1 entries

haʻina noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Hebrew

2 entries

פֹּעַל noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
פועל noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Hindi

2 entries

क्रिया noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
क्रियापद noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Hungarian

1 entries

ige noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Icelandic

2 entries

sagnorð noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
sögn noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Ido

1 entries

verbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Igbo

1 entries

ngwaa noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Indonesian

2 entries

kata kerja noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
verba noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Interlingua

1 entries

verbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

فِعْل noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Irish

1 entries

briathar noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Italian

1 entries

verbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Japanese

1 entries

動詞 noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Javanese

1 entries

kriyo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Kabyle

1 entries

amyag noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Kalmyk

1 entries

үүлдәгч noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Kannada

1 entries

ಕ್ರಿಯಾಪದ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Kapampangan

2 entries

paglindayug noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
pangdiua noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Kashmiri

1 entries

کرٛاوُت noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Kashubian

1 entries

czasnik noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Kazakh

1 entries

етістік noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Khmer

2 entries

កិរិយា noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
កិរិយាស័ព្ទ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Korean

1 entries

동사 noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

этиш noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Lao

2 entries

ກິລິຍາ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
ຄຳກຳມະ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Latin

2 entries

verbum noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
verbum temporale noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Latvian

3 entries

darbības vārds noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
norisenis noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
verbs noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Ligurian

1 entries

vèrbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Limburgish

2 entries

vèrb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
wèrkwaord noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Lingala

1 entries

likelelo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Lithuanian

1 entries

veiksmažodis noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Low German

2 entries

Doonwoard noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
Verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

werb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Macedonian

1 entries

гла́гол noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Malay

1 entries

kata kerja noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Malayalam

1 entries

ക്രിയ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Maltese

1 entries

verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Marathi

1 entries

क्रियापद noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Middle English

1 entries

verbe noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Middle High German

1 entries

wort noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Mirandese

1 entries

berbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Mongolian

2 entries

үйл үг noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
ᠦᠢᠯᠡ ᠦᠭᠡ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Māori

2 entries

kupumahi noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
tūmahi noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Navajo

1 entries

áhátʼíinii noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Nepali

1 entries

क्रिया noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Newar

1 entries

यासु noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Norman

1 entries

vèrbe noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

eylem noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
lêker noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Northern Sami

1 entries

vearba noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

gjerningsord noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Occitan

1 entries

vèrb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Odia

1 entries

କ୍ରିୟା noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Ojibwe

1 entries

doodamowi-ikidowin noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Old English

1 entries

word noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Old High German

1 entries

wort noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

فعل noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

дїєслово noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
часовнїк noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Pashto

1 entries

فعل noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Polish

1 entries

czasownik noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Portuguese

1 entries

verbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਕਿਰਿਆ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Quechua

1 entries

ruray rimana noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Romanian

1 entries

verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Russian

1 entries

глаго́л noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Samogitian

1 entries

veikruodis noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Sanskrit

2 entries

क्रिया noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
क्रियापद noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Scots

1 entries

verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

gnìomhair noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

glȁgol noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
гла̏гол noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Sicilian

1 entries

verbu noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Sinhalese

2 entries

ක්රියා පද noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
ක්රියාව noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Slovak

1 entries

sloveso noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Slovene

1 entries

glagol noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Somali

1 entries

fal noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Southern Sami

2 entries

darjomebaakoe noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
veerbe noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Spanish

1 entries

verbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Sundanese

1 entries

kecap pagawéan noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Swahili

1 entries

kitenzi noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Swazi

1 entries

sento noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Swedish

3 entries

handlingsord noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
syssleord noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
verb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Tagalog

1 entries

pandiwa noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Tajik

1 entries

феъл noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Tamil

2 entries

வினை noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
வினைச்சொல் noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Tatar

1 entries

фигыль noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Telugu

1 entries

క్రియ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Thai

2 entries

กริยา noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
คำกริยา noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ግሲ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Turkish

2 entries

eylem noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
fiil noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Turkmen

1 entries

işlik noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Ukrainian

1 entries

дієсло́во noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

słowjeso noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
werb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Urdu

1 entries

فِعْل noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Uyghur

1 entries

پېئىل noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Uzbek

1 entries

fe'l noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Venetan

1 entries

verbo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Vietnamese

1 entries

động từ noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Volapük

1 entries

värb noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Walloon

1 entries

viebe noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Welsh

1 entries

berf noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

West-Frisian

1 entries

tiidwurd noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Yiddish

2 entries

ווערב noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
צײַטוואָרט noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Yoruba

1 entries

ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Zazaki

3 entries

fiil (diq) noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
kar (diq) noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
wextqıse (diq) noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Zhuang

1 entries

dungswz noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Zulu

1 entries

isenzo noun ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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In English, the usual sentence structure is Subject - Verb - Object/Complement.

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In English the verb precedes the object.

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Can you conjugate this verb?

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A sentence normally has a subject and a verb.

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