Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "was" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Defined As

past tense of

Derived Terms

Wasrael wasband wasbian

Etymologically Related To

are be is were

Inflected/Variant Forms

be

Context

nonstandard

Related Terms

am are art be been beest being is wast were wert woz wuz

Related Terms

already already happened am are art be been beest before being happened is past past is sentence used used to wast were wert woz wuz

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.