Word
//wɜːd//
Word Type
Noun
Verb
Proper Noun
Intj
The word "word" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun and intj.
Word Relationships
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Derived Terms
C-word Champernowne word Dyck word F word G-word God's word Humpty Dumpty word Janus word Lyndon word McWord N-word N-word pass P-word Pygmalion word SAT word Wonderword Word of Allah Word of God Word of Wisdom WordNet a picture is worth a thousand words a picture paints a thousand words a-word action word actions speak louder than words afterword all one word an image is worth a thousand words arrowword at a loss for words b-word babble word babble-word backword bad word bag of words bandy words bareword baseword better one word in time than two afterwards beyond words big word book of words book word book-word break one's word breathe a word brunch word bug-word buzz word buzz-word buzzword byword catchword choice word code word codeword compound predicate word compound word connecting word content word continuous bag of words counterword cranberry word crossword crutch word curse word cuss word d-word description word directed acyclic word graph dirty word doubleword drunk words are sober thoughts drunken words are sober thoughts dword e-word eat one's words echo word empty word empty words eye-word f-word facts speak louder than words famous last word famous last words fighting word fighting words filler word final words five-dollar word foreword fossil word four-letter word frankenword full word function word fuzzword gainword gallipot word gamer word get a word in get a word in edgeways get a word in edgewise get the word out ghost word ghostword give one's word give the word good as one's word good word grammatical word guide word guideword h-word halfword hang on every word hard word have a quiet word have a word have a word in someone's ear have a word with oneself have words headword honeyword hotword household word how do you pronounce this word how do you spell this word hundred-dollar word i-word in a word in every sense of the word in other words in so many words in words of one syllable inkhorn word interword j-word joey word k-word kangaroo word keep one's word key word key-word keyword kiloword l-word last word last words last-wordism lexical word loaded word loan word loanword longword lost for words m-word machine word magic word magical word man of few words mark my word mark my words measure word megaword metaword midword mince one's words mince words misword money and fair words mouth the words multi-word multi-word expression multiword mum's the word my word nameword naming word naughty word no word of a lie no word of lie noise word non-word nonce word none of these words are in the Bible nonsense word not a word not a word of a lie not to put too fine a word on it o-word octoword of one's word oh my word one word leads to another one's word is law one-word operative word or words to that effect overword oword partword pass one's word pass-word password patchword pattern word phantom word phoneword phonological word pillow word place word play of words play on words play upon words polyword portmanteau word power word procedure word protoword proword pseudoword purr word put in a good word put in a word put into words put to words put words in someone's mouth q-word quadword question word qword r-word re-word reduced word reserved word reword root word s-word safe word safeword say the word say word one semiword send word seven dirty words sight word single-word small words snarl word songword spelling word spellword spoken word spread the word star word startword stop word stopword subword suit the action to the word swallow one's words swear word syncword t-word tableword take someone at their word take someone's word for it take the words out of someone's mouth telescope word ten-cent word ten-dollar word the word go the word is go thunder word time word trigger word true to one's word turn of words twenty-five cent word twist someone's words two-dollar word type-word u-word underword upon my word ur-word urword use your words v-word vocabulary word vogue word w-word wake word wanderword war of words watchword weasel word weigh one's words wh-word winged word without a word of a lie woman of few words word art word association word balloon word blindness word box word break word bubble word chain word class word cloud word count word divider word family word for word word formation word game word gets around word golf word has it word hole word is word is bond word it word ladder word line word list word lover word mark word method word music word name word nerd word of faith word of finger word of honor word of honour word of life word of mouth word on the street word on the wire word order word painter word painting word play word problem word processing word processor word salad word search word separator word sketch word snake word sound word space word square word time word to conjure with word to the wise word vector word vomit word wrap word-blind word-blindness word-bound word-break word-deafness word-final word-for-word word-formation word-formational word-hoard word-initial word-lover word-mincer word-of-mouth word-perfect word-picture word-salad word-search word-spelling alphabet word-stock word-wheeling wordable wordage wordaholic wordbook wordbuilding wordcel wordcraft worder wordfact wordfast wordfest wordfilter wordfinal wordfinding wordflow wordform wordful wordhood wordie wording wordinitial wordish wordlength wordless wordlet wordlike wordline wordlist wordlore wordly wordmaker wordmaking wordmark wordmaster wordmeal wordmonger wordness wordnik wordoid wordology wordplay wordpool wordprocess words cut deep words fail someone words of institution words of one syllable words-as-words distinction wordscape wordshaping wordship wordsize wordsmith wordsome wordster wordstring wordwise wordy workword wow word write as separate words wug word x-word y-word you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone z-word
Etymologically Related To
Inflected/Variant Forms
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Context
Part Of (Holonyms)
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
arcanum computer memory unit evince express info information language language unit lexical item lexical unit linguistic unit oral communication order positive identification promise religious text religious writing sacred text sacred writing secret show sign speech speech communication spoken communication spoken language statement symbol syntagma term voice communication
Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)
SAT word adjective adverb article blend borrowing buzzword calque classifier clitic compound conjunction content word demonstrative determiner disyllable frankenword function word inkhorn word interjection loan translation loanword monosyllable multisyllable neo-classical compound noun numeral particle polysyllable portmanteau preposition pronoun quantifier swear word tetrasyllable trisyllable verb vocabulary word
Type Of (IsA)
Receives Action
Related Terms
Word of God allomorph animacy aspect clusivity comparison compound word definiteness evidentiality focus grammatical case grammatical gender grammatical number grammatical person grapheme idiomatic lemma lexeme listeme mirativity modality mood morpheme orthographic phrase polarity set phrase syllable tense term topic transitivity voice
Related Terms
16 bit action adjective adverb all dictionary allomorph alphabets alphabets together always application arse arsehole ass asshole bible bird bit books bunch bunch characters byte cajole character characters christ command comment communication communication unit component compound word computer computer application conjure consonants construct conversation converse creative describing dictionary dictionary entry dictionary term dictionary unit discourse discrete discussion element entity entry expression finite flatter fragment god gospel grapheme group guarantee idiomatic in books in dictionary in sentence in sentences indeed individual individual parts instruction itself itself in language language component language construct language part language pieces language unit letters lexeme like like bird linguistic linguistic element listeme literary literary part literature logos makes makes language makes sentence makes sentences making making sentences meaning meaning unit meaningful message morpheme motto multiple multiple characters news not oath of sentence on page on pages on paper operator order orthographic overpower page pages paper part part sentence part speech parts phrase pieces please please always ply printed printed section product promise proverb request say scripture secret section segment semantics sentence sentence component sentence element sentence fragment sentence part sentence parts sentence segment sentence unit sentence units sentences sentences books sequence sequence characters set phrase single single element single text small small sentence sound space speak speaking speech speech unit spoken string syllable talking talking writing term text text element thing say tidings together truth typed typefaces unit unit sentence units utterance vocabulary vocabulary unit vowel vowel consonants watchword word up words write writing written written expression written meaning written thing written unit
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.