English words: G

650 words under G; 101–200 on this page.

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• gaze verb (gaze, gazes, gazed, gazing); noun (a gaze, gazes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To look at something steadily for a long time, often because you are thinking, amazed or in love.
• gazelle noun (a gazelle, gazelles)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A gazelle is a small, slim, fast antelope with curved horns that lives in Africa and Asia.
• gazette noun (gazettes)
  A gazette is an official newspaper that prints news, notices and honours.
• gazillion noun (a gazillion, gazillions); adjective-like number word…
  A gazillion is a made-up, huge number used to say «very, very many»; it is not a real number.
• gdp noun (GDP — abbreviation, uncountable)
  GDP stands for gross domestic product: the total value of all the goods and services a country makes in one year.
• ge fragment; abbreviation (GE)everyday · Jewish tradition
  «Ge» is not an English word on its own.
• gear noun…
  The equipment or clothes you need for an activity, like camping gear or football gear.
• gecko noun (gecko, geckos or geckoes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A gecko is a small lizard that lives in warm countries, with sticky toe pads that let it climb walls and even walk on ceilings.
• gee interjection (gee — informal, mostly US); verb…
  Gee is a word showing surprise, delight or mild annoyance, like "wow" or "oh".
• gel noun (gel, gels); verb (gel, gels, gelled, gelling)
  Gel is a thick, wobbly or sticky substance, between a liquid and a solid, like hair gel, shower gel or hand gel.
• gelatine noun (gelatine, uncountable); US spelling gelatin
  Gelatine is a clear substance with no taste, made by boiling animal bones and skin, which makes liquids set into a wobbly solid when they…
• gelatinous adjective (gelatinous, more gelatinous)
  Thick, soft and wobbly like jelly.
• gem noun (a gem, gems)
  A beautiful, valuable stone, such as a diamond, ruby or emerald, cut and polished for jewellery; a jewel.
• gemini proper noun (Gemini); noun (a Gemini, Geminis — astrology)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Gemini is a group of stars (a constellation) in the night sky, named after the twins Castor and Pollux from Greek myths.
• gemma proper noun (Gemma — a girl's name); noun…
  Gemma is a girl's name, popular in the UK, Ireland and Australia; it comes from Italian and Latin for «gem» or «jewel».
• gemstone noun (a gemstone, gemstones)
  A precious or beautiful stone that is cut and polished to be used in jewellery, such as a diamond, ruby, sapphire or emerald.
• gen noun…
  «Gen» is short for «generation», as in «Gen Z» or «Gen Alpha», a group of people born around the same time.
• gender noun (a gender, genders; also uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Gender is being a boy or a girl, a man or a woman, especially the roles and ideas people and societies connect with that; some people feel…
• gene noun (a gene, genes)
  A gene is a tiny part of the DNA inside the cells of a living thing that carries instructions passed down from parents to children, such…
• genealogical adjective
  Genealogical means about the history of a family, showing who was whose parent or ancestor.
• genealogy noun (genealogies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A genealogy is a list or history of who your ancestors were, going back through the family.
• general adjective (general); noun (a general, generals)everyday · Jewish tradition
  General means about most people or things, not one in particular: «a general rule».
• generalisation noun…
  A generalisation is a statement about all or most things of a kind, based on some examples.
• generally adverb (generally)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Generally means usually, in most cases.
• generalship noun (uncountable)
  The skill of a general in leading an army and planning battles.
• generate verb (generate, generates, generated, generating)
  To generate something is to produce or make it, like electricity, heat or power.
• generation noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A generation is all the people born and living at about the same time, like children, parents or grandparents.
• generator noun (generator, generators)
  A generator is a machine that makes electricity.
• generosity noun (generosity, uncountable)
  Being happy to give money, time, help or things to others, more than is expected.
• generous adjective (generous, more generous, most generous)
  A generous person is kind and happy to give money, time, help or things to others.
• generously adverb (more generously, most generously)
  In a kind way that gives more money, time or help than expected.
• genesis noun (genesis — the beginning; Genesis — the book)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Genesis is the first book of the Bible, which tells of the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Noah's ark, Abraham, and Joseph.
• genetic adjective (genetic); adverb (genetically)
  Genetic means to do with genes, the tiny instructions inside living cells that are passed from parents to children and decide things like…
• genetics noun (genetics, uncountable; takes a singular verb)…
  Genetics is the science of how features, like eye colour, are passed from parents to children through genes.
• geneva noun (Geneva — a name)
  Geneva is a city in Switzerland on Lake Geneva, where many world organisations such as parts of the United Nations and the Red Cross have…
• genial adjective (genial, genialer, genialest)
  Genial means friendly, warm and kind in manner, cheerful and pleasant.
• genie noun (a genie, genies or genii)
  In stories from Arabia and the Middle East, a magic spirit, often living in a lamp or bottle, who must obey whoever sets it free and may…
• genital adjectiveJewish tradition
  having to do with the parts of the body used to make babies.
• genitals nounJewish tradition
  the parts of the body used to make babies.
• genitive noun (the genitive, genitives); adjective (genitive)
  The form of a noun or pronoun that shows who owns something or what it belongs to: in English, «the dog's bone», «Sam's coat», «the roof…
• genius noun…
  A genius is a person who is extremely clever or talented.
• genocide noun (genocide — uncountable; a genocide, genocides)
  Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large number of people because they belong to a particular nation, ethnic group, race or religion…
• gent noun (a gent, gents); the Gents (UK — men's toilet)
  A gentleman; a polite or well-dressed man: a real gent.
• genteel adjective
  Genteel means polite and well-mannered, in an old-fashioned way belonging to a respectable, well-off class.
• gentle adjective (gentler, gentlest)
  Gentle means kind and careful, not rough or violent.
• gentleman noun (a gentleman, gentlemen)
  A gentleman is a polite word for a man.
• gentleness noun (gentleness, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Gentleness is the quality of being kind, calm and careful, not rough or harsh.
• gently adverb (gently, more gently, most gently)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a soft, careful way, not rough: "Hold the baby gently.".
• gentry noun (no plural form)
  Gentry means people of high social class, the landowners and nobility who are well-off and of high rank.
• genuine adjective (genuine); adverb genuinely; noun genuinenesseveryday · Jewish tradition
  Real; truly what it seems or claims to be, not fake (genuine leather, a genuine diamond).
• genuinely adverb
  Really and truly; honestly, not pretending: I'm genuinely sorry.
• genuineness noun (genuineness — uncountable)
  Being real and not fake: the genuineness of a painting or a coin.
• genus noun (a genus, genera)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A genus is a group of closely related kinds (species) of living things; it is a step in how scientists sort life.
• geographer noun (a geographer, geographers)
  A geographer is a person who studies geography: the Earth's land, seas, weather, places and the people who live there.
• geographic adjective (geographic; also geographical)
  To do with geography: the study of places, land, seas, countries and people.
• geographical adjective (geographical)
  Geographical means to do with geography: the places, land, seas, climate and people of the Earth.
• geography noun (geography)
  The school subject about the Earth: places, countries, land, weather, rivers, people and how they live.
• geological adjective (geological)
  To do with geology, the science of the Earth's rocks, soil, layers and how they formed and changed.
• geologist noun (a geologist, geologists)
  A geologist is a scientist who studies rocks, soil, minerals and how the Earth was formed and changes.
• geology noun (geology, uncountable); adjective geological; noun…
  The science of the Earth's rocks, soil, minerals, volcanoes, earthquakes and how the Earth has changed over time.
• geordie noun (a Geordie, Geordies; Geordie — the dialect)…
  A Geordie is a person from Newcastle upon Tyne or Tyneside in North-East England.
• geothermal adjective (geothermal — no other forms)
  To do with the natural heat inside the Earth.
• geranium noun (geranium, geraniums)
  A garden or pot plant with bright red, pink, white or purple flowers and round, often furry leaves.
• gerbil noun (a gerbil, gerbils)
  A small furry rodent with a long tail and strong back legs, from the deserts of Africa and Asia, often kept as a pet.
• germ noun (germ, germs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A very tiny living thing, too small to see, that can make people or animals ill.
• german adjective (German); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  German is the language of Germany; it is also spoken in Austria and Switzerland.
• germanic adjective (Germanic — usually with a capital G)
  Germanic describes the family of languages that includes English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic.
• germinate verb (germinate, germinates, germinated, germinating)
  When a seed germinates, it starts to grow and puts out a root and a shoot.
• germination noun (germination; uncountable)
  Germination is the process in which a seed starts to grow into a new plant, putting out a root and then a shoot.
• gestation noun (gestation) — (science)
  The time a baby animal grows inside its mother before it is born.
• gesture noun (a gesture, gestures); verb…
  A movement of your hand, head or body that shows a meaning, like waving, nodding or pointing.
• get verb (get, gets, got, gotten/got, getting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To get is to receive or be given: get a present.
• gettest verb, old form used with thou
  «gettest» means «you get», a form of «get»: To get is to receive or be given: get a present.
• getting verb (-ing form of get: get, gets, got, got/gotten, getting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Receiving or obtaining: "I'm getting a new bike.".
• geyser noun (a geyser, geysers)
  A geyser is a hot spring in the ground that shoots hot water and steam high into the air from time to time.
• ghanaian adjective (Ghanaian); noun (a Ghanaian, Ghanaians)
  From or to do with Ghana, a country in West Africa.
• ghastly adjective (ghastly, ghastlier, ghastliest)
  Very bad, horrible or unpleasant.
• gherkin noun (a gherkin, gherkins)
  A small cucumber kept in vinegar, eaten as a pickle; in the USA and Canada usually called a «pickle».
• ghost noun (a ghost, ghosts); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  In stories, the spirit of a dead person that people believe can be seen or heard.
• ghostly adjective (ghostly, ghostlier, ghostliest)
  Like a ghost or to do with ghosts: pale, faint, strange and scary.
• ghoul noun (ghoul, ghouls)
  A ghoul is an evil spirit or monster, in old tales, that haunts graveyards and feeds on dead bodies.
• giant noun (a giant, giants); adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  In stories, a giant is an imaginary person who is enormously big and strong.
• giantess noun (giantess, giantesses)
  A giantess is a female giant, a woman of huge size in a story.
• gibberish noun (gibberish, no plural)
  Gibberish is talk or writing that makes no sense, or words that are not real words.
• gibbet noun (gibbet, gibbets)
  A gibbet was a wooden frame on which a criminal was hanged, and the body was left there to be seen.
• gibbon noun (a gibbon, gibbons)
  A gibbon is a small ape with very long arms and no tail that lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia and swings quickly from branch to…
• gibbous adjective (gibbous)
  A gibbous moon is more than half lit but not yet full, so it looks like a bulging circle.
• gibe noun (gibe, gibes)
  A gibe is a mocking remark, meant to hurt someone's feelings or make them look foolish.
• giddily adverb (giddily)
  Giddily means in a dizzy, wild or silly way, as if one's head is spinning.
• giddy adjective (giddy, giddier, giddiest)
  Feeling that everything is spinning and you might fall; dizzy.
• gift noun (gift, gifts); verb (gift, gifts, gifted — less common)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A gift is something you give to someone without asking for money, like a present for a birthday.
• gig noun (a gig, gigs); verb…
  A live music show or performance by a band or comedian: We went to a gig.
• gigantic adjective (gigantic)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Gigantic means extremely big, like a giant.
• gigantism noun (gigantism — uncountable)
  A rare condition in which a child grows far taller than usual, usually because a gland in the brain makes too much growth hormone.
• giggle verb (giggle, giggles, giggled, giggling); noun…
  To laugh in a quick, high, silly way, often because something is funny or because you are nervous or shy.
• gilbert noun, a name (Gilbert); noun…
  A boy's or man's first name, or a surname.
• gilded adjective (gilded); verb form, past of gild…
  Covered with a thin layer of gold or gold-coloured paint.
• gilding noun (gilding, no plural); also the verb gild, gilds…
  Gilding is a thin layer of gold, or of a gold-coloured paint, put on the surface of something to make it shine.
• gill noun (a gill, gills)
  Gills are the body parts that fish and some other water animals use to breathe; they take oxygen from the water.
• gillie noun (gillie, gillies)
  A gillie was a male servant who helped a hunter or fisherman, especially in Scotland.

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