Adjectives That Start With V

111 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These adjectives that start with V come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 111 adjectives starting with V on this page. The 100 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.

V has 111 adjectives, and many feel strong or vivid. Vast, vivid, vital and violent all carry punch, so V is great for dramatic writing. Visual, visible and vertical relate to sight and direction.

For young learners, vast and vague are short and easy. Volcanic and veterinary connect to science and animals. Versatile and valuable are useful in reports and job descriptions. Several end in -able or -ible, such as visible and viable, a good spelling point since both suffixes sound the same.

Adjectives starting with V: 111
Most used: various
Longest common one: vulnerable 10 letters

Most common adjectives that start with V

Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	various	of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity	adj.
2	valuable	having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange	adj.
3	visual	relating to or using sight	adj.
4	vast	unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - W.R.Inge	adj.
5	violent	acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity	adj.
6	visible	capable of being seen; or open to easy view	adj.
7	valid	well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force	adj.
8	vital	urgently needed; absolutely necessary	adj.
9	virtual	being actually such in almost every respect	adj.
10	vulnerable	susceptible to attack	adj.
11	vocal	relating to or designed for or using the singing voice	adj.
12	vertical	at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line	adj.
13	variable	liable to or capable of change	adj.
14	viral	relating to or caused by a virus	adj.
15	void	lacking any legal or binding force	adj.
16	voluntary	of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled	adj.
17	viable	capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are	adj.
18	verbal	communicated in the form of words	adj.
19	vague	not clearly understood or expressed; ; -Anatole Broyard; - P.A.Sorokin; - John Locke	adj.
20	vicious	(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering	adj.
21	vacant	void of thought or knowledge	adj.
22	veterinary	of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine	adj.
23	vivid	evoking lifelike images within the mind	adj.
24	vain	characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance	adj.
25	volatile	evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures	adj.
26	volcanic	relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes	adj.
27	vibrant	vigorous and animated	adj.
28	versatile	having great diversity or variety	adj.
29	vocational	of or relating to a vocation or occupation; especially providing or undergoing training in special skills	adj.
30	vile	morally reprehensible	adj.
31	victorious	having won	adj.
32	vulgar	lacking refinement or cultivation or taste	adj.
33	vascular	of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids	adj.
34	vigorous	characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity	adj.
35	vaginal	no short meaning listed	adj.
36	vigilant	carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger	adj.
37	valiant	having or showing valor	adj.
38	venerable	impressive by reason of age	adj.
39	visceral	relating to or affecting the viscera	adj.
40	virtuous	morally excellent	adj.
41	venomous	extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom	adj.
42	verbatim	in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker	adj.
43	ventral	toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)	adj.
44	vehicular	of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles	adj.
45	veritable	often used as intensifiers	adj.
46	vengeful	disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; - Shakespeare; - M.R.Cohen	adj.
47	vindictive	disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; - Shakespeare; - M.R.Cohen	adj.
48	verifiable	capable of being verified	adj.
49	viscous	having a relatively high resistance to flow	adj.
50	venous	of or contained in or performing the function of the veins	adj.
51	ventricular	of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain)	adj.
52	vegetative	of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous	adj.
53	virulent	extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom	adj.
54	villainous	extremely wicked	adj.
55	voluminous	large in volume or bulk	adj.
56	vertebral	of or relating to or constituting vertebrae	adj.
57	voracious	excessively greedy and grasping	adj.
58	voiceless	produced without vibration of the vocal cords	adj.
59	vermilion	of a vivid red to reddish-orange color	adj.
60	voluptuous	having strong sexual appeal	adj.
61	vibrational	of or relating to or characterized by vibration	adj.
62	volumetric	of or relating to measurement by volume	adj.
63	verdant	characterized by abundance of verdure	adj.
64	velvety	smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste	adj.
65	vivacious	vigorous and animated	adj.
66	vehement	marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid	adj.
67	viewable	capable of being viewed	adj.
68	vicarious	experienced at secondhand	adj.
69	vermillion	of a vivid red to reddish-orange color	adj.
70	vitriolic	harsh or corrosive in tone	adj.
71	vernal	suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh	adj.
72	votive	dedicated in fulfillment of a vow	adj.
73	vacuous	devoid of intelligence	adj.
74	varicose	abnormally swollen or knotty	adj.
75	vestibular	relating to the sense of equilibrium	adj.
76	venereal	of or relating to the external sex organs	adj.
77	virile	characterized by energy and vigor	adj.
78	vapid	lacking taste or flavor or tang	adj.
79	vestal	of or relating to Vesta	adj.
80	vestigial	not fully developed in mature animals	adj.
81	virginal	characteristic of a virgin or virginity	adj.
82	vitreous	of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye	adj.
83	vociferous	conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry	adj.
84	verbose	using or containing too many words	adj.
85	vibratory	moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down	adj.
86	venal	capable of being corrupted	adj.
87	velar	of or relating to the velum	adj.
88	vegetal	composed of vegetation or plants	adj.
89	vexatious	causing irritation or annoyance	adj.
90	voyeuristic	of or relating to voyeurs or voyeurism	adj.
91	voltaic	pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action	adj.
92	valueless	of no value	adj.
93	valedictory	of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell	adj.
94	vagal	of or relating to the vagus nerve	adj.
95	verboten	excluded from use or mention	adj.
96	vesicular	of or relating to or involving vesicles	adj.
97	valorous	having or showing valor	adj.
98	voluble	marked by a ready flow of speech	adj.
99	valvular	relating to or operating by means of valves	adj.
100	vertiginous	having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling	adj.

Positive adjectives that start with V

valuable
vivid
vibrant
versatile
victorious
vigilant
valiant
virtuous
veritable
verifiable
vivacious
viewable

Short adjectives that start with V

vast
valid
vital
vocal
viral
void
vague
vivid
vain
vile
vapid
venal
velar
vagal

Long adjectives that start with V

vulnerable
veterinary
vocational
victorious
vindictive
verifiable
ventricular
vegetative
villainous
voluminous
voluptuous
vibrational
volumetric
vermillion
vestibular
vociferous

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Questions people ask

How many adjectives start with V?

This list has 111 adjectives starting with V, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common adjectives that start with V?

various, valuable, visual, vast, violent, visible, valid, vital are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long adjectives that start with V?

vulnerable, voluntary, veterinary, versatile, vocational.

What are easy adjectives that start with V for kids?

visual, vast, valid, vital are short, everyday examples.

Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.

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