Verbs That Start With A

205 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These verbs that start with A come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 205 verbs starting with A 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.

A has 205 verbs, and many are about talking or deciding: ask, answer, agree, accept and admit. They make a good set for writing dialogue.

Some longer verbs have double letters that trip up spellers, such as appreciate, approach and acknowledge. Apologize also has a British form with s, so agree on one form for class work. Add and aid are short, easy verbs for early readers.

Verbs starting with A: 205
Most used: are
Longest common one: acknowledge 11 letters

Most common verbs that start with A

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

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	are	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)	verb
2	am	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)	verb
3	ask	inquire about	verb
4	answer	react verbally	verb
5	add	make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of	verb
6	attack	launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with	verb
7	allow	make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen	verb
8	agree	be in accord; be in agreement	verb
9	asking	inquire about	verb
10	approach	move towards	verb
11	avoid	stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	verb
12	accept	consider or hold as true	verb
13	appear	give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect	verb
14	attempt	make an effort or attempt	verb
15	apply	put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose	verb
16	aid	give help or assistance; be of service	verb
17	appreciate	recognize with gratitude; be grateful for	verb
18	abuse	treat badly	verb
19	advance	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense	verb
20	acts	perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)	verb
21	affect	have an effect upon	verb
22	admit	declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of	verb
23	achieve	to gain with effort	verb
24	afford	be able to spare or give up	verb
25	assume	take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof	verb
26	arrest	take into custody	verb
27	attend	take charge of or deal with	verb
28	aim	point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards	verb
29	accused	bring an accusation against; level a charge against	verb
30	argue	present reasons and arguments	verb
31	assist	give help or assistance; be of service	verb
32	associate	make a logical or causal connection	verb
33	arrive	reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress	verb
34	ate	take in solid food	verb
35	alert	warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness	verb
36	attending	take charge of or deal with	verb
37	announce	make known; make an announcement	verb
38	arguing	present reasons and arguments	verb
39	advocate	push for something	verb
40	attract	direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes	verb
41	adopt	choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans	verb
42	acknowledge	declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of	verb
43	approaching	move towards	verb
44	apologize	acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing	verb
45	appearing	give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect	verb
46	abstract	consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically	verb
47	acquire	come into the possession of something concrete or abstract	verb
48	advise	give advice to	verb
49	approve	give sanction to	verb
50	adjust	alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard	verb
51	assess	evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of	verb
52	assure	make certain of	verb
53	accomplish	put in effect	verb
54	alter	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation	verb
55	aging	begin to seem older; get older	verb
56	abandon	forsake, leave behind	verb
57	accommodate	be agreeable or acceptable to	verb
58	anchor	fix firmly and stably	verb
59	arch	form an arch or curve	verb
60	arrange	put into a proper or systematic order	verb
61	adapt	make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose	verb
62	admire	feel admiration for	verb
63	arise	come into existence; take on form or shape	verb
64	analyze	consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning	verb
65	absorb	become imbued	verb
66	accompany	be present or associated with an event or entity	verb
67	accord	go together	verb
68	acquiring	come into the possession of something concrete or abstract	verb
69	attribute	attribute or credit to	verb
70	audition	perform in order to get a role	verb
71	activate	put in motion or move to act	verb
72	attach	cause to be attached	verb
73	anticipate	regard something as probable or likely	verb
74	accuse	bring an accusation against; level a charge against	verb
75	adore	love intensely	verb
76	appoint	create and charge with a task or function	verb
77	accelerate	move faster	verb
78	advertise	call attention to	verb
79	apologise	defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning	verb
80	assign	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)	verb
81	approximate	be close or similar	verb
82	assemble	create by putting components or members together	verb
83	align	place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight	verb
84	await	look forward to the probable occurrence of	verb
85	assert	state categorically	verb
86	attain	to gain with effort	verb
87	abide	dwell	verb
88	altering	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation	verb
89	avail	use to one's advantage	verb
90	airing	expose to fresh air	verb
91	adhere	be compatible or in accordance with	verb
92	amend	make amendments to	verb
93	arranging	put into a proper or systematic order	verb
94	administer	work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of	verb
95	articulate	provide with a joint	verb
96	alleviate	provide physical relief, as from pain	verb
97	annex	take (territory) as if by conquest	verb
98	abolish	do away with	verb
99	accumulate	get or gather together	verb
100	analyse	consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning	verb

Positive verbs that start with A

appreciate
afford
advocate
approve
assure
accomplish
admire
adore
articulate
aspire
applaud
acclaim
abound
affirm
amaze
amuse
ameliorate
astonish
astound
aver

Short verbs that start with A

are
am
ask
add
allow
agree
avoid
apply
aid
abuse
acts
admit
aim
argue
ate
alert
adopt
alter
aging
arch
adapt
arise
adore
align
await
abide
avail
amend
annex
annoy
ache
abort
amaze
avert
amuse
adorn

Long verbs that start with A

appreciate
acknowledge
approaching
accomplish
accommodate
anticipate
accelerate
approximate
administer
articulate
accumulate
assembling
activating
assassinate
assimilate
annihilate
accentuate
authenticate
antagonize
ameliorate
adjudicate

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Questions people ask

How many verbs start with A?

This list has 205 verbs starting with A, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words that appear in real English text.

What are the most common verbs that start with A?

are, am, ask, answer, add, attack, allow, agree are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long verbs that start with A?

appreciate, associate, attending, acknowledge, approaching.

What are easy verbs that start with A for kids?

are, am, ask, answer, add, attack 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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