Verbs That Start With D

344 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These verbs that start with D come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 344 verbs starting with D 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.

D has 344 verbs, and many of them are easy to act out: dance, drink, draw, drive and dress. These suit younger children and movement games.

For older writers, describe, discover, determine and demonstrate are strong school verbs for reports and science write-ups. Download is a modern compound. The prefix de shows up often too, as in decrease and describe, which is a good pattern to point out.

Verbs starting with D: 344
Most used: do
Longest common one: differentiate 13 letters

Most common verbs that start with D

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

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	do	engage in	verb
2	deal	act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression	verb
3	design	make or work out a plan for; devise	verb
4	drive	operate or control a vehicle	verb
5	die	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life	verb
6	double	increase twofold	verb
7	drop	let fall to the ground	verb
8	dance	move in a graceful and rhythmical way	verb
9	direct	command with authority	verb
10	drink	take in liquids	verb
11	demand	request urgently and forcefully	verb
12	draw	cause to move by pulling	verb
13	decide	reach, make, or come to a decision about something	verb
14	dress	put on clothes	verb
15	develop	make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation	verb
16	dry	remove the moisture from and make dry	verb
17	dating	go on a date with	verb
18	download	transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location	verb
19	determine	establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study	verb
20	display	to show, make visible or apparent	verb
21	draft	draw up an outline or sketch for something	verb
22	don	put clothing on one's body	verb
23	deserve	be worthy or deserving	verb
24	describe	give a description of	verb
25	deliver	deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)	verb
26	destroy	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of	verb
27	defeat	win a victory over	verb
28	defend	argue or speak in defense of	verb
29	drew	cause to move by pulling	verb
30	decline	grow worse	verb
31	delay	cause to be slowed down or delayed	verb
32	desert	leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch	verb
33	discover	discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of	verb
34	drove	operate or control a vehicle	verb
35	discount	bar from attention or consideration	verb
36	deny	declare untrue; contradict	verb
37	dare	take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission	verb
38	define	determine the essential quality of	verb
39	drag	pull, as against a resistance	verb
40	dispute	take exception to	verb
41	deposit	put, fix, force, or implant	verb
42	delete	remove or make invisible	verb
43	dig	turn up, loosen, or remove earth	verb
44	duck	to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away	verb
45	demonstrate	give an exhibition of to an interested audience	verb
46	depend	be contingent upon (something that is elided)	verb
47	decrease	decrease in size, extent, or range	verb
48	defeated	win a victory over	verb
49	dressing	put on clothes	verb
50	dining	have supper; eat dinner	verb
51	divide	separate into parts or portions	verb
52	deciding	reach, make, or come to a decision about something	verb
53	disagree	be of different opinions	verb
54	disappear	get lost, as without warning or explanation	verb
55	drill	make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool	verb
56	dump	throw away as refuse	verb
57	drain	flow off gradually	verb
58	declare	state emphatically and authoritatively	verb
59	detect	discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of	verb
60	dip	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	verb
61	donate	give to a charity or good cause	verb
62	differ	be different	verb
63	dash	run or move very quickly or hastily	verb
64	digging	turn up, loosen, or remove earth	verb
65	dial	operate a dial to select a telephone number	verb
66	dodge	make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid	verb
67	drilling	make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool	verb
68	designing	make or work out a plan for; devise	verb
69	dislike	have or feel a dislike or distaste for	verb
70	distinguish	mark as different	verb
71	dominate	be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance	verb
72	dug	turn up, loosen, or remove earth	verb
73	dismiss	bar from attention or consideration	verb
74	disclose	make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be...	verb
75	drift	be in motion due to some air or water current	verb
76	dye	color with dye	verb
77	doom	decree or designate beforehand	verb
78	distribute	administer or bestow, as in small portions	verb
79	departed	move away from a place into another direction	verb
80	dispatch	send away towards a designated goal	verb
81	dwarf	make appear small by comparison	verb
82	disgrace	bring shame or dishonor upon	verb
83	digest	convert food into absorbable substances	verb
84	distract	draw someone's attention away from something	verb
85	delegate	transfer power to someone	verb
86	deploy	place troops or weapons in battle formation	verb
87	dos	engage in	verb
88	drown	cover completely or make imperceptible	verb
89	dent	make a depression into	verb
90	depart	move away from a place into another direction	verb
91	disappoint	fail to meet the hopes or expectations of	verb
92	dumping	throw away as refuse	verb
93	disregard	refuse to acknowledge	verb
94	dread	be afraid or scared of; be frightened of	verb
95	dub	give a nickname to	verb
96	detailing	provide details for	verb
97	differentiate	mark as different	verb
98	darn	repair by sewing	verb
99	disgust	fill with distaste	verb
100	doubling	increase twofold	verb

Positive verbs that start with D

defeat
defeated
dominate
dazzle
dignify
dote

Short verbs that start with D

do
deal
drive
die
drop
dance
drink
draw
dress
dry
draft
don
drew
delay
drove
deny
dare
drag
dig
duck
drill
dump
drain
dip
dash
dial
dodge
dug
drift
dye
doom
dwarf
dos
drown
dent
dread

Long verbs that start with D

demonstrate
distinguish
distribute
disappoint
differentiate
disappearing
discourage
discriminate
disconnect
dismantling
deteriorate
disapprove
discontinue
dissolving
disseminate
deactivate
disqualify
downsizing
disintegrate
daydreaming
demolishing
destabilize
disassemble
deconstruct
disbelieve
delegating
decompress
depreciate
dissociate
decapitate

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Questions people ask

How many verbs start with D?

This list has 344 verbs starting with D, 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 D?

do, deal, design, drive, die, double, drop, dance are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long verbs that start with D?

determine, demonstrate, disappear, designing, distinguish.

What are easy verbs that start with D for kids?

do, deal, design, drive, die, double 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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