Verbs That Start With E

215 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These verbs that start with E come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 215 verbs starting with E 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.

E offers 215 verbs. Eat, enjoy and enter are simple for beginners. Many others begin with ex or en: expect, explain, express, explore, enable and encourage.

Those prefixes are a useful spelling clue. Ex often carries the idea of out, as in export, while en can mean to make, as in enable. Escape and explore are lively choices for adventure stories, and edit is a handy verb for any writing class.

Verbs starting with E: 215
Most used: eat
Longest common one: emphasizing 11 letters

Most common verbs that start with E

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

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	eat	take in solid food	verb
2	enjoy	derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in	verb
3	except	take exception to	verb
4	expect	regard something as probable or likely	verb
5	explain	make plain and comprehensible	verb
6	enter	to come or go into	verb
7	exist	have an existence, be extant	verb
8	ensure	make certain of	verb
9	express	give expression to	verb
10	escape	run away from confinement	verb
11	earn	earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages	verb
12	establish	set up or found	verb
13	encourage	contribute to the progress or growth of	verb
14	entering	to come or go into	verb
15	engage	carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in	verb
16	expand	extend in one or more directions	verb
17	ease	move gently or carefully	verb
18	extend	extend in scope or range or area	verb
19	explore	inquire into	verb
20	edit	prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting	verb
21	enable	render capable or able for some task	verb
22	estimate	judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)	verb
23	editing	prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting	verb
24	encounter	come together	verb
25	export	sell or transfer abroad	verb
26	examine	consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning	verb
27	embrace	include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory	verb
28	exhibit	show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill	verb
29	eliminate	terminate, end, or take out	verb
30	echo	to say again or imitate	verb
31	enhance	increase	verb
32	elect	select by a vote for an office or membership	verb
33	extract	remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense	verb
34	evaluate	evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of	verb
35	expose	expose or make accessible to some action or influence	verb
36	employ	put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose	verb
37	enforce	ensure observance of laws and rules	verb
38	eats	take in solid food	verb
39	execute	kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment	verb
40	educate	give an education to	verb
41	exceed	be greater in scope or size than some standard	verb
42	emerge	come out into view, as from concealment	verb
43	envy	feel envious towards; admire enviously	verb
44	exile	expel from a country	verb
45	entertain	provide entertainment for	verb
46	exploit	use or manipulate to one's advantage	verb
47	endure	put up with something or somebody unpleasant	verb
48	eclipse	be greater in significance than	verb
49	exhaust	wear out completely	verb
50	evolve	work out	verb
51	explode	cause to burst with a violent release of energy	verb
52	exclude	prevent from being included or considered or accepted	verb
53	excel	distinguish oneself	verb
54	emphasize	to stress, single out as important	verb
55	erase	remove from memory or existence	verb
56	endorse	be behind; approve of	verb
57	executing	kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment	verb
58	expire	lose validity	verb
59	evacuate	move out of an unsafe location into safety	verb
60	erect	construct, build, or erect	verb
61	empower	give or delegate power or authority to	verb
62	equip	provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose	verb
63	eddy	flow in a circular current, of liquids	verb
64	enroll	register formally as a participant or member	verb
65	enact	order by virtue of superior authority; decree	verb
66	exporting	sell or transfer abroad	verb
67	embarrass	cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious	verb
68	emulate	strive to equal or match, especially by imitating	verb
69	embark	go on board	verb
70	eff	no short meaning listed	verb
71	err	to make a mistake or be incorrect	verb
72	evade	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)	verb
73	elevate	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position	verb
74	enlist	join the military	verb
75	emphasizing	to stress, single out as important	verb
76	exert	put to use	verb
77	escalate	increase in extent or intensity	verb
78	engraving	carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface	verb
79	enrich	make better or improve in quality	verb
80	eradicate	kill in large numbers	verb
81	excite	arouse or elicit a feeling	verb
82	encompass	include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory	verb
83	evoke	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)	verb
84	excise	remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line	verb
85	expel	force to leave or move out	verb
86	easing	move gently or carefully	verb
87	emit	expel (gases or odors)	verb
88	endanger	pose a threat to; present a danger to	verb
89	enlighten	make understand	verb
90	entail	have as a logical consequence	verb
91	enlarge	make larger	verb
92	equate	consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous	verb
93	exaggerate	to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth	verb
94	embody	represent in bodily form	verb
95	envision	imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind	verb
96	edging	advance slowly, as if by inches	verb
97	entice	provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion	verb
98	etching	make an etching of	verb
99	exhale	expel air	verb
100	elicit	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)	verb

Positive verbs that start with E

enjoy
encourage
ease
enhance
exceed
envy
entertain
excel
endorse
empower
elevate
enrich
excite
easing
enlighten
entice
entrust
empathize
energize
exonerate
exalt
enchant
enliven
electrify
endear
embolden
extol

Short verbs that start with E

eat
enjoy
enter
exist
earn
ease
edit
echo
elect
eats
envy
exile
excel
erase
erect
equip
eddy
enact
eff
err
evade
exert
evoke
expel
emit
ebb
erode
eject
erupt
evict
embed
ensue
elude
etch
enrol
exalt

Long verbs that start with E

emphasizing
exaggerate
extinguish
expatriate
exacerbate
exterminate
extrapolate
envisioning
energizing
extinguishing
encapsulate

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Questions people ask

How many verbs start with E?

This list has 215 verbs starting with E, 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 E?

eat, enjoy, except, expect, explain, enter, exist, ensure are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long verbs that start with E?

establish, encourage, encounter, eliminate, entertain.

What are easy verbs that start with E for kids?

eat, enjoy, except, expect, enter, exist 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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