Verbs That Start With L

112 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

These verbs that start with L come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 112 verbs starting with L 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.

L has 112 verbs. Like, love, look, live and learn form a warm, simple starter set that young children already know.

Listen and laugh are great classroom verbs, and both hide letters you might not hear clearly: the t in listen and the gh in laugh. Launch and lift work well in space and science stories. For older students, lingering and liberate are richer options.

Verbs starting with L: 112
Most used: like
Longest common one: lightening 10 letters

Most common verbs that start with L

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

#	Word	Meaning	Type
1	like	prefer or wish to do something	verb
2	love	have a great affection or liking for	verb
3	look	perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards	verb
4	let	make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen	verb
5	live	inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of	verb
6	leave	go away from a place	verb
7	lead	take somebody somewhere	verb
8	learn	gain knowledge or skills	verb
9	led	take somebody somewhere	verb
10	lower	move something or somebody to a lower position	verb
11	lose	fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense	verb
12	listen	hear with intention	verb
13	link	make a logical or causal connection	verb
14	lie	be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position	verb
15	launch	set up or found	verb
16	lying	be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position	verb
17	laugh	produce laughter	verb
18	listening	hear with intention	verb
19	lay	put into a certain place or abstract location	verb
20	letting	make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen	verb
21	lock	fasten with a lock	verb
22	lift	raise from a lower to a higher position	verb
23	label	assign a label to; designate with a label	verb
24	listing	give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of	verb
25	loop	move in loops	verb
26	lied	be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position	verb
27	lease	let for money	verb
28	lean	to incline or bend from a vertical position	verb
29	lodge	be a lodger; stay temporarily	verb
30	leap	move forward by leaps and bounds	verb
31	locate	discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining	verb
32	lynch	kill without legal sanction	verb
33	lend	bestow a quality on	verb
34	lounge	sit or recline comfortably	verb
35	lining	be in line with; form a line along	verb
36	levy	impose and collect	verb
37	lace	spin,wind, or twist together	verb
38	lick	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight	verb
39	locking	fasten with a lock	verb
40	lent	bestow a quality on	verb
41	lag	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.	verb
42	lure	provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion	verb
43	looting	take illegally; of intellectual property	verb
44	lam	flee; take to one's heels; cut and run	verb
45	limp	walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury	verb
46	lingering	remain present although waning or gradually dying	verb
47	locating	discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining	verb
48	lash	beat severely with a whip or rod	verb
49	lessen	decrease in size, extent, or range	verb
50	loosen	make loose or looser	verb
51	lighten	make more cheerful	verb
52	latch	fasten with a latch	verb
53	loom	come into view indistinctly, often threateningly	verb
54	linger	remain present although waning or gradually dying	verb
55	legalize	make legal	verb
56	lament	express grief verbally	verb
57	leach	cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate	verb
58	liberate	give equal rights to; of women and minorities	verb
59	leveling	aim at	verb
60	lagging	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.	verb
61	loathe	find repugnant	verb
62	lurk	lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner	verb
63	lug	carry with difficulty	verb
64	lightening	make more cheerful	verb
65	leveraging	supplement with leverage	verb
66	legislate	make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation	verb
67	looping	move in loops	verb
68	lard	prepare or cook with lard	verb
69	lob	propel in a high arc	verb
70	limping	walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury	verb
71	loosening	make loose or looser	verb
72	laminate	create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material	verb
73	lunge	make a thrusting forward movement	verb
74	lapping	lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another	verb
75	lengthen	make longer	verb
76	liquidate	get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing	verb
77	lurch	walk as if unable to control one's movements	verb
78	legitimize	make legal	verb
79	launder	cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water	verb
80	leaching	cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate	verb
81	lop	cut off from a whole	verb
82	lumbering	move heavily or clumsily	verb
83	ladle	put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle	verb
84	liven	make lively	verb
85	lacing	spin,wind, or twist together	verb
86	laud	praise, glorify, or honor	verb
87	leer	look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression	verb
88	liken	consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous	verb
89	lope	run easily	verb
90	languish	lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief	verb
91	localize	identify the location or place of	verb
92	levitate	cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity	verb
93	liaise	act between parties with a view to reconciling differences	verb
94	legalise	make legal	verb
95	litigate	engage in legal proceedings	verb
96	lubricate	have lubricating properties	verb
97	loiter	be about	verb
98	loafing	be lazy or idle	verb
99	lampoon	ridicule with satire	verb
100	lading	remove with or as if with a ladle	verb

Positive verbs that start with L

like
love
lead
led
lean
liberate
laud
luxuriate

Short verbs that start with L

like
love
look
let
live
leave
lead
learn
led
lower
lose
link
lie
lying
laugh
lay
lock
lift
label
loop
lied
lease
lean
lodge
leap
lynch
lend
levy
lace
lick
lent
lag
lure
lam
limp
lash

Long verbs that start with L

lightening
leveraging
legitimize

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Questions people ask

How many verbs start with L?

This list has 112 verbs starting with L, 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 L?

like, love, look, let, live, leave, lead, learn are the most used in everyday English.

What are some long verbs that start with L?

listening, lingering, lightening, leveraging, legislate.

What are easy verbs that start with L for kids?

like, love, look, let, live, leave 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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