Verbs That Start With N

These verbs that start with N come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 43 verbs starting with N on this page. The 43 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.

N gives a short list of 43 verbs, but plenty of them are everyday workhorses. Need, note, notice and nod turn up in almost any conversation, so they suit early readers and first sentences.

The longer end is where spelling gets interesting. Negotiate, navigate and nominate share the -ate ending, while neutralize and normalize also appear as neutralise and normalise, the British forms. Gentle action words such as nudge, nestle and nurture are handy in story writing when a character moves or cares for someone softly.