Verbs That Start With Z
These verbs that start with Z come from a standard English dictionary used for word games, ranked by how often each word is used in everyday writing. There are 4 verbs starting with Z on this page. The 4 most common come first, each with a short meaning, followed by shorter, longer and easier picks and a filter for any ending or length.
Z is the rarest letter on the verb list after X, with only four entries: zip, zoom, zap and zigzag. Every one of them suggests speed or sharp movement, which makes them great fun for kids.
Zigzag is a doubled pattern word, built from two near-matching halves. Zip and zap are three letters, useful in word games when a Z tile sits near a single vowel. Since there are so few, readers who need more can look for verbs with Z inside the word, or use these four in a comic-strip story.
- Verbs starting with Z
- 4
- Most used
- zip
- Longest common one
- zoom 4 letters
Most common verbs that start with Z
Ranked by how often the word appears in English text. "Type" is the word's main part of speech.
| # | Word | Meaning | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zip | close with a zipper | verb |
| 2 | zoom | move along very quickly | verb |
| 3 | zap | strike suddenly and with force | verb |
| 4 | zigzag | travel along a zigzag path | verb |
Short verbs that start with Z
- zip
- zoom
- zap
More that start with Z
- NamesZoe, Zachary
- Girl namesZoe, Zoey
- Boy namesZachary, Zane
- Last namesZimmerman, Zamora
- Wordszone, zero
- 5-letter wordszones, zebra
- Adjectiveszoological, zealous
- Positive wordszeal, zest
- Nounszone, zero
- Animalszebra, zebra finch
- Flowerszinnia, zephyr lily
- CountriesZambia, Zimbabwe
- CitiesZhengzhou, Zhongshan
- Foodszucchini, zest
- Thingszip, zipper
- Colorszaffre
- Jobszookeeper, zoologist
- Dog namesZoey, Zoe
Questions people ask
How many verbs start with Z?
This list has 4 verbs starting with Z, 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 Z?
zip, zoom, zap, zigzag are the most used in everyday English.
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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