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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • good-for-nothingnounC1Somebody idle and of no use to anybody.
  • goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/phraseA12 meaningsWhat you say when you or somebody else is leaving.
  • goodness/ˈɡʊdnəs/nounB12 meaningsThe quality of being morally good.
  • goodwill/ˌɡʊdˈwɪl/nounB2Friendly feeling, and the willingness to help.
  • goose/ɡuːs/nounA2A large honking water bird with a long neck.
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A burrowing American rodent with cheek pouches.
  • gore/ɡɔː/nounB2+2 meaningsThick blood from a wound.
  • gorge/ɡɔːdʒ/nounB2+2 meaningsA deep narrow rocky valley.
  • gorge walknounB2A walk through a narrow steep-sided valley.
  • gorget/ˈɡɔːdʒɪt/nounC2A piece of armour protecting the throat.
  • gorilla/ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/nounB1The largest of the apes.
  • gorse/ɡɔɹs/nounC1A prickly evergreen shrub with yellow flowers.
  • goshawk/ˈɡɒshɔːk/nounC2A large short-winged hawk used in falconry.
  • gosling/ˈɡɒzlɪŋ/nounB2+A young goose.
  • gospel/ˈɡɒspəl/nounB2One of the four accounts of the life of Jesus.
  • gossamer/ˈɡɒ.sə.mə/nounC12 meaningsFine floating spider silk.
  • gossip/ˈɡɒsɪp/nounB14 meaningsTalk about other people's private business, especially what they would not want repeated.
  • gouge/ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo cut a deep groove, or to force something out.
  • gourd/ɡʊəd/nounB2+A hard-skinned fruit dried and used as a vessel.
  • gourmet/ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/adjectiveC12 meaningsOf the finest, most refined cooking quality.
  • gout/ɡaʊt/nounC2A painful swelling of the joints caused by uric acid.
  • governance/ˈɡʌvənəns/nounC1The way an organisation or a country is run.
  • governess/ˈɡʌvɚnəs/nounB2+A woman employed to teach children in their home.
  • government/ˈɡʌv.ɚ(n).mənt/nounA23 meaningsThe group of people who run a country.
  • governor/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə/nounB13 meaningsThe elected head of a US state or a province.
  • gown/ˈɡaʊ̯n/nounB12 meaningsA long elegant dress for grand occasions.
  • gpsnounB1+The satellite system that gives a position.
  • grab/ˈɡɹæb/verbB15 meaningsTo take hold of something suddenly and roughly.
  • grab railnounB2A short bar fixed to a wall beside a bath or toilet, which you take hold of to steady yourself.
  • grace/ɡɹeɪs/nounC16 meaningsSmooth, easy beauty in the way someone moves.
  • grace periodnounC1Extra time allowed before a penalty applies.
  • gracefulnessnounC1The quality of moving with smooth and pleasing ease, named with the noun ending -ness.
  • grad/ɡɹæd/nounB2+Somebody who has completed a course of study.
  • grade/ɡɹeɪd/nounB14 meaningsA letter or number showing how good a piece of work is.
  • gradient/ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/nounB2+4 meaningsA gradual change from one colour into another, with no hard edge between them.
  • graduate/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuət/verbB13 meaningsTo finish a university course and receive a degree.
  • graduate schemenounB2A training programme for new university leavers.
  • graduation/ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/nounB13 meaningsThe ceremony at which students receive their degrees or diplomas.
  • graffiti/ɡɹəˈfiː.ti/nounB1+Painting and writing sprayed on walls in public.
  • graft/ɡɹɑːft/verbC12 meaningsTo join a shoot of one plant onto the stem of another.
  • grain/ɡɹeɪn/nounB14 meaningsThe pattern and direction of the fibres in wood, stone or fabric.
  • gram/ˈɡɹæm/nounA2+A unit of weight, a thousandth of a kilogram.
  • grammar/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/nounA2+2 meaningsThe rules for putting words together in a language.
  • gramophone[ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn]nounC2An early machine for playing records using a horn and needle.
  • granary/ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi/nounC1A building where grain is stored.
  • grand/ˈɡɹænd/adjectiveB13 meaningsLarge and impressive.
  • grand finale/ˌɡɹænd fɪˈnɑːli/nounB2The spectacular closing item of a show.
  • grand jetenounC2A great leap from one foot to the other.
  • grandchild/ˈɡɹændˌtʃaɪld/nounA2+A child of your son or daughter.
  • grandeur/ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/nounC1Impressive greatness of scale or dignity.
  • grandfather/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑːðə(r)/nounA12 meaningsThe father of your mother or father.
  • grandfather clocknounB2A tall standing clock with a long pendulum.
  • grandmasternounB2+The highest title a chess player can be awarded.
  • grandmother/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)/nounA1The mother of your mother or father.
  • grandparent/ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/nounA1The mother or father of one of your parents.
  • granite/ˈɡɹæn.ɪt/nounB2+A very hard speckled rock.
  • grant/ɡɹɑːnt/nounB23 meaningsMoney given for a purpose and not repaid.
  • grapefruit/ˈɡɹeɪ̯pfɹuːt/nounC1A large sharp-tasting citrus fruit.
  • grapes/ɡɹeɪps/nounA2+Small round fruits growing in bunches.
  • graph/ɡɹæf/nounB1+2 meaningsA drawing showing how two quantities relate.