Basic English wordlist

A - a - abbreviation - ability - able - about - above - academic - accept - acceptable - accident - accidental - accidentally - according to - account - accurate - accurately - accuse - acid - across - act - action - active - activity - actor - actress - actual - add - addition - additional - address - adjective - admiration - admire - admit - adult - advanced - advantage - adverb - advertise - advertisement - advertising - advice - advise - adviser - affect - afraid - after - afternoon - again - against - age - ago - agree - agreement - ahead - achieve - achievement - aim - air - air force - aircraft - airport - alcohol - alcoholic - alive - all - allow - almost - alone - along - alphabet - alphabetical - already - also - although - always - American - American football - among - amount - an - ancient - and - anger - angle - Anglican - angrily - angry - animal - announce - announcement - annoy - annoyed - annoying - another - answer - any - anyone - anything - anywhere - apart - appear - appearance - apple - apply - approval - approve of - April - are - area - argue - argument - arm - armed forces - army - around - arrange - arrangement - arrest - arrive - art - article - artificial - artificially - artist - as - ashamed - ask - aspect - at - atmosphere - atom - attack - attach - attempt - attention - attitude - attract - attractive - audience - authority - automatic - automatically - autumn - available - average - avoid - awake - away

B - baby - back - background - backward - backwards - bacteria - bad - badly - bag - bake - balance - ball - band - bank - bar - base - baseball - based on - basic - basket - basketball - bath - bathroom - battle - be - beach - beak - bean - bear - beat - beautiful - beauty - because - become - bed - bedroom - beer - before - begin - beginning - behave - behaviour - behind - belief - believe - bell - belong to - below - belt - bend - benefit - beside - best - better - between - beyond - bicycle - big - bill - biology - bird - birth - birthday - bit - bite - bitter - bitterness - black - blade - blame - blind - blindness - block - blood - blow - blue - board - boat - body - boil - bomb - bone - book - boot - border - bored - boring - born - borrow - both - bottle - bottom - bowl - box - boy - boyfriend - brain - branch - brave - bread - break - breakfast - breast - breath - breathe - brick - bridge - bright - brightly - brightness - bring - British - broadcast - broken - brother - brown - brownish - brush - Buddhism - Buddhist - build - building - bullet - burn - burnt - burst - bury - bus - bush - business - businessman - businesswoman - busy - but - butter - button - buy - by - by means of

C - café - cake - calculate - calculation - call - calm - calmly - camera - camp - can - cancer - cannot - capable of - capital - car - card - care - career - careful - carefully - careless - carelessly - carelessness - carpet - carry - case - castle - cat - Catholic - catch - cause - CD - ceiling - celebrate - celebration - cell - central - centre - century - ceremony - certain - certainly - chain - chair - chance - change - character - charge - chase - cheap - cheat - check - cheek - cheese - chemical - chemistry - cheque - chest - chicken - child - children - chin - chocolate - choice - choose - Christian - Christianity - church - cigarette - cinema - circle - circular - citizen - city - claim - class - classical music - classroom - clay - clean - clear - clearly - clever - cliff - climb - clock - close - closely - cloth - clothes - clothing - cloud - club - coal - coast - coat - coffee - coin - cold - collar - collect - collection - college - colour - colourful - combination - combine - come - comfortable - comment - commit - committee - common - communicate - communication - Communism - Communist - community - company - compare - comparison - compete - competition - complain - complaint - complete - completely - complicated - computer - concentrate - concerning - concert - condition - confidence - confident - confidently - confused - confusing - conjunction - connect - connection - conscious - conservative - consider - consist of - consonant - contain - container - continue - continuous - continuously - contract - control - controlled - convenient - conversation - cook - copy - corner - correct - correctly - cost - cotton - cough - could - council - count - country - countryside - course - court - cover - cow - crack - crash - crazy - cream - create - creature - crime - criminal - criticism - criticize - crop - cross - crowd - crowded - cruel - crush - cry - culture - cup - cupboard - cure - curl - curly - current - curtain - curve - curved - custom - customer - cut

D - damage - damaged - dance - dancer - danger - dangerous - dark - darkness - date - daughter - day - dead - deaf - deafness - deal - deal with - death - debate - decay - December - decide - decision - decorate - decoration - deep - defeat - defence - defend - definite - definitely - degree - delay - deliberate - deliberately - delicate - deliver - democracy - democratic - department - depend on - depth - describe - description - desert - deserve - design - designer - desk - despite - destroy - destruction - detail - detailed - determination - determined - develop - development - dictionary - die - difference - different - difficult - difficulty - dig - direct - direction - directly - director - dirt - dirty - disabled - disadvantage - disagree - disagreement - disappear - disappointed - disappointing - disappointment - discover - discovery - discuss - discussion - disease - dish - dishonest - dishonestly - dislike - dissatisfied - distance - distant - district - divide - division - divorced - do - doctor - document - dog - dollar - door - double - doubt - down - downstairs - downwards - draw - drawer - drawing - dream - dress - dressed - dried - drink - drive - driver - drop - drug - drum - drunk - dry - dull - during - dust - dusty - duty

E - each - ear - early - earn - earth - easily - east - eastern - easy - eat - economic - economy - edge - educate - educated - education - educational - effect - effective - effectively - effectiveness - effort - egg - eight - eighth - either - elbow - elect - election - electric - electrical - electricity - electronic - element - elephant - else - email - embarrassed - embarrassing - emergency - emotion - emotional - emphasis - emphasize - employ - employer - employment - empty - enclose - enclosed - encourage - end - enemy - energy - engine - engineering - English - enjoy - enjoyable - enjoyment - enough - enter - entertain - entertainer - entertainment - enthusiasm - enthusiastic - entrance - envelope - environment - environmental - equal - equally - equipment - escape - especially - essential - establish - even - evening - evenly - event - ever - every - everyone - everything - everywhere - evidence - evil - exact - exactly - examination - examine - example - excellent - except - excited - excitement - exciting - excuse - exercise - exhibition - exchange - exist - existence - expect - expensive - experience - experienced - experiment - expert - explain - explanation - explode - explosion - express - expression - extra - extreme - extremely - eye

F - face - fact - factory - fail - failure - fair - fairly - fairness - fall - false - familiar - family - famous - far - farm - farmer - farming - fashion - fashionable - fast - fasten - fat - father - fault - fear - feather - feature - February - feed - feel - feeling - female - fence - festival - fever - few - fibre - field - fifth - fight - fighting - file - fill - film - final - finally - financial - find - find out - finger - finish - fire - firm - firmly - firmness - first - fish - fishing - fit - five - fix - fixed - flag - flame - flash - flat - flavour - flesh - flight - float - flood - floor - flour - flow - flower - fly - flying - fold - follow - follower - food - foot - football - for - force - forehead - foreign - forest - forget - forgive - fork - form - formal - formally - forward - forwards - four - fourth - frame - free - freedom - freeze - frequent - frequently - fresh - friend - friendly - friendship - frighten - frightened - frightening - from - front - fruit - fuel - full - fun - funeral - funny - fur - furniture - furry - further - furthest - future

G - gain - game - garage - garden - gas - gate - gather - gay - gene - general - generally - generous - generously - genetic - gentle - gently - geography - get - get rid of - get up - girl - girlfriend - give - give birth - give up - glass - glue - go - go down - go up - goal - goat - god - gold - golden - golf - good - goodbye - goods - govern - government - graceful - gradual - gradually - grain - gram - grammar - grandfather - grandmother - grandparents - grass - grateful - great - green - greenish - greet - greeting - grey - ground - group - grow - grow up - growth - guard - guess - guest - guilty - guitar - gun

H - habit - hair - hairstyle - half - hall - hammer - hand - handle - hang - happen - happen to - happily - happiness - happy - hard - harm - harmful - harmless - hat - hate - have - he - head - head teacher - health - healthy - hear - heart - heat - heating - heaven - heavy - heel - height - helicopter - hello - help - helpful - her - here - herself - hidden - hide - high - hill - him - himself - Hindu - hire - his - historical - history - hit - hold - hole - holiday - holy - home - homework - honest - honestly - honesty - honour - hook - hope - hopeful - horn - horse - hospital - hot - hotel - hour - house - how - human - humorous - humorously - humour - hungry - hunt - hurry - hurt - husband

I - ice - idea - if - ignore - ill - illegal - illegally - illness - image - imaginary - imagination - imagine - immediate - immediately - immoral - impatient - impolite - importance - important - impossible - impress - impressive - improve - improvement - in - in fact - in charge of - in order to - include - including - income - incorrect - increase - independence - independent - indirect - indirectly - individual - indoor - industrial - industry - infect - infection - infectious - infinitive - influence - inform - informal - information - injure - injured - injury - ink - inner - insect - inside - instance - instead - instead of - institution - instruction - instrument - insult - insulting - insurance - intelligence - intelligent - intend - intention - interest - interested - interesting - international - Internet - interrupt - interruption - interview - into - introduce - introduction - invent - invention - inventor - invest - invitation - invite - involve - inwards - iron - Islam - island - issue - it - its - itself

J - jacket - January - jaw - jazz - Jew - jewel - jewellery - Jewish - job - join - joke - journalism - journalist - journey - judge - judgment - juice - July - jump - June - junior - just - justice

K - keen - keep - key - keyboard - kick - kidney - kill - kilogram - kilometre - kind - kindness - king - kiss - kitchen - knee - knife - knock - knot - know - knowledge

L - label - laboratory - lack - lake - land - language - large - last - late - laugh - laughter - law - law-making - lawyer - layer - laziness - lazy - lead - leader - leadership - leading - leaf - lean - learn - learner - least - leather - leave - leave out - lecture - left - left-wing - leg - legal - legally - lemon - lend - length - less - lesson - let - letter - level - liberal - library - lid - lie - life - lift - light - like - likely - limit - limited - line - lion - lip - liquid - list - listen - literary - literature - litre - little - live - lively - liver - load - local - lock - loneliness - lonely - long - look - look after - look for - loose - lose - loss - lot - loud - loudly - loudness - love - low - lower - loyal - loyalty - luck - lucky - lump - lung - lunch

M - magazine - magic - machine - main - mainly - major - majority - make - make up - maker - male - man - manage - management - manager - manner - many - map - march - mark - market - marriage - married - marry - mass - material - mathematics - match - matter - may - me - meal - mean - meaning - measure - measurement - meat - medical - medicine - meet - meeting - member - memory - mental - mentally - mention - menu - mess - message - metal - method - metre - midday - middle - middle-class - midnight - military - milk - millimetre - million - mind - mine - minister - minor - minute - mirror - miss - missile - missing - mistake - mix - mixed - mixture - mobile phone - model - modern - molecule - moment - Monday - money - monkey - month - monthly - mood - moon - moral - morally - more - morning - most - mostly - mother - motor - motorway - mountain - mountainous - mouse - mouth - move - movement - movie - much - multiply - murder - murderer - muscle - museum - music - musical - musician - Muslim - must - my - mysterious - mystery

N - nail - name - narrow - nation - national - natural - naturally - nature - navy - near - nearly - necessary - neck - need - needle - negative - neighbour - neither - nerve - nervous - nervousness - net - never - new - news - newspaper - next - nice - night - nine - ninth - no - no longer - no one - noise - noisily - noisy - none - nonsense - nor - normal - normally - north - northern - nose - not - note - nothing - notice - noticeable - noun - novel - November - now - nowhere - nuclear - number - nurse - nut

O - obey - object - obligation - obtain - obvious - occasion - ocean - o'clock - October - of - off - offence - offend - offensive - offer - office - officer - official - officially - often - oil - old - old-fashioned - on - once - one - onion - only - onto - open - opera - operate - operation - opinion - opponent - opportunity - oppose - opposite - opposition - or - orange - order - ordinary - organ - organization - organize - orchestra - origin - original - originally - other - our - ours - out - outdoor - outer - outside - outwards - oven - over - owe - own - owner - oxygen

P - page - pain - painful - paint - painter - painting - pair - pale - palm - pan - paper - paragraph - parallel - parcel - parent - park - parking - parliament - part - participle - particular - partly - partner - party - pass - passage - passenger - passive - passport - past - pasta - path - patient - pattern - pause - pay - pay attention - payment - peace - peaceful - pen - pencil - pension - people - pepper - per cent - percentage - perfect - perform - performance - performer - perhaps - period - permanent - permanently - permission - person - personal - personality - persuade - pet - petrol - phone - photograph - photographer - phrase - physical - physically - physics - piano - pick up - picture - piece - pig - pile - pill - pilot - pin - pink - pipe - place - plain - plan - plane - planet - planned - planning - plant - plastic - plate - play - player - pleasant - please - pleased - pleasure - plural - pocket - poem - poet - poetry - point - pointed - poison - poisonous - pole - police - police officer - policy - polite - politely - politeness - political - politician - politics - polluted - pollution - pool - poor - popular - popularity - population - port - position - positive - possession - possibility - possible - possibly - post - potato - pound - pour - poverty - powder - power - powerful - practical - practice - practise - praise - pray - prayer - prefer - pregnant - preparation - prepare - prepared - preposition - present - preserve - president - press - pressure - pretend - prevent - previous - previously - price - priest - prime minister - prince - princess - principle - print - printer - prison - prisoner - private - prize - probably - problem - process - produce - producer - product - production - profession - professional - profit - program - programme - progress - project - promise - pronoun - pronounce - pronunciation - proof - properly - property - proposal - protect - protection - protein - protest - Protestant - proud - proudly - prove - provide - public - publicly - publish - publisher - pull - pump - punish - punishment - pure - purple - purpose - push - put - put down - put on

Q - qualification - quality - quantity - quarter - queen - question - quick - quickly - quiet - quietly

R - race - radio - railway - rain - raise - range - rank - rare - rarely - rate - rather - raw - react - reaction - read - ready - reach - real - realize - really - reason - reasonable - receive - recent - recently - recognize - record - red - reddish - reduce - reduction - refer to - reflect - refusal - refuse - region - regular - regularly - related - relating to - relation - relationship - relative - relax - relaxed - relaxing - relevant - reliable - religion - religious - remain - remark - remember - remind - remove - rent - repair - repeat - replace - reply - report - represent - representative - republic - reputation - request - research - respect - responsibility - responsible - rest - restaurant - result - return - reward - rice - ride - rider - right - right-wing - rich - ring - rise - risk - river - road - rock - roll - romantic - roof - room - root - rope - rose - rough - roughness - round - row - royal - rub - rubber - rubbish - rude - rudely - rule - run - runner

S - sad - sadness - safe - safety - sail - sailor - salad - salary - sale - salt - same - sand - sandwich - satisfaction - satisfactory - satisfied - sauce - save - say - saying - scene - science - scientific - scientist - scissors - score - screen - screw - sea - search - season - seat - second - secret - secretary - secretly - section - see - seed - seem - sell - send - senior - sensible - sensitive - sentence - separate - separately - series - serious - seriously - seriousness - servant - serve - service - set - settle - seven - seventh - several - severe - severely - sew - sewing - sex - sexual - sexually - shadow - shake - shape - shaped - share - sharp - she - sheep - sheet - shelf - shell - shelter - shine - shiny - ship - shirt - shock - shocked - shocking - shoe - shoot - shop - shopping - short - shot - should - shoulder - shout - show - shower - shut - shy - school - sick - side - sideways - sight - sign - signal - silence - silent - silk - silly - silver - similar - simple - simply - since - sincere - sing - singer - single - singular - sink - sister - sit - situation - six - sixth - size - skilful - skilfully - skill - skilled - skin - skirt - sky - sleep - sleeve - slide - slight - slightly - slip - slope - slow - slow down - slowly - small - smell - smile - smoke - smooth - smoothly - smoothness - snake - snow - so - soap - social - socially - society - sock - soft - software - soil - soldier - solid - solution - solve - some - someone - something - sometimes - somewhere - son - song - soon - sooner - sore - sorry - sound - soup - sour - sourness - south - southern - space - speak - speaker - special - specific - speed - speech - spell - spelling - spend - spin - spirit - spiritual - spoil - spoken - spoon - sport - spot - spread - spring - square - squeeze - staff - stage - stair - stamp - stand - standard - star - start - state - statement - station - status - stay - steadily - steady - steal - steam - steel - steep - stem - step - stick - stick out - sticky - stiff - stiffness - still - sting - stitch - stolen - stomach - stone - stop - store - storm - story - straight - strange - stream - street - strength - stretch - strict - strictly - string - strong - strongly - structure - student - study - stupid - style - subject - substance - succeed - success - successful - successfully - suck - sudden - suddenly - suffer - sugar - suggest - suggestion - such - such as - suit - suitable - suitcase - summary - summer - sun - Sunday - supermarket - supply - support - supporter - sure - surface - surprise - surprised - surprising - surround - swallow - swear - sweet - sweetness - swell - swim - swimmer - swing - switch - switch off - switch on - swollen - sword - symbol - sympathetic - sympathy - system

T - table - tail - take - take off - take part in - take place - talk - tall - taste - tax - taxi - tea - teach - teacher - team - tear - teenager - technical - technology - telephone - television - tell - temperature - temporarily - temporary - ten - tend - tendency - tennis - tense - tent - tenth - test - than - thank - thank you - that - the - theatre - their - them - themselves - then - theory - there - therefore - these - they - thick - thief - thin - thing - think - third - thirsty - this - thorough - thoroughly - those - thought - thousand - threat - threaten - threatening - three - throat - through - throw - thumb - ticket - tidily - tidy - tie - tight - tightly - time - tired - tiring - title - to - tobacco - today - toe - together - toilet - tomato - tomorrow - tongue - tonight - too - tool - tooth - top - total - touch - tourist - towards - tower - town - toy - track - trade - tradition - traditional - traditionally - traffic - train - trained - training - translate - translation - transparent - transport - travel - traveller - treat - treatment - tree - trial - trick - tropical - trouble - trousers - truck - true - trust - truth - try - tube - Tuesday - tune - tunnel - turn - twice - twist - two - type - typical - tyre

U - ugly - unable - uncomfortable - unconscious - uncontrolled - under - underground - underneath - understand - underwear - unemployed - unemployment - unexpected - unexpectedly - unfair - unfairly - unfairness - unfriendly - unhappy - uniform - unimportant - union - unit - unite - universe - university - unkind - unless - unlikely - unlimited - unnecessary - unpleasant - unreasonable - unsuccessful - unsuitable - untidy - untie - until - unusual - unwilling - up - upper - upright - upset - upside down - upstairs - upwards - urgent - us - use - used - useful - useless - user - usual - usually

V - valley - valuable - value - van - variety - various - vegetable - vehicle - verb - very - victory - video - view - village - violence - violent - violently - visit - visitor - vocabulary - voice - vote - voter - vowel

W - waist - wait - wake - wake up - walk - wall - want - war - warm - warmth - warn - warning - wash - waste - water - watch - wave - way - we - weak - weapon - wear - weather - weave - wedding - week - weekend - weekly - weigh - weight - welcome - well - well-known - west - western - wet - what - whatever - wheat - wheel - when - whenever - where - wherever - whether - which - while - whip - white - who - whole - whom - whose - why - wide - width - wife - wild - will - willing - win - wind - window - wine - wing - winner - winter - wipe - wire - wise - wish - with - within - without - woman - wood - wooden - wool - word - work - worker - working-class - world - worried - worry - worse - worship - worst - worth - would - woven - wrap - wrist - write - writer - writing - written - wrong - wrongly

Y - year - yellow - yellowish - yes - yet - you - young - your - yours - yourself

Z - zero