As an English student, you know that vocabulary is important. But do you know which words are the most important? This list of English vocabulary words will help you to focus your studies and improve your language skills. Each word is explained with an example sentence to show how it is used in context. So whether you are a beginner or an advanced learner, this list has something for everyone!
Vocabulary Words From A-Z
English vocabulary words list (A)
- amount
- also
- absence
- absolute
- absorb
- abuse
- approach
- accept
- according
- academic
- account
- alternative
- across
- adult
- analysis
- already
- act
- action
- activity
- admit
- actually
- and
- animal
- another
- apply
- add
- address
- administration
- affect
- after
- appear
- American
- argue
- all
- agency
- arm
- around
- arrive
- anything
- air
- along
- alone
- approximately
- art
- article
- anyone
- any
- answer
- among
- artist
- agree
- always
- ago
- agent
- as
- abroad
- although
- above
- ask
- about
- age
- assume
- at
- attack
- attention
- audience
- area
- appropriate
- author
- authority
- able
- auto
- ability
- architect
- approve
- available
- abandon
- ahead
- almost
- avoid
- a
- agreement
- approval
- again
- allow
- against
- away
English vocabulary words list (B)
- because
- bank
- between
- bar
- become
- ball
- bed
- before
- begin
- better
- best
- beat
- blood
- back
- blue
- board
- body
- benefit
- bag
- bad
- billion
- book
- born
- believe
- behind
- behavior
- beautiful
- both
- be
- box
- base
- boy
- break
- bring
- brother
- budget
- build
- black
- beyond
- building
- business
- but
- bit
- bill
- buy
- by
- big
- baby
English vocabulary words list (C)
- color
- clearly
- campaign
- can
- cancer
- candidate
- Congress
- car
- card
- capital
- care
- close
- career
- certain
- come
- clear
- carry
- case
- catch
- century
- cause
- commercial
- common
- community
- conference
- cell
- center
- central
- certainly
- chair
- condition
- collection
- contact
- citizen
- character
- contain
- container
- continue
- concern
- church
- class
- claim
- consume
- control
- cost
- computer
- compare
- company
- college
- could
- child
- cold
- check
- charge
- country
- camera
- coach
- call
- couple
- change
- course
- court
- cover
- create
- crime
- consumption
- consider
- cultural
- culture
- cup
- consumer
- consultant
- current
- choose
- civil
- customer
- choice
- construction
- challenge
- city
- chance
- cut
English vocabulary words list (D)
- delivery
- define
- determine
- definitely
- demand
- deficit
- democracy
- Democrat
- democratic
- detail
- despite
- delay
- different
- deep
- dead
- difficult
- dinner
- direction
- design
- decision
- defensive
- defense
- devote
- director
- discover
- description
- describe
- depict
- deliver
- discuss
- debate
- degree
- death
- deal
- discussion
- definition
- disease
- do
- doctor
- dog
- door
- down
- difference
- develop
- draw
- dream
- drive
- die
- device
- drop
- decide
- defendant
- drug
- decade
- development
- defend
- during
English vocabulary words list (E)
- environment
- environmental
- episode
- economy
- equal
- establish
- even
- especially
- evening
- event
- expect
- everybody
- everyone
- everything
- exist
- evidence
- exactly
- example
- executive
- experience
- expert
- economic
- eat
- education
- easy
- effort
- east
- early
- each
- effect
- edge
- entire
- enter
- enough
- enjoy
- energy
- end
- employee
- else
- election
- either
- explain
- eye
- eight
English vocabulary words list (F)
- field
- father
- finish
- fear
- fight
- fast
- figure
- fill
- film
- finger
- fine
- feeling
- fly
- factor
- focus
- follow
- food
- find
- fact
- far
- family
- fish
- foot
- for
- financial
- finally
- final
- few
- force
- feel
- foreign
- federal
- forget
- form
- former
- forward
- four
- free
- floor
- fire
- friend
- from
- front
- five
- first
- full
- face
- fall
- fund
- firm
- fail
- future
English vocabulary words list (G)
- gas
- general
- generation
- get
- girl
- give
- glass
- go
- goal
- good
- government
- great
- green
- ground
- garden
- group
- grow
- growth
- game
- guess
- gun
- guy
English vocabulary words list (H)
- half
- heart
- hand
- hang
- happen
- happy
- hear
- health
- high
- him
- himself
- his
- head
- her
- history
- hit
- he
- have
- hard
- hair
- hold
- home
- hope
- hospital
- hot
- hotel
- hour
- house
- herself
- heat
- how
- however
- huge
- here
- help
- human
- hundred
- heavy
- husband
English vocabulary words list (I)
- important
- impact
- imagine
- individual
- industry
- information
- inside
- image
- increase
- instead
- institution
- if
- identify
- idea
- interest
- interesting
- international
- interview
- into
- introduce
- introduction
- investment
- indicate
- improve
- involve
- issue
- it
- indeed
- including
- item
- its
- include
- itself
English vocabulary words list (J, K, L)
- large
- kind
- least
- kitchen
- last
- kill
- late
- later
- laugh
- learn
- leader
- land
- letter
- join
- level
- lie
- life
- lead
- job
- kid
- key
- legal
- light
- like
- lay
- lawyer
- law
- language
- likely
- knowledge
- line
- know
- list
- listen
- little
- live
- local
- long
- let
- leave
- look
- lose
- loss
- less
- leg
- lot
- keep
- love
- left
- just
- low
English vocabulary words list (M)
- measure
- material
- might
- matter
- media
- marriage
- medical
- meet
- meeting
- middle
- method
- me
- model
- manage
- magazine
- modern
- moment
- money
- message
- man
- market
- many
- minute
- month
- more
- mention
- memory
- member
- mean
- morning
- major
- maybe
- maintain
- main
- most
- may
- mother
- machine
- mouth
- move
- movement
- movie
- Mr
- mission
- military
- Mrs
- much
- music
- miss
- mind
- must
- make
- manager
- my
- majority
- million
- management
- myself
English vocabulary words list (N, O)
- not
- nice
- officer
- night
- note
- next
- nothing
- notice
- now
- office
- offer
- nor
- on
- network
- national
- once
- one
- only
- off
- need
- newspaper
- news
- oil
- onto
- open
- of
- occur
- number
- north
- operation
- near
- none
- nature
- natural
- opportunity
- no
- option
- nation
- or
- order
- organization
- other
- others
- old
- official
- our
- out
- outside
- ok
- oh
- over
- necessary
- new
- own
- nearly
- often
- never
- name
- owner
English vocabulary words list (P)
- policy
- plant
- prepare
- pain
- painting
- page
- paper
- play
- parent
- patient
- political
- plan
- part
- participant
- particular
- past
- particularly
- politics
- poor
- popular
- practice
- partner
- party
- pass
- pattern
- pay
- power
- point
- private
- physical
- perform
- probably
- problem
- process
- possible
- phone
- place
- piece
- pretty
- produce
- product
- positive
- position
- population
- police
- production
- period
- PM
- perhaps
- performance
- professional
- player
- professor
- per
- program
- project
- property
- protect
- prove
- price
- present
- provide
- public
- pull
- prevent
- pressure
- purpose
- personal
- picture
- push
- person
- president
- peace
- pick
- people
- put
English vocabulary Words (Q, R)
- reality
- real
- room
- quality
- rule
- run
- question
- research
- range
- require
- Republican
- respond
- represent
- quite
- responsibility
- report
- remove
- remember
- reduce
- record
- raise
- rate
- remain
- religious
- relationship
- relate
- reflect
- response
- read
- reach
- rather
- ready
- region
- resource
- role
- rock
- road
- realize
- radio
- race
- risk
- rise
- right
- really
- recognize
- reason
- recent
- receive
- recently
- rich
- quickly
- reveal
- return
- result
- rest
- red
English vocabulary Words (S)
- same
- safe
- sport
- space
- side
- sign
- significant
- serve
- similar
- stay
- simply
- since
- simple
- sing
- speak
- single
- small
- spring
- southern
- sister
- sit
- site
- skin
- situation
- staff
- stage
- stand
- station
- six
- size
- skill
- smile
- so
- serious
- series
- statement
- speech
- set
- strategy
- sense
- several
- senior
- send
- sell
- seat
- sea
- soon
- some
- street
- strong
- seem
- structure
- state
- seek
- see
- security
- song
- south
- source
- stop
- student
- second
- seven
- study
- section
- start
- star
- standard
- spend
- stuff
- something
- service
- specific
- someone
- somebody
- style
- show
- special
- shoulder
- subject
- should
- soldier
- success
- save
- successful
- such
- suddenly
- suffer
- story
- step
- suggest
- summer
- shot
- support
- short
- store
- stock
- sure
- shoot
- say
- score
- scene
- science
- school
- scientist
- son
- sound
- surface
- she
- sometimes
- share
- still
- shake
- sexual
- social
- sort
- society
- system
- sex
- season
English vocabulary Words (T)
- three
- this
- top
- table
- take
- those
- talk
- ten
- through
- third
- task
- tax
- teach
- tell
- teacher
- throughout
- throw
- thus
- too
- team
- technology
- television
- tend
- term
- tonight
- thousand
- training
- there
- that
- travel
- treat
- treatment
- together
- theory
- think
- thing
- town
- tree
- trial
- today
- to
- time
- threat
- trip
- them
- thought
- their
- the
- trouble
- though
- truck
- thank
- truth
- try
- turn
- TV
- twenty
- traditional
- total
- twice
- twin
- two
- trade
- toward
- type
- then
- they
- type
- themselves
- tough
- test
- these
- than
- typical
English vocabulary Words (U, V, W, Y, Z)
- while
- what
- up
- upon
- use
- usually
- wind
- valuable
- value
- valley
- variety
- whatever
- various
- wait
- white
- wet
- very
- victim
- view
- vote
- village
- who
- whole
- whom
- win
- violence
- visit
- voice
- walk
- wall
- will
- whether
- wonder
- under
- weight
- water
- word
- work
- worker
- wife
- week
- western
- west
- within
- world
- worry
- wide
- why
- whose
- which
- would
- wealth
- where
- we
- way
- write
- unusual
- when
- until
- writer
- unlikely
- watch
- wrong
- yard
- yeah
- year
- yes
- woman
- window
- yet
- you
- unless
- young
- unknown
- without
- with
- your
- university
- wear
- well
- yourself
- universe
- weapon
- universal
- wish
- United
- unit
- want
- welcome
- war
- zone
- understand
