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Easy words are the roughly 2,900 most common words in everyday English. Get random easy words with meanings and examples, from 2,510 real English words.

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Easy words: 24 examples

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  • approximately adverb(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
  • bad adjectiveHaving undesirable or negative qualities.
  • begin verbTake the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
  • board nounA stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes.
  • bone nounRigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates.
  • buddy nounA close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
  • certain adjectiveDefinite but not specified or identified.
  • chest nounThe part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
  • cry verbUtter a sudden loud cry.
  • downtown adjectiveOf or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center.
  • energy noun(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs.
  • existence nounThe state or fact of existing.
  • footage nounFilm that has been shot.
  • labour nounA social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
  • mini nounA very short skirt.
  • rise verbMove upward.
  • seriously adverbIn a serious manner.
  • solar adjectiveRelating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun.
  • strange adjectiveBeing definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.
  • supreme adjectiveFinal or last in your life or progress.
  • three adjectiveBeing one more than two.
  • tournament nounA sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner.
  • try verbMake an effort or attempt.
  • twenty adjectiveDenoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units.

About this list

Easy words are the roughly 2,900 most common words in everyday English. Each word is shown in its dictionary form (for example "run", not "running") with its most common meaning first. Use them for young readers, English learners, spelling practice and party games for kids.

Words in this list2,510
Easy / medium / hard2,510 / 0 / 0
Average length6.3 letters
Average syllables2.0
Longest common oneadministration (14 letters)

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Frequently asked questions

How many easy words are there?
This generator draws from 2,510 easy words. "Common" uses the 8,366 most familiar ones; switch to "All" for the full list.
Where do the words and meanings come from?
The meanings and example sentences come from WordNet, the free English dictionary database from Princeton University. Word frequency comes from the open wordfreq project, and syllable counts from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. See how it works.
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