5 Letter Words That Start With G

gelid

Adjective : Very cold; icy or frosty.

grave

Noun : (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.

Noun : (loosely) Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.

Noun : (very loosely) Any place containing one or more corpses.

groan

Noun : A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.

Noun : A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.

Noun : (of an object) A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.

glare

Noun : (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

Noun : Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

Noun : An angry or fierce stare.

grasp

Verb : To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.

Verb : To understand.

Verb : To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.

gleam

Noun : (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.

Noun : (countable, figuratively)

Noun : An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.

glint

Noun : A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.

Noun : (obsolete) A brief look; a glance.

Adjective : (archaic, Shropshire, of a blade) Not sharp; dull.

giddy

Adjective : (predicative only) Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.

Adjective : (attributive) Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.

Adjective : Moving around something or spinning rapidly.

glade

Noun : An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

Noun : (colloquial) An everglade.

Noun : An open space in the ice on a river or lake.

grief

Noun : Suffering, hardship.

Noun : Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.

Noun : (countable) A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.

guide

Noun : Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

Noun : A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

Noun : A sign that guides people; guidepost.

great

Adjective : Taking much space; large.

Adjective : (of an abstract noun) Much, more than usual.

Adjective : (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.

grace

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Charming, pleasing qualities.

Noun : (countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.

Noun : (countable, card games) In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.

gorge

Noun : (archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.

Noun : (archaic, literary) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.

Noun : (botany) The throat of a flower.

gaudy

Adjective : Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

Adjective : (obsolete) Fun; merry; festive.

Noun : (archaic) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

gruff

Adjective : having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.

Adjective : hoarse-voiced.

Adjective : hoarse.

geist

Noun : A surname from German.

Noun : A ghost, an apparition.

Noun : Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc).

gaunt

Adjective : Angular, bony, and lean.

Adjective : Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.

Adjective : (figurative)

group

Noun : A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.

Noun : (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.

Noun : (geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.

gripe

Verb : (intransitive, informal) To complain; to whine.

Verb : (transitive, informal) To annoy or bother.

Verb : (nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.

guile

Noun : (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.

Noun : Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.

Verb : To deceive, beguile, bewile.

grove

Noun : A small forest.

Noun : A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

Noun : An orchard of fruit trees.

gnarl

Noun : A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

Noun : Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.

Verb : (transitive) To knot or twist something.

ghost

Noun : A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

Noun : (archaic, Christianity, literary) A spirit; a human soul.

Noun : Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.

glean

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest.

Verb : To collect fruit, grain, or other produce from (a field, an orchard, etc.), after the main gathering or harvest.

green

Adjective : Of a green hue; with a hue which is of grass or leaves.

Adjective : (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.

Adjective : Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

graze

Noun : The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

Noun : A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

Noun : The act of animals feeding from pasture.

glide

Verb : (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

Verb : (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to glide.

growl

Noun : A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.

Noun : (by extension) A similar sound made by a human.

Noun : (by extension) The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.

glaum

Verb : (Scotland, Ireland) To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.

Verb : (dialectal) To search (for something).

Verb : (Northern England, Scotland) To look sullen or sad; scowl, frown.

grime

Noun : Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

Noun : (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.

Verb : To begrime; to cake with dirt.

grind

Verb : (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

Verb : (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.

Verb : (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

graft

Noun : (countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

Noun : (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.

Noun : (surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

guise

Noun : A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)

Noun : An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.

Noun : A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.

gawky

Adjective : Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.

Adjective : (Yorkshire, West Riding) Left-handed.

Noun : An awkward, ungainly person.

gleek

Noun : (uncountable) A once-popular game of cards played by three people.

Noun : (countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

Noun : A jest or scoff; trick or deception.

gauge

Noun : A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

Noun : An act of measuring.

Noun : An estimate.

gloss

Noun : A surface shine or luster.

Noun : (figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.

Verb : (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.

glory

Noun : Great beauty and splendor.

Noun : Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.

Noun : That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.

guilt

Noun : Responsibility for wrongdoing.

Noun : (law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.

Noun : Regret for having done wrong.

gully

Noun : A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

Noun : A small valley.

Noun : (UK) A drop kerb.

grant

Verb : (ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).

Verb : (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).

Verb : (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

goofy

Adjective : silly, quirky

Noun : Synonym of goof.

Adjective : (surfing, snowboarding) Riding with the right foot forward.

golly

Noun : Abbreviation of golliwog:

Noun : A type of black rag doll.

Noun : (offensive, ethnic slur) Any dark-skinned person.

glout

Noun : (obsolete) A sulky look.

Noun : (obsolete) A stare.

Verb : (obsolete) To sulk; to be sulky; to pout.

gross

Adjective : (of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

Adjective : (of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

Adjective : (sciences, pathology) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.

ghoul

Noun : (mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses.

Noun : A graverobber.

Noun : A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.

greed

Noun : A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

Verb : To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.

gulch

Verb : (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

Verb : (obsolete) To fall heavily.

Noun : A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.

golem

Noun : (mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.

Noun : (by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.

ghast

Adjective : Having a ghastly appearance; weird.

Noun : (fantasy) An evil spirit or monster; a ghoul.

Verb : Alternative form of gast [(obsolete) To frighten.]

guard

Noun : A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

Noun : (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.

Noun : (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.

grunt

Noun : A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

Noun : The snorting cry of a pig.

Noun : Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.

grope

Verb : (obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

Verb : To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

Verb : To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

gloat

Verb : To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.

Verb : To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

Noun : An act or instance of gloating.

gutsy

Adjective : (informal) Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.

Adjective : (of the voice) From the gut; deep and often coarse.

girly

Adjective : Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.

Adjective : (slang) Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad.

Adjective : (slang) Weak; wussy.

grand

Adjective : (augmentative) Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

Adjective : Of a large size or extent; great.

Adjective : Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.

glyph

Noun : A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.

Noun : Any of various figures used in Mayan writing.

Noun : Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.

gusto

Noun : Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.

Noun : (rare) An individual's fondness or liking of a particular flavour

Noun : (Of art) The style in which a work is done, artistic style. (occasionally) the prevailing style in matters of taste.

gnash

Verb : (transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

Verb : (transitive) To grind between the teeth.

Verb : (figurative) To clash together violently.

grimy

Adjective : Stained or covered with grime.

Adjective : (music) From the urban musical genre called grime.

Adjective : (slang) Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten.

glary

Adjective : Of a dazzling lustre; glaring; bright; shining.

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of a glare, or angry look.

gloze

Noun : A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.

Noun : Flattery.

Noun : (False) appearance.

groin

Noun : The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

Noun : The area adjoining this fold or depression.

Noun : (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults

guest

Noun : A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

Noun : A patron or customer in a hotel etc.

Noun : An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.

grape

Noun : (countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.

Noun : (countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.

grate

Noun : A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

Noun : A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.

Noun : (historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

gloom

Noun : Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.

Noun : A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.

Noun : Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

glass

Noun : (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).

Noun : (countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).

Noun : (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

gypsy

Noun : (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

Noun : (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)

Noun : (theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.

gamey

Adjective : Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.

Adjective : Plucky, spirited or gritty.

Adjective : Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.

gazed

Verb : (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.

Verb : (transitive, poetic) To stare at.

Noun : A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

grain

Noun : (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

Noun : (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.

Noun : (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.

gouge

Noun : Senses relating to cutting tools.

Noun : A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.

Noun : A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.

giant

Noun : A mythical human of very great size.

Noun : (mythology, fantasy) Specifically:

Noun : Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.

gaffe

Noun : A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

gauzy

Adjective : Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.

Adjective : (figurative) light; giving the effect of haze

Adjective : (figurative) vague or elusive

glaze

Noun : (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.

Noun : A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

Noun : (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.

globe

Noun : Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

Noun : The planet Earth.

Noun : A spherical model of Earth or other planet.

gulag

Noun : (historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : A prison camp, especially one used to hold political prisoners.

gloar

Verb : (obsolete, UK, intransitive) To glare or stare.

gyani

Noun : A knowledgeable or wise person; sage, saint.

Adjective : Knowledgeable, wise, intelligent.

Noun : (Sikhism) Alternative spelling of giani.

grass

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.

Noun : (countable) Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses.

Noun : (uncountable) A lawn.

gamut

Noun : A (normally) complete range.

Noun : (music) All the notes in a musical scale.

Noun : All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.

groom

Noun : A man who is about to marry.

Noun : A person who looks after horses.

Noun : One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.

given

Noun : A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

Adjective : Already arranged.

Adjective : Currently discussed.

godly

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a god

Adjective : Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.

Adjective : Gloriously good.

gride

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive, of a weapon or sharp object) To travel through something.

Verb : To produce a grinding or scraping sound.

godet

Noun : (obsolete) A drinking cup.

Noun : (sewing) A piece of fabric inserted into a garment along a seam or cut to lengthen the free edge, and to make a garment roomier and to add a wavy edge cf. gusset.

Noun : (textiles) A roller for guiding synthetic filaments during drawing.

gliff

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) A quick glance.

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) An unexpected view of something startling.

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) A sudden fright.

grame

Noun : (obsolete) Anger; wrath; scorn; bitterness; repugnance.

Noun : (obsolete) Sorrow; grief; misery.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To vex; grill; make angry or sorry.

gallu

Noun : A great demon or devil of the ancient Mesopotamian Underworld.

Noun : A human adversary who is dangerous and implacable.

grade

Noun : A rating.

Noun : (chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.

Noun : A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.

gonad

Noun : (anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.

Noun : (slang, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.

guild

Noun : A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid.

Noun : A corporation.

Noun : (ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.

greet

Verb : (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.

Verb : (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.

Verb : (transitive) To accost; to address.

goody

Noun : (informal) A small amount of something good to eat.

Noun : (informal) Any small, usually free, item.

Noun : (Ireland) Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.

grump

Noun : (informal) A habitually grumpy or complaining person.

Noun : (informal) A grumpy mood.

Verb : (informal, intransitive) To complain.

gurge

Verb : (obsolete) To swallow up.

Noun : (obsolete outside heraldry) Synonym of gurges (“whirlpool”).

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