| wellborn | (adjective) of good or upper-class lineage | - |
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| west | (adjective) situated in or facing or moving toward the west | - |
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| westbound | (adjective) moving toward the west | Synonyms: westerly, westward |
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| westerly | (adjective) of wind; from the west | Synonyms: western |
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| (adjective) moving toward the west | Synonyms: westbound, westward |
| western | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts | - |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River | - |
| (adjective) lying toward or situated in the west | - |
| (adjective) of wind; from the west | Synonyms: westerly |
| westernmost | (adjective) farthest to the west | Synonyms: westmost |
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| westmost | (adjective) farthest to the west | Synonyms: westernmost |
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| westside | (adjective) of the western part of a city | - |
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| westward | (adjective) moving toward the west | Synonyms: westbound, westerly |
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| wet | (adjective) covered or soaked with a liquid such as water | - |
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| (adjective) producing or secreting milk | Synonyms: lactating |
| (adjective) supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages | - |
| (adjective) containing moisture or volatile components | - |
| (adjective) consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor | - |
| (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight |
| whacked | (adjective) (British informal) exhausted or worn out | - |
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| whacking | (adjective) (British informal) enormous | - |
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| whacky | (adjective) ludicrous, foolish | Synonyms: goofy, silly, wacky, zany |
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| (adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky |
| whatever | (adjective) one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential | Synonyms: any, whatsoever |
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| whatsoever | (adjective) one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential | Synonyms: any, whatever |
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| wheaten | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from wheat | Synonyms: whole-wheat, wholemeal |
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| wheeled | (adjective) having wheels; often used in combination | - |
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| wheelless | (adjective) having no wheels or having no wheeled vehicles | - |
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| wheezing | (adjective) relating to breathing with a whistling sound | Synonyms: asthmatic, wheezy |
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| wheezy | (adjective) having a tone of a reed instrument | Synonyms: reedy |
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| (adjective) relating to breathing with a whistling sound | Synonyms: asthmatic, wheezing |
| whimsical | (adjective) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | Synonyms: capricious, impulsive |
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| whiney | (adjective) habitually complaining | Synonyms: fretful, querulous, whiny |
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| whiny | (adjective) habitually complaining | Synonyms: fretful, querulous, whiney |
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| whiplike | (adjective) having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) | Synonyms: flagellate, flagellated, lash-like |
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| whipping | (adjective) smart and fashionable | Synonyms: snappy |
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| whippy | (adjective) bending and snapping back readily without breaking | Synonyms: flexible |
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| whirring | (adjective) like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings | - |
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| whiskered | (adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin | Synonyms: barbate, bearded, bewhiskered, whiskery |
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| whiskerless | (adjective) having no beard | Synonyms: beardless |
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| whiskery | (adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin | Synonyms: barbate, bearded, bewhiskered, whiskered |
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| whispered | (adjective) spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords | - |
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| whispering | (adjective) making a low continuous indistinct sound | Synonyms: murmuring, susurrant |
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| white | (adjective) being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light | - |
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| (adjective) of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration | - |
| (adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion | Synonyms: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid |
| (adjective) marked by the presence of snow | Synonyms: snowy |
| (adjective) (of coffee) having cream or milk added | - |
| (adjective) (of a surface) not written or printed on | Synonyms: blank, clean |
| (adjective) benevolent; without malicious intent | - |
| (adjective) glowing white with heat | Synonyms: white-hot |
| (adjective) of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets | - |
| (adjective) free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied | - |
| (adjective) restricted to whites only | Synonyms: lily-white |
| (adjective) (of hair) having lost its color | Synonyms: whitened |
| whitened | (adjective) (of hair) having lost its color | Synonyms: white |
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| whitewashed | (adjective) coated with whitewash | - |
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| whitish | (adjective) of something having a color tending toward white | Synonyms: off-white |
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| (adjective) resembling milk in color; not clear | Synonyms: milklike, milky |
| whole | (adjective) including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete | - |
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| (adjective) (of siblings) having the same parents | - |
| (adjective) exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health | Synonyms: hale |
| (adjective) acting together as a single undiversified whole | Synonyms: solid, unanimous |
| (adjective) not injured or harmed | Synonyms: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed |
| wholehearted | (adjective) with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion | Synonyms: heart-whole, whole-souled |
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| wholemeal | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from wheat | Synonyms: wheaten, whole-wheat |
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| wholesale | (adjective) ignoring distinctions | Synonyms: sweeping |
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| wholesome | (adjective) conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being | - |
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| (adjective) sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind | - |
| whopping | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: banging, humongous, thumping, walloping |
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| whorled | (adjective) forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem) | Synonyms: verticillate, verticillated |
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| (adjective) in the shape of a coil | Synonyms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, spiralling, turbinate, volute, voluted |
| wicked | (adjective) morally bad in principle or practice | - |
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| (adjective) intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality | Synonyms: severe, terrible |
| (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, yucky |
| (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful | Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish |
| (adjective) having committed unrighteous acts | Synonyms: sinful, unholy |
| wide | (adjective) having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other | Synonyms: broad |
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| (adjective) great in degree | - |
| (adjective) having ample fabric | Synonyms: full, wide-cut |
| (adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic |
| (adjective) not on target | Synonyms: wide of the mark |
| (adjective) very large in expanse or scope | Synonyms: broad, spacious |
| (adjective) (used of eyes) fully open or extended | Synonyms: wide-eyed |
| wideband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: broadband |
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| widespread | (adjective) distributed over a considerable extent | Synonyms: far-flung |
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| (adjective) widely circulated or diffused | - |
| widowed | (adjective) single because of death of the spouse | - |
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| wieldy | (adjective) easy to handle or use or manage | - |
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| wifelike | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a wife | Synonyms: uxorial, wifely |
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| wifely | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a wife | Synonyms: uxorial, wifelike |
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| wigged | (adjective) wearing a wig | - |
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| wiggly | (adjective) curved or curving in and out | Synonyms: sinuate, sinuous |
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| (adjective) moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion | Synonyms: wriggling, wriggly, writhing |
| wigless | (adjective) not wearing a wig | - |
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| wild | (adjective) in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated | Synonyms: untamed |
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| (adjective) marked by extreme lack of restraint or control | - |
| (adjective) involving risk or danger | Synonyms: hazardous, risky |
| (adjective) intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with | Synonyms: crazy, dotty, gaga |
| (adjective) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate | Synonyms: godforsaken, waste |
| (adjective) talking or behaving irrationally | Synonyms: raving, raving mad |
| (adjective) (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud | Synonyms: violent |
| (adjective) without civilizing influences | Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized |
| (adjective) in a state of extreme emotion | - |
| (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous |
| (adjective) fanciful and unrealistic; foolish | Synonyms: fantastic |
| (adjective) without a basis in reason or fact | Synonyms: baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted |
| (adjective) deviating widely from an intended course | - |
| wildcat | (adjective) (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive | - |
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| (adjective) without official authorization | Synonyms: unauthorised, unauthorized |
| (adjective) outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices | - |
| wilful | (adjective) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | Synonyms: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful |
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| (adjective) done by design | Synonyms: willful |
| willful | (adjective) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | Synonyms: froward, headstrong, self-willed, wilful |
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| (adjective) done by design | Synonyms: wilful |
| willing | (adjective) disposed or inclined toward | - |
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| (adjective) not brought about by coercion or force | Synonyms: uncoerced, unforced |
| willowy | (adjective) slender and graceful | Synonyms: gracile |
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| wilted | (adjective) (of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease | - |
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| (adjective) without energy or will | Synonyms: limp |
| wily | (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky |
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| wimpish | (adjective) weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: wimpy |
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| wimpy | (adjective) weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: wimpish |
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| windblown | (adjective) used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds | - |
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| windburned | (adjective) suffering from windburn | Synonyms: windburnt |
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| windburnt | (adjective) suffering from windburn | Synonyms: windburned |
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| winded | (adjective) breathing laboriously or convulsively | Synonyms: blown, pursy, short-winded |
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| winding | (adjective) marked by repeated turns and bends | Synonyms: tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous |
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| (adjective) of a path e.g. | Synonyms: meandering, rambling, wandering |
| windless | (adjective) without or almost without wind | - |
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| windswept | (adjective) open to or swept by wind | - |
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| windup | (adjective) operated by a mechanism | - |
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| windward | (adjective) on the side exposed to the wind | - |
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| windy | (adjective) resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability | - |
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| (adjective) using or containing too many words | Synonyms: long-winded, tedious, verbose, wordy |
| (adjective) abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes | Synonyms: blowy, breezy |
| (adjective) not practical or realizable; speculative | Synonyms: airy, impractical, Laputan, visionary |
| winey | (adjective) having the taste of wine | Synonyms: winy |
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| winged | (adjective) having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind | - |
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| (adjective) very fast; as if with wings | - |
| wingless | (adjective) lacking wings | - |
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| winglike | (adjective) resembling a wing in shape or position | - |
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| winking | (adjective) closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly | Synonyms: blinking |
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| winless | (adjective) having no wins | - |
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| winning | (adjective) very attractive; capturing interest | Synonyms: fetching, taking |
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| (adjective) having won | Synonyms: victorious |
| winsome | (adjective) charming in a childlike or naive way | - |
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| wintery | (adjective) characteristic of or occurring in winter | Synonyms: wintry |
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| wintry | (adjective) characteristic of or occurring in winter | Synonyms: wintery |
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| (adjective) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain | Synonyms: frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy |
| winy | (adjective) having the taste of wine | Synonyms: winey |
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| wired | (adjective) equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service | - |
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| (adjective) tied or bound with wire | - |
| (adjective) tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline | Synonyms: pumped-up, pumped, pumped up |
| (adjective) having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices | Synonyms: bugged |
| wireless | (adjective) having no wires | - |
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| wiry | (adjective) of or relating to wire | - |
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| (adjective) of hair that resembles wire in stiffness | - |
| (adjective) lean and sinewy | Synonyms: stringy |
| wise | (adjective) having or prompted by wisdom or discernment | - |
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| (adjective) improperly forward or bold | Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart |
| (adjective) evidencing the possession of inside information | Synonyms: knowing, wise to |
| (adjective) marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters | Synonyms: heady, judicious |
| wishful | (adjective) having or expressing desire for something | Synonyms: desirous |
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| (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, aspiring |
| wisplike | (adjective) thin and weak | Synonyms: wispy |
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| wispy | (adjective) lacking clarity or distinctness | Synonyms: dim, faint, shadowy, vague |
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| (adjective) thin and weak | Synonyms: wisplike |
| wistful | (adjective) showing pensive sadness | Synonyms: pensive |
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| witching | (adjective) possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | Synonyms: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, wizard, wizardly |
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| witchlike | (adjective) being or having the character of witchcraft | - |
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| withdrawn | (adjective) tending to reserve or introspection | Synonyms: indrawn |
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| (adjective) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude | Synonyms: recluse, reclusive |
| withered | (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled |
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| (adjective) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, wizen, wizened |
| withering | (adjective) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction | Synonyms: annihilating, annihilative, devastating |
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| (adjective) making light of | Synonyms: annihilating, devastating |
| witless | (adjective) (used as complement) to the utmost degree | Synonyms: shitless |
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| (adjective) (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment | Synonyms: nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted |
| witting | (adjective) aware or knowing | - |
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| (adjective) intentionally conceived | Synonyms: conscious |