| wordless | (adjective) expressed without speech | Synonyms: mute, silent, tongueless, unspoken |
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| wordy | (adjective) using or containing too many words | Synonyms: long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy |
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| workable | (adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | Synonyms: executable, feasible, practicable, viable |
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| workaday | (adjective) found in the ordinary course of events | Synonyms: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable |
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| working | (adjective) actively engaged in paid work | Synonyms: on the job |
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| (adjective) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing | Synonyms: functional, operative, running |
| (adjective) adopted as a temporary basis for further work | - |
| (adjective) adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something | - |
| (adjective) serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity | - |
| workmanlike | (adjective) worthy of a good workman | - |
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| world | (adjective) involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope | Synonyms: global, planetary, world-wide, worldwide |
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| worldly | (adjective) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | Synonyms: secular, temporal |
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| (adjective) very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world | Synonyms: blase |
| worldwide | (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide |
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| (adjective) spanning or extending throughout the entire world | Synonyms: world-wide |
| (adjective) involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope | Synonyms: global, planetary, world-wide, world |
| wormlike | (adjective) totally submissive | Synonyms: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormy |
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| wormy | (adjective) totally submissive | Synonyms: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike |
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| (adjective) infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms | Synonyms: vermiculate, worm-eaten |
| worn | (adjective) affected by wear; damaged by long use | - |
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| (adjective) showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | Synonyms: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled |
| worried | (adjective) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | Synonyms: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset |
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| (adjective) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc | Synonyms: apprehensive |
| worrisome | (adjective) not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety | Synonyms: unreassuring |
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| (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrying |
| worrying | (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome |
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| worse | (adjective) (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability | - |
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| (adjective) changed for the worse in health or fitness | Synonyms: worsened |
| worsened | (adjective) changed for the worse in health or fitness | Synonyms: worse |
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| (adjective) made or become worse; impaired | - |
| worsening | (adjective) changing for the worse | - |
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| worshipful | (adjective) showing great reverence for god | Synonyms: godly, reverent |
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| (adjective) showing adoration | Synonyms: adoring |
| worshipped | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: adored, idolised, idolized |
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| worst | (adjective) (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition | - |
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| worth | (adjective) having a specified value | - |
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| (adjective) (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way | Synonyms: deserving |
| worthful | (adjective) having worth or merit or value | Synonyms: valuable |
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| worthless | (adjective) lacking in usefulness or value | - |
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| (adjective) morally reprehensible | Synonyms: despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, wretched |
| worthwhile | (adjective) sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest | - |
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| worthy | (adjective) having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable | - |
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| (adjective) worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse | Synonyms: desirable, suitable |
| (adjective) having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way | - |