| unwind | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend |
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| (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain |
| (verb) separate the tangles of | Synonyms: disentangle |
| (verb) reverse the winding or twisting of | Synonyms: unroll, wind off |
| upbraid | (verb) express criticism towards | Synonyms: reproach |
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| upend | (verb) set, turn, or stand on end | - |
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| (verb) become turned or set on end | - |
| uphold | (verb) stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals | - |
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| (verb) support against an opponent | Synonyms: maintain |
| (verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve |
| upload | (verb) transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location | - |
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| vagabond | (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, wander |
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| vend | (verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch |
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| vilipend | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, depreciate |
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| void | (verb) excrete or discharge from the body | Synonyms: empty, evacuate |
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| (verb) take away the legal force of or render ineffective | Synonyms: invalidate, vitiate |
| (verb) clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something | - |
| (verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash |
| wad | (verb) crowd or pack to capacity | Synonyms: chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram |
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| (verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, compact, pack |
| ward | (verb) watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect | Synonyms: guard |
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| wed | (verb) take in marriage; married | Synonyms: conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry |
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| (verb) perform a marriage ceremony | Synonyms: marry, splice, tie |
| weed | (verb) clear of weeds | - |
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| weekend | (verb) spend the weekend | - |
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| weld | (verb) unite closely or intimately | - |
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| (verb) join together by heating | - |
| wend | (verb) direct one's course or way | - |
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| wield | (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: handle, manage |
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| (verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: exert, maintain |
| wind | (verb) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem | Synonyms: wind up |
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| (verb) form into a wreath | Synonyms: wreathe |
| (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: hoist, lift |
| (verb) arrange or coil around | Synonyms: roll, twine, wrap |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, weave |
| (verb) extend in curves and turns | Synonyms: curve, twist |
| (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of | Synonyms: nose, scent |
| withhold | (verb) hold back; refuse to hand over or share | Synonyms: keep back |
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| (verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | Synonyms: deduct, recoup |
| withstand | (verb) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something | Synonyms: hold out, resist, stand firm |
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| (verb) resist or confront with resistance | Synonyms: defy, hold, hold up |
| word | (verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase |
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| wound | (verb) cause injuries or bodily harm to | Synonyms: injure |
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| (verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite |
| yield | (verb) end resistance, as under pressure or force | Synonyms: give way |
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| (verb) consent reluctantly | Synonyms: buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb |
| (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: concede, grant |
| (verb) cease opposition; stop fighting | - |
| (verb) be flexible under stress of physical force | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) give or supply | Synonyms: generate, give, render, return |
| (verb) cause to happen or be responsible for | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) move in order to make room for someone for something | Synonyms: ease up, give, give way, move over |
| (verb) bring in | Synonyms: bear, pay |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, concede, grant |
| (verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: afford, give |
| (verb) give in, as to influence or pressure | Synonyms: relent, soften |
| (verb) be fatally overwhelmed | Synonyms: succumb |