| vacate | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke |
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| (verb) leave behind empty; move out of | Synonyms: abandon, empty |
| (verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, renounce, resign |
| vacation | (verb) spend or take a vacation | Synonyms: holiday |
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| vaccinate | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunise, immunize, inoculate |
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| vacillate | (verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | Synonyms: fluctuate, waver |
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| (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vibrate |
| vacuum | (verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner | Synonyms: hoover, vacuum-clean |
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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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| valet | (verb) serve as a personal attendant to | - |
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| validate | (verb) make valid or confirm the validity of | - |
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| (verb) prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something | - |
| (verb) give evidence for | Synonyms: corroborate |
| (verb) declare or make legally valid | Synonyms: formalise, formalize |
| valuate | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, value |
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| value | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate |
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| (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prise, prize, respect |
| (verb) estimate the value of | Synonyms: rate |
| (verb) fix or determine the value of; assign a value to | - |
| (verb) hold dear | Synonyms: appreciate, prize, treasure |
| vamoose | (verb) leave suddenly | Synonyms: decamp, skip |
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| vamp | (verb) provide (a shoe) with a new vamp | Synonyms: revamp |
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| (verb) act seductively with (someone) | - |
| (verb) piece (something old) with a new part | Synonyms: vamp up |
| (verb) make up | Synonyms: vamp up |
| vandalise | (verb) destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism | Synonyms: vandalize |
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| vandalize | (verb) destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism | Synonyms: vandalise |
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| vanish | (verb) get lost, as without warning or explanation | Synonyms: disappear, go away |
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| (verb) decrease rapidly and disappear | Synonyms: fly, vaporize |
| (verb) cease to exist | Synonyms: disappear |
| (verb) pass away rapidly | Synonyms: fell, fly |
| (verb) become invisible or unnoticeable | Synonyms: disappear, go away |
| vanquish | (verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | Synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce |
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| vape | (verb) to use an electronic cigarette | - |
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| vaporise | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: aerify, gasify, vaporize |
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| (verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: evaporate, vaporize |
| (verb) change into a vapor | Synonyms: evaporate |
| (verb) cause to change into a vapor | Synonyms: evaporate |
| vaporize | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: aerify, gasify, vaporise |
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| (verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: evaporate, vaporise |
| (verb) decrease rapidly and disappear | Synonyms: fly, vanish |
| (verb) kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting | Synonyms: zap |
| variegate | (verb) make something more diverse and varied | Synonyms: motley, vary |
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| (verb) change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors | - |
| varnish | (verb) cover with varnish | Synonyms: seal |
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| vary | (verb) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | Synonyms: alter, change |
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| (verb) make something more diverse and varied | Synonyms: motley, variegate |
| (verb) be at variance with; be out of line with | Synonyms: depart, deviate, diverge |
| (verb) be subject to change in accordance with a variable | - |
| vascularise | (verb) make vascular | Synonyms: vascularize |
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| (verb) become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids | Synonyms: vascularize |
| vascularize | (verb) make vascular | Synonyms: vascularise |
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| (verb) become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids | Synonyms: vascularise |
| vasectomise | (verb) remove the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasectomize |
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| vasectomize | (verb) remove the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasectomise |
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| vaticinate | (verb) predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | Synonyms: prophesy |
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| (verb) foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy | - |
| vault | (verb) bound vigorously | - |
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| (verb) jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | Synonyms: overleap |
| vaunt | (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout |
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| veer | (verb) shift to a clockwise direction | - |
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| (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend |
| vegetate | (verb) engage in passive relaxation | Synonyms: veg out |
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| (verb) propagate asexually | - |
| (verb) grow like a plant | - |
| (verb) produce vegetation | - |
| (verb) establish vegetation on | - |
| (verb) grow or spread abnormally | - |
| (verb) lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind | - |
| veil | (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure |
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| (verb) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil | - |
| vein | (verb) make a veinlike pattern | - |
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| velcro | (verb) fasten with Velcro | - |
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| vellicate | (verb) irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear | Synonyms: pinch |
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| (verb) touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements | Synonyms: tickle, titillate |
| vend | (verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch |
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| veneer | (verb) cover with veneer | - |
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| venerate | (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | Synonyms: fear, revere, reverence |
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| venesect | (verb) practice venesection | - |
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| vent | (verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | Synonyms: air, air out, ventilate |
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| (verb) give expression or utterance to | Synonyms: give vent, ventilate |
| ventilate | (verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | Synonyms: air, air out, vent |
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| (verb) furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape | - |
| (verb) give expression or utterance to | Synonyms: give vent, vent |
| (verb) circulate through and freshen | - |
| (verb) expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage | - |
| venture | (verb) put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | Synonyms: guess, hazard, pretend |
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| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, stake |
| (verb) proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers | Synonyms: embark |
| verbalise | (verb) convert into a verb | Synonyms: verbalize |
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| (verb) express in speech | Synonyms: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalize |
| (verb) be verbose | Synonyms: verbalize |
| (verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | Synonyms: express, give tongue to, utter, verbalize |
| verbalize | (verb) convert into a verb | Synonyms: verbalise |
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| (verb) express in speech | Synonyms: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise |
| (verb) be verbose | Synonyms: verbalise |
| (verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | Synonyms: express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise |
| verbify | (verb) make into a verb | - |
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| verdigris | (verb) color verdigris | - |
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| verge | (verb) border on; come close to | - |
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| verify | (verb) confirm the truth of | - |
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| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear |
| (verb) attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) | - |
| (verb) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard | Synonyms: control |
| vermiculate | (verb) decorate with wavy or winding lines | - |
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| vermilion | (verb) color vermilion | - |
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| verse | (verb) familiarize through thorough study or experience | - |
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| (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetise, poetize, versify |
| versify | (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetise, poetize, verse |
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| vesicate | (verb) get blistered | Synonyms: blister |
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| vesiculate | (verb) cause to become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
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| (verb) become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
| vest | (verb) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes | Synonyms: robe |
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| (verb) clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments | - |
| (verb) place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons | - |
| (verb) become legally vested | - |
| (verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: enthrone, invest |
| vesture | (verb) provide or cover with a cloak | - |
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| vet | (verb) provide veterinary care for | - |
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| (verb) provide (a person) with medical care | - |
| (verb) examine carefully | - |
| (verb) work as a veterinarian | - |
| veto | (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe |
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| (verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | Synonyms: blackball, negative |
| vex | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy |
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| (verb) subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation | - |
| (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile |
| (verb) disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress | Synonyms: worry |
| vibe | (verb) to feel emotionally | - |
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| vibrate | (verb) feel sudden intense sensation or emotion | Synonyms: thrill, tickle |
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| (verb) shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner | - |
| (verb) move or swing from side to side regularly | Synonyms: oscillate |
| (verb) sound with resonance | Synonyms: resonate |
| (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vacillate |
| victimise | (verb) punish unjustly | Synonyms: victimize |
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| (verb) make a victim of | Synonyms: victimize |
| victimize | (verb) punish unjustly | Synonyms: victimise |
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| (verb) make a victim of | Synonyms: victimise |
| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle |
| victual | (verb) take in nourishment | - |
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| (verb) lay in provisions | - |
| (verb) supply with food | - |
| videotape | (verb) record on videotape | Synonyms: tape |
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| vie | (verb) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | Synonyms: compete, contend |
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| view | (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: consider, reckon, regard, see |
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| (verb) look at carefully; study mentally | Synonyms: consider, look at |
| (verb) see or watch | Synonyms: catch, see, take in, watch |
| vilify | (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: rail, revile, vituperate |
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| vilipend | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, depreciate |
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| vindicate | (verb) show to be right by providing justification or proof | Synonyms: justify |
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| (verb) clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof | - |
| (verb) maintain, uphold, or defend | - |
| vinify | (verb) convert a juice into wine by fermentation | - |
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| violate | (verb) destroy | - |
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| (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: despoil, plunder, rape, spoil |
| (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish |
| (verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: desecrate, outrage, profane |
| (verb) fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns | Synonyms: break, go against |
| virilise | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, masculinize, virilize |
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| virilize | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, masculinize, virilise |
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| visa | (verb) provide (a passport) with a visa | - |
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| (verb) approve officially | - |
| visit | (verb) assail | - |
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| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze |
| (verb) impose something unpleasant | Synonyms: bring down, impose, inflict |
| (verb) go to certain places as for sightseeing | Synonyms: travel to |
| (verb) come to see in an official or professional capacity | Synonyms: inspect |
| (verb) pay a brief visit | Synonyms: call, call in |
| (verb) go to see a place, as for entertainment | Synonyms: see |
| (verb) stay with as a guest | - |
| visualise | (verb) make visible | Synonyms: visualize |
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| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualize |
| (verb) form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract | Synonyms: visualize |
| (verb) view the outline of by means of an X-ray | Synonyms: visualize |
| visualize | (verb) make visible | Synonyms: visualise |
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| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise |
| (verb) form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract | Synonyms: visualise |
| (verb) view the outline of by means of an X-ray | Synonyms: visualise |
| vitalise | (verb) make more lively or vigorous | Synonyms: vitalize |
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| (verb) give life to | Synonyms: vitalize |
| vitalize | (verb) make more lively or vigorous | Synonyms: vitalise |
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| (verb) give life to | Synonyms: vitalise |
| vitaminise | (verb) add vitamins as a supplement | Synonyms: vitaminize |
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| vitaminize | (verb) add vitamins as a supplement | Synonyms: vitaminise |
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| vitiate | (verb) take away the legal force of or render ineffective | Synonyms: invalidate, void |
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| (verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, impair, mar, spoil |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert |
| vitrify | (verb) undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like | - |
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| (verb) change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat | - |
| vitriol | (verb) subject to bitter verbal abuse | - |
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| (verb) expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol | - |
| vituperate | (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: rail, revile, vilify |
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| vivify | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify |
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| (verb) make more striking or animated | - |
| vivisect | (verb) cut (a body) open while still alive | - |
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| vocalise | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalize, vowelise, vowelize |
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| (verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, vocalize |
| (verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords | Synonyms: sound, vocalize, voice |
| (verb) utter speech sounds | Synonyms: phonate, vocalize |
| (verb) sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel | Synonyms: vocalize |
| vocalize | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalise, vowelise, vowelize |
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| (verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, vocalise |
| (verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords | Synonyms: sound, vocalise, voice |
| (verb) utter speech sounds | Synonyms: phonate, vocalise |
| (verb) sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel | Synonyms: vocalise |
| vociferate | (verb) utter in a very loud voice | Synonyms: shout out |
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| voice | (verb) give voice to | - |
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| (verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords | Synonyms: sound, vocalise, vocalize |
| 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 |
| volatilise | (verb) make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor | Synonyms: volatilize |
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| volatilize | (verb) make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor | Synonyms: volatilise |
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| volley | (verb) utter rapidly | - |
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| (verb) make a volley | - |
| (verb) discharge in, or as if in, a volley | - |
| (verb) hit before it touches the ground | - |
| (verb) be dispersed in a volley | - |
| volunteer | (verb) tell voluntarily | - |
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| (verb) do volunteer work | - |
| (verb) agree freely | Synonyms: offer |
| vomit | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit up |
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| voodoo | (verb) bewitch by or as if by a voodoo | - |
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| vote | (verb) be guided by in voting | - |
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| (verb) express one's choice or preference by vote | - |
| (verb) express a choice or opinion | - |
| (verb) bring into existence or make available by vote | - |
| (verb) express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote | - |