| widen | (verb) become broader or wider or more extensive | - |
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| (verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: broaden, extend |
| (verb) make wider | - |
| (verb) make (clothes) larger | Synonyms: let out |
| widow | (verb) cause to be without a spouse | - |
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| wield | (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: handle, manage |
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| (verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: exert, maintain |
| wiggle | (verb) move to and fro | Synonyms: jiggle, joggle |
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| wigwag | (verb) signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code | - |
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| (verb) send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code | - |
| will | (verb) determine by choice | - |
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| (verb) decree or ordain | - |
| (verb) leave or give by will after one's death | Synonyms: bequeath, leave |
| wilt | (verb) become limp | Synonyms: droop |
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| (verb) lose strength | - |
| win | (verb) be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious | - |
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| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, gain |
| (verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | Synonyms: earn, garner |
| (verb) attain success or reach a desired goal | Synonyms: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed |
| wince | (verb) make a face indicating disgust or dislike | - |
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| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch |
| winch | (verb) pull or lift up with or as if with a winch | - |
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| 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 |
| windsurf | (verb) ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water | - |
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| wine | (verb) drink wine | - |
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| (verb) treat to wine | - |
| wing | (verb) travel through the air; be airborne | Synonyms: fly |
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| wink | (verb) briefly shut the eyes | Synonyms: blink, nictate, nictitate |
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| (verb) keep back by blinking | Synonyms: blink, blink away |
| (verb) signal by winking | - |
| (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, winkle |
| winkle | (verb) remove or displace from a position | Synonyms: winkle out |
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| (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, wink |
| (verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | Synonyms: scintillate, twinkle |
| winnow | (verb) blow away or off with a current of air | Synonyms: fan |
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| (verb) select desirable parts from a group or list | Synonyms: cull out |
| (verb) separate the chaff from grain by using air currents | - |
| (verb) blow on | - |
| winter | (verb) spend the winter | Synonyms: overwinter |
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| winterise | (verb) prepare for winter | Synonyms: winterize |
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| winterize | (verb) prepare for winter | Synonyms: winterise |
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| wipe | (verb) rub with a circular motion | Synonyms: pass over |
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| wire | (verb) equip for use with electricity | Synonyms: electrify |
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| (verb) send cables, wires, or telegrams | Synonyms: cable, telegraph |
| (verb) fasten with wire | - |
| (verb) string on a wire | - |
| (verb) provide with electrical circuits | - |
| wiretap | (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, intercept, tap |
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| wisecrack | (verb) make a comment, usually ironic | - |
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| wish | (verb) invoke upon | Synonyms: bid |
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| (verb) order politely; express a wish for | - |
| (verb) make or express a wish | - |
| (verb) feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of | Synonyms: wish well |
| (verb) to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something | Synonyms: care, like |
| witch | (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, jinx |
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| withdraw | (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate |
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| (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: remove, take, take away |
| (verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat |
| (verb) take back what one has said | Synonyms: swallow, take back, unsay |
| (verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: disengage |
| (verb) lose interest | Synonyms: retire |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat |
| (verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | Synonyms: draw, draw off, take out |
| (verb) cause to be returned | Synonyms: call back, call in, recall |
| (verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: adjourn, retire |
| (verb) withdraw from active participation | Synonyms: retire |
| (verb) retire gracefully | Synonyms: bow out |
| wither | (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrink, shrivel, shrivel up |
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| (verb) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality | Synonyms: fade |
| 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 |
| witness | (verb) be a witness to | - |
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| (verb) perceive or be contemporaneous with | Synonyms: find, see |
| wive | (verb) provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife | - |
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| (verb) marry a woman, take a wife | - |
| (verb) take (someone) as a wife | - |