| genealogist | (noun) an expert in genealogy | - |
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| generalist | (noun) a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | Synonyms: Renaissance man |
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| geneticist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in genetics | - |
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| geologist | (noun) a specialist in geology | - |
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| geophysicist | (noun) a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth | - |
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| gerontologist | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: geriatrician |
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| ghost | (noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience | Synonyms: shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith |
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| (noun) a suggestion of some quality | Synonyms: touch, trace |
| (noun) the visible disembodied soul of a dead person | - |
| (noun) a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else | Synonyms: ghostwriter |
| (verb) write for someone else | Synonyms: ghostwrite |
| (verb) haunt like a ghost; pursue | Synonyms: haunt, obsess |
| (verb) move like a ghost | - |
| gist | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, core, effect, essence |
| glasnost | (noun) a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
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| glossarist | (noun) a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries | - |
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| goalpost | (noun) one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field | - |
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| goldcrest | (noun) European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch | Synonyms: golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus |
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| graphologist | (noun) a specialist in inferring character from handwriting | Synonyms: handwriting expert |
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| greatest | (adjective) highest in quality | Synonyms: sterling, superlative |
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| grist | (noun) grain intended to be or that has been ground | - |
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| guest | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: client, node |
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| (noun) a visitor to whom hospitality is extended | Synonyms: invitee |
| (noun) a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. | - |
| guidepost | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guideline, rule of thumb |
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| (noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: signpost |
| guitarist | (noun) a musician who plays the guitar | Synonyms: guitar player |
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| gust | (noun) a strong current of air | Synonyms: blast, blow |
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| gymnast | (noun) an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics | - |
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| gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
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| gynaecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynecologist, woman's doctor |
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| gynecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynaecologist, woman's doctor |
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| haematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: hematologist |
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| hagiographist | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographer, hagiologist |
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| hagiologist | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographer, hagiographist |
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| hairstylist | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairdresser, styler, stylist |
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| handrest | (noun) a support for the hand | - |
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| harpist | (noun) someone who plays the harp | Synonyms: harper |
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| harpsichordist | (noun) someone who plays the harpsichord | - |
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| hartebeest | (noun) a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward | - |
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| harvest | (noun) the season for gathering crops | Synonyms: harvest time |
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| (noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest home, harvesting |
| (noun) the consequence of an effort or activity | - |
| (noun) the yield from plants in a single growing season | Synonyms: crop |
| (verb) remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation | - |
| (verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, reap |
| headfast | (noun) a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf | - |
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| headfirst | (adjective) with the head foremost | Synonyms: headlong |
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| (adverb) with the head before the body | Synonyms: headlong |
| headrest | (noun) a rest for the head | - |
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| (noun) a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash | Synonyms: head restraint |
| hedonist | (noun) someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures | Synonyms: pagan, pleasure seeker |
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| heist | (noun) the act of stealing | Synonyms: rip-off |
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| (noun) robbery at gunpoint | Synonyms: armed robbery, holdup, stickup |
| (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarise, burglarize, burgle |
| hematocyst | (noun) a cyst containing blood | Synonyms: blood cyst, hemorrhagic cyst |
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| hematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: haematologist |
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| henroost | (noun) a roost for hens at night | - |
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| heraldist | (adjective) of or relating to heraldry | Synonyms: heraldic |
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| herbalist | (noun) a therapist who heals by the use of herbs | Synonyms: herb doctor |
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| herpetologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians | - |
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| hindermost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: backmost, hindmost, rearmost |
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| hindmost | (adjective) located farthest to the rear | Synonyms: backmost, hindermost, rearmost |
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| histologist | (noun) anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues | - |
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| hoarfrost | (noun) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | Synonyms: frost, hoar, rime |
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| hobbyist | (noun) a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure | - |
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| hoist | (noun) lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects | - |
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| (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: lift, wind |
| (verb) raise by using ropes and pulleys | Synonyms: run up |
| (verb) move from one place to another by lifting | - |
| holdfast | (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fastening, fixing |
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| holocaust | (noun) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) | - |
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| honest | (adjective) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth | Synonyms: honorable |
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| (adjective) gained or earned without cheating or stealing | Synonyms: fair |
| (adjective) not forged | Synonyms: good |
| (adjective) without dissimulation; frank | - |
| (adjective) worthy of being depended on | Synonyms: dependable, reliable, true |
| (adjective) without pretensions | - |
| hornist | (noun) a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn) | - |
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| horologist | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, watchmaker |
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| horst | (noun) a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land | - |
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| horticulturist | (noun) an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) | Synonyms: plantsman |
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| host | (noun) an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network | Synonyms: server |
| (noun) a vast multitude | Synonyms: horde, legion |
| (noun) any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event | - |
| (noun) archaic terms for army | Synonyms: legion |
| (noun) the owner or manager of an inn | Synonyms: boniface, innkeeper |
| (noun) a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | Synonyms: emcee, master of ceremonies |
| (noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there | - |
| (noun) (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor | - |
| (verb) be the host of or for | - |
| houseguest | (noun) a guest entertained in your house | Synonyms: house guest |
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| humanist | (adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humane, humanistic |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion | Synonyms: humanistic |
| (adjective) of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism | Synonyms: humanistic |
| (adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare | Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanistic, humanitarian |
| (noun) a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts | - |
| (noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans | Synonyms: humanitarian |
| humorist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humourist |
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| humourist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humorist |
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| hydrologist | (noun) a geologist skilled in hydrology | - |
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| hygienist | (noun) a medical specialist in hygiene | - |
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| hypnotist | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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| hypoblast | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, entoderm |
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| ichthyologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies fishes | - |
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| iconoclast | (noun) someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | - |
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| (noun) a destroyer of images used in religious worship | Synonyms: image breaker |
| idealist | (noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: dreamer |
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| ideologist | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologue |
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| illusionist | (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: seer, visionary |
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| (noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator |
| immodest | (adjective) lacking decorum or decency | - |
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| (adjective) having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc | - |
| immunologist | (noun) a medical scientist who specializes in immunology | - |
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| imperialist | (adjective) of or relating to imperialism | Synonyms: imperialistic |
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| (noun) a believer in imperialism | - |
| impost | (noun) the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs | Synonyms: springer |
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| (noun) money collected under a tariff | Synonyms: custom, customs, customs duty |
| impressionist | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of Impressionism | Synonyms: impressionistic |
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| (noun) an artist who follows the theories of Impressionism | - |
| incest | (noun) sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child) | - |
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| incrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: encrust |
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| (verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: encrust |
| (verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, encrust |
| individualist | (adjective) marked by or expressing individuality | Synonyms: individualistic |
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| (noun) a person who pursues independent thought or action | - |
| industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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| infest | (verb) invade in great numbers | Synonyms: overrun |
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| (verb) live on or in a host, as of parasites | - |
| (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: invade, overrun |
| ingest | (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, assimilate, take in |
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| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, take, take in |
| inmost | (adjective) situated or occurring farthest within | Synonyms: innermost |
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| (adjective) being deepest within the self | Synonyms: innermost |
| innermost | (adjective) situated or occurring farthest within | Synonyms: inmost |
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| (adjective) being deepest within the self | Synonyms: inmost |
| inquest | (noun) an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death | - |
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| insist | (verb) postulate positively and assertively | Synonyms: assert |
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| (verb) be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge | Synonyms: take a firm stand |
| (verb) beg persistently and urgently | Synonyms: importune |
| inst | (adjective) in or of the present month | Synonyms: instant |
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| instrumentalist | (noun) someone who plays a music as a profession | Synonyms: musician, player |
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| insurrectionist | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, rebel |
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| interest | (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: pastime, pursuit |
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| (noun) a reason for wanting something done | Synonyms: sake |
| (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interestingness |
| (noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: involvement |
| (noun) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Synonyms: interest group |
| (noun) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed | - |
| (noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: stake |
| (verb) excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of | - |
| (verb) be of importance or consequence | Synonyms: matter to |
| (verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, occupy, worry |
| internationalist | (adjective) influenced by or advocating internationalism | Synonyms: internationalistic |
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| (noun) an advocate of internationalism | - |
| (noun) a member of a socialist or communist international | - |
| internist | (noun) a specialist in internal medicine | - |
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| intrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, entrust, trust |
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| intuitionist | (adjective) of or relating to intuitionism | - |
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| invest | (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: commit, place, put |
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| (verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: enthrone, vest |
| (verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position | Synonyms: induct, seat |
| (verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: adorn, clothe |
| (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, endue, gift, indue |
| ironist | (noun) a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm | Synonyms: ridiculer, satirist |
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| irredentist | (noun) an advocate of irredentism | Synonyms: irridentist |
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| irreligionist | (noun) someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion | - |
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| irridentist | (noun) an advocate of irredentism | Synonyms: irredentist |
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| isolationist | (adjective) of or relating to isolationism | Synonyms: isolationistic |
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| (noun) an advocate of isolationism in international affairs | - |
| jest | (noun) activity characterized by good humor | Synonyms: jocularity, joke |
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| (noun) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter | Synonyms: gag, jape, joke, laugh |
| (verb) act in a funny or teasing way | Synonyms: joke |
| (verb) tell a joke; speak humorously | Synonyms: joke |