| wick | (noun) a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame | Synonyms: taper |
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| (noun) any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action | - |
| wicked | (adjective) morally bad in principle or practice | - |
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| (adjective) intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality | Synonyms: severe, terrible |
| (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, yucky |
| (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful | Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish |
| (adjective) having committed unrighteous acts | Synonyms: sinful, unholy |
| wickedly | (adverb) in a wicked evil manner | Synonyms: evilly |
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| wickedness | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, immorality, iniquity |
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| (noun) the quality of being wicked | Synonyms: nefariousness, ugliness, vileness |
| (noun) estrangement from god | Synonyms: sin, sinfulness |
| (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: loathsomeness, lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness |
| (noun) absence of moral or spiritual values | Synonyms: dark, darkness |
| wicker | (noun) work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) | Synonyms: caning, wickerwork |
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| (noun) slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork | - |
| wickerwork | (noun) work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) | Synonyms: caning, wicker |
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| wicket | (noun) small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted | Synonyms: grille, lattice |
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| (noun) small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) | Synonyms: wicket door, wicket gate |
| (noun) a small arch used as croquet equipment | Synonyms: hoop |
| (noun) cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket | - |
| wickiup | (noun) a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States | Synonyms: wikiup |
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| wickup | (noun) tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant | Synonyms: Epilobium angustifolium, fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb |
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| wicopy | (noun) deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: Dirca palustris, leatherwood, moose-wood, moosewood, ropebark |
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| wide | (adjective) having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other | Synonyms: broad |
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| (adjective) great in degree | - |
| (adjective) having ample fabric | Synonyms: full, wide-cut |
| (adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic |
| (adjective) not on target | Synonyms: wide of the mark |
| (adjective) very large in expanse or scope | Synonyms: broad, spacious |
| (adjective) (used of eyes) fully open or extended | Synonyms: wide-eyed |
| (adverb) to or over a great extent or range; far | Synonyms: widely |
| (adverb) with or by a broad space | - |
| (adverb) far from the intended target | Synonyms: astray |
| (adverb) to the fullest extent possible | - |
| wideband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: broadband |
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| widely | (adverb) to a great degree | - |
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| (adverb) to or over a great extent or range; far | Synonyms: wide |
| (adverb) so as to leave much space or distance between | - |
| 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 |
| wideness | (noun) the property of being wide; having great width | Synonyms: broadness |
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| (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness |
| widening | (noun) the act of making something wider | Synonyms: broadening |
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| (noun) a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park | Synonyms: turnout |
| (noun) an increase in width | Synonyms: broadening |
| widespread | (adjective) distributed over a considerable extent | Synonyms: far-flung |
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| (adjective) widely circulated or diffused | - |
| widgeon | (noun) freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals | Synonyms: Anas penelope, wigeon |
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| widget | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo |
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| (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis |
| widow | (noun) a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried | Synonyms: widow woman |
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| (verb) cause to be without a spouse | - |
| widowed | (adjective) single because of death of the spouse | - |
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| widower | (noun) a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried | Synonyms: widowman |
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| widowhood | (noun) the state of being a widow who has not remarried | - |
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| (noun) the time of a woman's life when she is a widow | - |
| widowman | (noun) a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried | Synonyms: widower |
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| width | (noun) the extent of something from side to side | Synonyms: breadth |
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| wield | (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: handle, manage |
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| (verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: exert, maintain |
| wieldy | (adjective) easy to handle or use or manage | - |
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| wiener | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wienerwurst |
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| wienerwurst | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener |
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| wiesenboden | (noun) a dark meadow soil rich in organic material; developed through poor drainage in humid grassy or sedge regions | - |
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| wife | (noun) a married woman; a man's partner in marriage | Synonyms: married woman |
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| wifelike | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a wife | Synonyms: uxorial, wifely |
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| wifely | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a wife | Synonyms: uxorial, wifelike |
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| wig | (noun) hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair | - |
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| (noun) British slang for a scolding | Synonyms: wigging |
| wigeon | (noun) freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals | Synonyms: Anas penelope, widgeon |
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| wigged | (adjective) wearing a wig | - |
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| wigging | (noun) British slang for a scolding | Synonyms: wig |
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| wiggle | (noun) the act of wiggling | Synonyms: squirm, wriggle |
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| (verb) move to and fro | Synonyms: jiggle, joggle |
| wiggler | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm |
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| (noun) larva of a mosquito | Synonyms: wriggler |
| (noun) one who can't stay still (especially a child) | Synonyms: squirmer, wriggler |
| wiggliness | (noun) a jerky back and forth kind of mobility | - |
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| wiggly | (adjective) curved or curving in and out | Synonyms: sinuate, sinuous |
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| (adjective) moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion | Synonyms: wriggling, wriggly, writhing |
| wight | (noun) a living being | Synonyms: creature |
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| wigless | (adjective) not wearing a wig | - |
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| wigmaker | (noun) someone who makes and sells wigs | - |
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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 | - |
| wigwam | (noun) a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides | - |
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| wikiup | (noun) a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States | Synonyms: wickiup |
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| wild | (adjective) in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated | Synonyms: untamed |
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| (adjective) marked by extreme lack of restraint or control | - |
| (adjective) involving risk or danger | Synonyms: hazardous, risky |
| (adjective) intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with | Synonyms: crazy, dotty, gaga |
| (adjective) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate | Synonyms: godforsaken, waste |
| (adjective) talking or behaving irrationally | Synonyms: raving, raving mad |
| (adjective) (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud | Synonyms: violent |
| (adjective) without civilizing influences | Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized |
| (adjective) in a state of extreme emotion | - |
| (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous |
| (adjective) fanciful and unrealistic; foolish | Synonyms: fantastic |
| (adjective) without a basis in reason or fact | Synonyms: baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted |
| (adjective) deviating widely from an intended course | - |
| (noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition | Synonyms: wilderness |
| (noun) a wild primitive state untouched by civilization | Synonyms: natural state, state of nature |
| (adverb) in a wild or undomesticated manner | - |
| (adverb) in an uncontrolled and rampant manner | Synonyms: rampantly |
| wildcat | (adjective) (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive | - |
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| (adjective) without official authorization | Synonyms: unauthorised, unauthorized |
| (adjective) outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices | - |
| (noun) any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | - |
| (noun) an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | Synonyms: wildcat well |
| (noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: beast, brute, savage, wolf |
| wildcatter | (noun) an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field | - |
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| wildebeest | (noun) large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail | Synonyms: gnu |
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| wilderness | (noun) a bewildering profusion | - |
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| (noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition | Synonyms: wild |
| (noun) (politics) a state of disfavor | - |
| wildfire | (noun) a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration | - |
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| wildflower | (noun) wild or uncultivated flowering plant | Synonyms: wild flower |
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| wildfowl | (noun) flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food | - |
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| wilding | (noun) an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women | - |
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| (noun) a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree) | - |
| wildlife | (noun) all living things (except people) that are undomesticated | - |
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| wildly | (adverb) to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree | - |
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| (adverb) with violent and uncontrollable passion | - |
| (adverb) in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner | - |
| wildness | (noun) an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature | - |
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| (noun) an unruly disposition to do as one pleases | - |
| (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence |
| (noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | Synonyms: abandon |
| wile | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery |
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| wilful | (adjective) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | Synonyms: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful |
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| (adjective) done by design | Synonyms: willful |
| wilfully | (adverb) in a willful manner | Synonyms: willfully |
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| wilfulness | (noun) the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | Synonyms: fractiousness, unruliness, willfulness |
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| wiliness | (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness |
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| will | (noun) the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention | Synonyms: volition |
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| (noun) a fixed and persistent intent or purpose | - |
| (noun) a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die | Synonyms: testament |
| (verb) determine by choice | - |
| (verb) decree or ordain | - |
| (verb) leave or give by will after one's death | Synonyms: bequeath, leave |
| willet | (noun) large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts | Synonyms: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
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| willful | (adjective) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | Synonyms: froward, headstrong, self-willed, wilful |
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| (adjective) done by design | Synonyms: wilful |
| willfully | (adverb) in a willful manner | Synonyms: wilfully |
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| willfulness | (noun) the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | Synonyms: fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness |
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| willies | (noun) feelings of uneasiness | - |
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| willing | (adjective) disposed or inclined toward | - |
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| (adjective) not brought about by coercion or force | Synonyms: uncoerced, unforced |
| (noun) the act of making a choice | Synonyms: volition |
| willingly | (adverb) in a willing manner | Synonyms: volitionally |
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| willingness | (noun) cheerful compliance | - |
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| willow | (noun) a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers | - |
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| (noun) any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix | Synonyms: willow tree |
| willowherb | (noun) a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs | - |
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| willowware | (noun) chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river | Synonyms: willow-pattern |
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| willowy | (adjective) slender and graceful | Synonyms: gracile |
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| willpower | (noun) the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior | Synonyms: possession, self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power |
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| wilt | (noun) causing to become limp or drooping | Synonyms: wilting |
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| (noun) any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots | Synonyms: wilt disease |
| (verb) become limp | Synonyms: droop |
| (verb) lose strength | - |
| wilted | (adjective) (of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease | - |
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| (adjective) without energy or will | Synonyms: limp |
| wilting | (noun) causing to become limp or drooping | Synonyms: wilt |
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| wily | (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky |
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| wimble | (noun) hand tool for boring holes | Synonyms: auger, gimlet, screw auger |
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| wimp | (noun) a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy | Synonyms: chicken, crybaby |
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| wimpish | (adjective) weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: wimpy |
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| wimple | (noun) headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women | - |
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| wimpy | (adjective) weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: wimpish |
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| win | (noun) a victory (as in a race or other competition) | - |
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| (noun) something won (especially money) | Synonyms: profits, winnings |
| (verb) be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious | - |
| (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 | (noun) a reflex response to sudden pain | Synonyms: flinch |
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| (noun) the facial expression of sudden pain | - |
| (verb) make a face indicating disgust or dislike | - |
| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch |
| wincey | (noun) a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas | - |
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| winceyette | (noun) cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides | - |
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| winch | (noun) lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | Synonyms: windlass |
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| (verb) pull or lift up with or as if with a winch | - |
| wind | (noun) breath | - |
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| (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus |
| (noun) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath | Synonyms: wind instrument |
| (noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip |
| (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness |
| (noun) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure | Synonyms: air current, current of air |
| (noun) a tendency or force that influences events | - |
| (noun) the act of winding or twisting | Synonyms: twist, winding |
| (verb) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem | Synonyms: wind up |
| (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 |
| windage | (noun) the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind | Synonyms: wind deflection |
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| (noun) exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) | Synonyms: wind exposure |
| (noun) the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun | - |
| (noun) the retarding force of air friction on a moving object | - |
| windbag | (noun) a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics | Synonyms: gasbag |
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| windblown | (adjective) used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds | - |
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| windbreak | (noun) hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion | Synonyms: shelterbelt |
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| windbreaker | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windcheater |
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| windburn | (noun) redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind | - |
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| windburned | (adjective) suffering from windburn | Synonyms: windburnt |
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