List of 448 Verbs With One Syllable
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Seeking short, punchy words of action to give your text dynamism? Here's a list of verbs of one syllable. You should be able to find whatever you need in this collection.
| back | drag | lack | sack |
| bake | draw | lamb | sail |
| bald | drop | lame | salt |
| bale | drug | land | sand |
| ball | drum | lard | scan |
| band | duck | last | scar |
| bang | dung | lead | seal |
| bank | dust | leaf | seat |
| barb | ease | lean | seed |
| bard | edge | lick | seek |
| bare | etch | lift | sham |
| bark | face | like | shed |
| base | fade | lime | ship |
| bash | fail | line | shoe |
| bathe | fake | link | shop |
| bead | fall | list | shut |
| beam | fear | live | side |
| bean | feed | load | sigh |
| bear | feel | loan | sign |
| beef | file | lock | sing |
| beep | fill | loft | sink |
| bell | film | long | site |
| belt | fire | loom | size |
| bend | fish | loop | skin |
| best | fizz | lope | slam |
| bike | flag | lord | sled |
| bill | flail | lose | slim |
| bird | flaunt | love | slow |
| bite | flay | lube | snap |
| blow | flex | lure | snow |
| blue | flip | lust | soak |
| bode | flop | soap | |
| boil | flout | make | soil |
| bolt | foist | mark | sole |
| bomb | fold | mask | sour |
| bond | fool | mate | span |
| bone | foot | meet | spin |
| book | ford | melt | spot |
| boom | fork | mill | star |
| boot | form | mine | stay |
| bore | foul | mint | stem |
| boss | free | miss | step |
| bowl | fret | mist | stew |
| brad | fuel | mold | stop |
| brew | full | moon | surf |
| buck | fund | move | swag |
| burn | fuse | mute | swan |
| bush | fuss | nail | swim |
| buzz | gall | near | sync |
| cage | game | neck | take |
| cake | gang | need | talk |
| calm | gape | nest | tank |
| camp | gate | nose | tape |
| cane | gear | note | task |
| cant | gift | numb | team |
| card | glue | pace | tell |
| care | golf | pack | tend |
| carp | goof | page | tent |
| cart | gray | pain | thin |
| case | grin | pair | tick |
| cash | grow | palm | tide |
| cast | hack | pant | tile |
| cave | hail | pare | time |
| char | hale | peak | ting |
| chat | hand | peep | tink |
| chew | hang | pick | tint |
| chin | hare | ping | tire |
| chip | harm | pink | tour |
| chop | harp | pipe | trap |
| clam | hate | plan | tree |
| claw | have | play | trip |
| cloy | hawk | poke | tube |
| club | head | pole | turf |
| clue | hear | pool | twin |
| coal | heat | pose | twit |
| coat | help | pout | veil |
| code | herd | prate | vein |
| coil | hide | pray | vent |
| coin | hill | prey | vest |
| comb | hive | pump | view |
| come | hold | quit | vote |
| cook | hole | quiz | wade |
| cool | home | rack | wait |
| cope | hone | raft | wake |
| cord | hood | rage | walk |
| core | hook | rail | wall |
| cork | hoop | rain | ward |
| corn | hoot | rant | ware |
| cost | hope | rate | warm |
| crab | horn | rave | wash |
| crew | hose | raze | wear |
| crop | host | read | weed |
| crow | hulk | ream | weep |
| cure | hunt | rear | well |
| curl | hurt | rent | whip |
| dare | inch | rest | will |
| dart | itch | rick | wind |
| dash | jack | ride | wine |
| dawn | jade | ring | wing |
| deal | jazz | rise | wink |
| deck | joke | risk | wire |
| dice | josh | robe | wish |
| dine | jump | rock | wolf |
| ding | keen | roll | word |
| dish | keep | roof | work |
| diss | kick | room | worm |
| dive | kill | root | wrap |
| dock | kiss | rope | wreak |
| dong | kite | rout | yarn |
| doom | knot | rove | yell |
| dope | know | rule | zone |
| down | lace | rust | zoom |
