5 Letter Words That Start With G

group

Noun : A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.

Noun : (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.

Noun : (geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.

grass

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.

Noun : (countable) Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses.

Noun : (uncountable) A lawn.

grace

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Charming, pleasing qualities.

Noun : (countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.

Noun : (countable, card games) In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.

green

Adjective : Having green as its color.

Adjective : (figurative, of people) Sickly, unwell.

Adjective : Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

glass

Noun : (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).

Noun : (countable, uncountable, by extension) Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).

Noun : (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.

gauge

Noun : A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

Noun : An act of measuring.

Noun : An estimate.

guard

Noun : A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

Noun : (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.

Noun : (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.

grind

Verb : (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

Verb : (transitive) To shape with the force of friction.

Verb : (metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

great

Adjective : Having much size; large.

Adjective : (of an abstract noun) Much, more than usual.

Adjective : (informal, Britain) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.

goods

Noun : (business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.

Noun : (UK, transport) Freight, as opposed to passengers.

Noun : (informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing.

graft

Noun : (countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

Noun : (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.

Noun : (surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

genre

Noun : A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks.

Verb : To assign or conform to a genre, to make genre-specific.

grant

Verb : (ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)

Verb : (ditransitive) To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request)

Verb : (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

gross

Adjective : (of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

Adjective : (of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

Adjective : (sciences, pathology) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.

guide

Noun : Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

Noun : A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

Noun : A sign that guides people; guidepost.

gland

Noun : (zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).

Noun : (anatomy) A structure resembling a gland, especially a lymph node.

Noun : (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.

goose

Noun : Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.

Noun : (strictly) A female goose.

Noun : The flesh of the goose used as food.

glean

Verb : To collect what is left behind (grain, grapes, etc.) after the main harvest or gathering.

Verb : To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).

Verb : (figurative) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.

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grain

Noun : (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

Noun : (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.

Noun : (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.

glory

Noun : Great beauty and splendor.

Noun : Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.

Noun : That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.

grasp

Verb : To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.

Verb : To understand.

Verb : To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.

grave

Noun : An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.

Noun : Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.

Noun : (by extension) Death, destruction.

gamut

Noun : A (normally) complete range.

Noun : (music) All the notes in a musical scale.

Noun : All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.

gloam

Noun : (obsolete) Twilight; clipping of gloaming.

Verb : (intransitive) To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

Verb : (intransitive) To be sullen or morose.

ghost

Noun : (uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.

Noun : The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

Noun : Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.

grade

Noun : A rating.

Noun : (chiefly Canada, US) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.

Noun : A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.

guess

Verb : To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.

Verb : To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

Verb : (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

genus

Noun : (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.

Noun : A taxon at this rank.

Noun : A group with common attributes.

grand

Adjective : (augmentative) Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional

Adjective : Of a large size or extent; great.

Adjective : Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.

grief

Noun : Suffering, hardship.

Noun : Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.

Noun : (countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.

guile

Noun : (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.

Noun : Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.

Verb : To deceive, beguile, bewile.

games

Noun : (sports, informal) The Olympic Games.

groom

Noun : A man who is about to marry.

Noun : A person who looks after horses.

Noun : One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.

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graph

Noun : (applied mathematics, statistics) A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers.

Noun : (mathematics) A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1,x_2,…,x_m,y)∈ R ᵐ⁺¹, where y=f(x_1,x_2,…,x_m) for a given function f: R ᵐ→ R . See also Graph of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun : (graph theory) A set of vertices (or nodes) connected together by edges; (formally) an ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V. See also Graph (discrete mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

given

Noun : A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

Adjective : Already arranged.

Adjective : Currently discussed.

gorge

Noun : (archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.

Noun : (archaic, literary) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.

Noun : Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.

grill

Noun : A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.

Noun : The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.

Noun : On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.

grope

Verb : (obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

Verb : To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

Verb : To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

grove

Noun : A small forest.

Noun : An orchard of fruit trees.

Noun : (Druidism, Wicca) A place of worship.

gloat

Verb : To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.

Verb : To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

Noun : An act or instance of gloating.

grate

Noun : A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

Noun : A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.

Noun : (historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

gaudy

Adjective : Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

Adjective : (obsolete) Fun; merry; festive.

Noun : (archaic) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

giddy

Adjective : Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.

Adjective : Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.

Adjective : Moving around something or spinning rapidly.

glide

Verb : (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

Verb : (intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to glide.

giant

Noun : A mythical human of very great size.

Noun : (mythology) Specifically:

Noun : Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.

gaffe

Noun : A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

gloss

Noun : A surface shine or luster.

Noun : (figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.

Verb : (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.

going

Verb : (in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.

Noun : A departure.

Noun : The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.

gnome

Noun : A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.

Noun : (magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.

Noun : (mythology, fantasy) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually even smaller than dwarves and more focussed on engineering than mining.

guise

Noun : Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)

Noun : External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.

Noun : Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.

gaunt

Adjective : Lean, angular, and bony.

Adjective : Haggard, drawn, and emaciated.

Adjective : Bleak, barren, and desolate.

gourd

Noun : Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).

Noun : A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.

Noun : The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.

glare

Noun : (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

Noun : Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

Noun : An angry or fierce stare.

grunt

Noun : A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

Noun : The snorting cry of a pig.

Noun : Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.

gouge

Noun : Senses relating to cutting tools.

Noun : A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.

Noun : A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.

gotti

Noun : A surname from Italian.

gleam

Noun : (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.

Noun : (countable, figuratively)

Noun : An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.

glade

Noun : An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

Noun : (colloquial) An everglade.

Noun : An open space in the ice on a river or lake.

gelid

Adjective : Very cold; icy or frosty.

greet

Verb : (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.

Verb : (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.

Verb : (transitive) To accost; to address.

glove

Noun : An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

Noun : A baseball mitt.

Noun : (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.

graze

Noun : The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

Noun : A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

Noun : The act of animals feeding from pasture.

globe

Noun : Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

Noun : The planet Earth.

Noun : A spherical model of Earth or other planet.

greed

Noun : A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

Verb : To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.

grape

Noun : (countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.

Noun : (countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.

gripe

Verb : (intransitive, informal) To complain; to whine.

Verb : (transitive, informal) To annoy or bother.

Verb : (nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.

groan

Noun : A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.

Noun : A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.

Noun : (of an object) A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.

gloom

Noun : Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.

Noun : A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.

Noun : Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

goofy

Adjective : silly, quirky

Adjective : (surfing, snowboarding) Riding with the right foot forward.

Noun : (surfing, snowboarding) One who rides with the right foot forward.

gusto

Noun : Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.

Noun : (rare) An individual's fondness or liking of a particular flavour

Noun : (Of art) The style in which a work is done, artistic style. (occasionally) the prevailing style in matters of taste.

groin

Noun : The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

Noun : The area adjoining this fold or depression.

Noun : (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults

greek

Adjective : Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture

Adjective : (figurative, colloquial) Synonym of incomprehensible, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.

Adjective : (US, not comparable) Of or relating to collegiate fraternities, sororities, and/or (uncommon) honor societies.

garde

Noun : Obsolete form of guard. [A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.]

Verb : Obsolete form of guard. [(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.]

girth

Noun : A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

Noun : The part of an animal around which the girth fits.

Noun : (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.

guava

Noun : A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.

Noun : Its yellowish tropical fruit, 1¼ to 2 inches, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies. The meat can be yellowish to pale green or pink in color, depending on the variety.

Noun : A medium reddish-pink colour, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).

gable

Noun : (architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).

Noun : (obsolete) A cable.

Noun : A surname.

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gruff

Adjective : having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.

Adjective : hoarse-voiced.

Adjective : hoarse.

guild

Noun : A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.

Noun : A corporation.

Noun : (ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.

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guest

Noun : A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

Noun : A patron or customer in a hotel etc.

Noun : An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.

gulag

Noun : (historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).

Noun : (by extension)

Noun : A prison camp, especially one used to hold political prisoners.

guilt

Noun : Responsibility for wrongdoing.

Noun : (law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.

Noun : The regret of having done wrong.

glaze

Noun : (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).

Noun : A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

Noun : (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.

gumbo

Noun : (countable) Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.

Noun : (countable) A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions.

Noun : (uncountable) A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.

gypsy

Noun : (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.

Noun : (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)

Noun : (theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.

gordo

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.

golem

Noun : (mythology) A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.

Noun : (by extension, fantasy) A humanoid creature made from any previously inanimate matter, such as wood or stone, animated by magic.

grail

Noun : The Holy Grail.

Noun : Something eagerly sought or quested for.

Noun : A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

grist

Noun : Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

Noun : (obsolete) A group of bees.

Noun : (colloquial, obsolete) Supply; provision.

gecko

Noun : Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.

Verb : (rare) To move in the manner of a gecko; to attach to a vertical or upside-down surface.

Noun : Misspelling of get-go. [(colloquial) The beginning.]

grebe

Noun : Any of several waterbirds in the cosmopolitan family Podicipedidae. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.

Noun : A surname.

glint

Noun : A short flash of light.

Adjective : (archaic, Shropshire, of a blade) Not sharp; dull.

Verb : (intransitive) To flash or gleam briefly.

growl

Noun : A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.

Noun : (by extension) A similar sound made by a human.

Noun : (by extension) The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.

grime

Noun : Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

Noun : (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.

Verb : To begrime; to cake with dirt.

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ghoul

Noun : (mythology, Islam) A demon said to feed on corpses.

Noun : A graverobber.

Noun : A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.

guage

Noun : Misspelling of gauge. [A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard]

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