6 Letter Words That Start With C

candid

Adjective : Straightforward, open and sincere.

Adjective : Impartial and free from prejudice.

Adjective : Not posed or rehearsed.

convey

Verb : To communicate; to make known; to portray.

Verb : To move (something) from one place to another.

Verb : (dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.

cogent

Adjective : Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.

Adjective : Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.

Adjective : Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.

candor

Noun : The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.

Noun : Impartiality.

Noun : (obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance; purity.

clamor

Noun : A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.

Noun : A continued public expression, often of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.

Noun : Any loud and continued noise.

cerise

Noun : A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.

Adjective : (of textiles, especially silk) Cherry-colored; a light bright red.

Noun : A female given name from French.

cackle

Noun : A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.

Noun : The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

comely

Adjective : Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.

Adjective : Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.

Adjective : Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc.: meeting accepted moral or social norms; appropriate, becoming, proper.

compel

Verb : (transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.

Verb : (transitive) To forcefully or powerfully motivate (a course of action).

Verb : (transitive) To have a strong, irresistible force (on someone or something).

coerce

Verb : (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

Verb : (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

Verb : (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

charge

Noun : The amount of money levied for a service.

Noun : (military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.

Noun : A forceful forward movement.

covert

Adjective : (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

Noun : A covering.

Noun : A hiding place.

callow

Adjective : (zoology) (figurative) Lacking life experience; immature, inexperienced, naive; also, of or relating to something immature or inexperienced.

Adjective : (zoology) (ornithology) Of a young bird, or (part of) its body: having not developed feathers yet; featherless, unfledged; hence, of other animals or their bodies: having no fur or hair; furless, hairless, unfurred.

Adjective : (zoology) (by extension) In the life cycle of an animal: newly born or hatched; juvenile.

common

Adjective : Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

Adjective : Mutual; shared by more than one.

Adjective : Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.

caress

Verb : (transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

Noun : An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

Noun : A gentle stroking or rubbing.

clutch

Verb : (transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.

Verb : (transitive) To seize, as though with claws.

Verb : (video games) To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.

clever

Adjective : Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

Adjective : Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

Adjective : Mentally quick and resourceful; skilled at achieving what one wants in a mentally agile and inventive way.

carnal

Adjective : Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

Adjective : Of or relating to the body or flesh.

Adjective : Worldly or earthly; temporal.

choler

Noun : Anger or irritability.

Noun : (historical, medicine) Synonym of yellow bile.

concur

Verb : To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.

Verb : To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.

Verb : (rare) To converge.

cohort

Noun : A group of people supporting the same thing or person.

Noun : (statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.

Noun : A set of individuals in a program, especially when compared to previous sets of individuals within the same program.

coarse

Adjective : Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

Adjective : With a rough texture; not smooth.

Adjective : Composed of large particles.

careen

Verb : (intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.

Verb : (intransitive, chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

Verb : (intransitive, chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly.

climax

Noun : (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.

Noun : (now often) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:

Noun : (euphemistic) The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.

clench

Verb : To grip or hold fast.

Verb : To close tightly.

Noun : A tight grip.

cretin

Noun : (by extension, derogatory) An idiot.

Noun : (medicine, archaic) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.

craven

Adjective : Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

Noun : (archaic) A coward.

Verb : (archaic) To make craven.

canopy

Noun : The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.

Noun : A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

Noun : Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.

create

Verb : (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)

Verb : To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.

Verb : (especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.

confer

Verb : (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.

Verb : (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue.

Verb : (obsolete) To compare.

chorus

Noun : A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.

Noun : An instance of singing by a group of people.

Noun : (music) A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.

casual

Adjective : (of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.

Adjective : (of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.

Adjective : Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

cinder

Noun : Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.

Noun : An ember.

Noun : Slag from a metal furnace.

cringe

Verb : (intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.

Noun : (uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.

Adjective : (slang, derogatory) Synonym of cringeworthy or uncool, inducing awkwardness or secondhand embarrassment.

cajole

Verb : (ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.

Noun : The act of cajoling

comply

Verb : To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.

Verb : (archaic) To accomplish, to fulfil.

Verb : (archaic) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.

center

Noun : The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

Noun : The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

Noun : The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.

canted

Adjective : Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.

Adjective : Having angles; angled.

crisis

Noun : An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.

Noun : A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.

Noun : (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.

chance

Noun : (countable) An opportunity or possibility.

Noun : (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.

Noun : (countable) The probability of something happening.

cavity

Noun : (dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.

Noun : A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.

Noun : (anatomy) A hollow area within the body.

chaste

Adjective : Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.

Adjective : Synonym of celibate, abstaining from any sexual intercourse.

Adjective : Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

cheeky

Adjective : (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.

Adjective : (informal, of swimwear, underwear, etc.) Tending to expose the cheeks of the buttocks.

Adjective : (informal, UK, Commonwealth) Indulged in.

change

Verb : (intransitive) To become something different.

Verb : (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.

Verb : (transitive) To replace.

cipher

Noun : A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.

Noun : (cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.

Noun : Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.

caucus

Noun : A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.

Noun : A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

Noun : A political interest group by members of a legislative body.

clique

Noun : A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

Verb : (intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

Noun : (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

caveat

Noun : A warning.

Noun : A qualification or exemption.

Noun : (law) A formal objection.

custom

Noun : Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.

Adjective : Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.

Noun : Traditional beliefs or rituals.

choice

Noun : An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.

Noun : (uncountable) The power to choose.

Noun : One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

cosmos

Noun : (countable) The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.

Noun : (by extension) A harmonious, ordered whole.

Noun : (uncountable) Harmony, order.

caring

Adjective : (of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.

Noun : The act of one who cares.

craggy

Adjective : Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

course

Noun : A sequence of events.

Noun : A normal or customary sequence.

Noun : A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.

cleave

Verb : (transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

Verb : (transitive) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.

Verb : (intransitive) To split.

cachet

Noun : (figurative) A special characteristic or quality; prestige, especially via association.

Noun : (philately) A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.

Noun : (medicine) A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.

clinch

Verb : To make certain; to finalize.

Verb : To hold firmly; to clench

Verb : To hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to avoid being hit while resting momentarily

chided

Adjective : chided, reproved, rebuked, scolded

corpse

Noun : A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.

Noun : The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.

Noun : (archaic, sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

chapel

Noun : (especially Christianity) A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.

Noun : A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer.

Noun : (UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.

convoy

Noun : A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.

Noun : The act of convoying; protection.

Verb : (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.

cherub

Noun : In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.

Noun : (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.

Noun : (post-biblical) A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.

circle

Noun : (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).

Noun : (colloquial) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.

Noun : Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.

corona

Noun : (astronomy) The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.

Noun : (informal, also attributively) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.

Noun : (informal, also attributively) A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.

cradle

Noun : A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

Noun : (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

Noun : (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.

canary

Noun : A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.

Noun : Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.

Noun : A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.

crotch

Noun : The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.

Noun : (slang, euphemistic) Either the male or female genitalia.

Noun : The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

consul

Noun : (by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.

Noun : (historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

Noun : (historical) Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804.

combat

Noun : A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

Noun : a struggle for victory

Verb : (transitive) To fight; to struggle against.

classy

Adjective : Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.

Adjective : Of a superior type; especially, exhibiting admirable personal qualities.

Noun : Obsolete form of khalasi. [An Indian worker at a port or dockyard, traditionally employed in pulling vessels out of the water for maintenance and repair and returning them to the water afterwards.]

cervix

Noun : (now specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Noun : (anatomy) The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body.

Noun : (anatomy) The neck.

cosmic

Adjective : Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.

Adjective : Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast.

Adjective : Of or relating to abstract spiritual or metaphysical ideas.

cavern

Noun : A large cave.

Noun : An underground chamber.

Noun : A large, dark place or space.

coitus

Noun : (formal, now also humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile–vaginal penetration.

chummy

Adjective : (informal) Friendly:

Adjective : Naturally and genuinely easy to get along with.

Adjective : Making a show of friendliness; attempting to be on intimate terms but insincerely or inappropriately; cozying up.

coquet

Verb : To act as a flirt or coquet.

Verb : To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.

Noun : A flirtatious female; a coquette.

collar

Noun : Clothes that encircle the neck.

Noun : The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

Noun : A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.

client

Noun : A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

Noun : A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.

Noun : (computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.

canker

Noun : Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.

Noun : A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.

Verb : (transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

cravat

Noun : A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.

Noun : (historical) A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women.

Noun : (surgery) A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.

cosset

Verb : (transitive) To treat like a pet; to overly indulge.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To benefit; to make life easy for.

Verb : (transitive) To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.

cranky

Adjective : Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

Adjective : (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.

Adjective : Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

cavort

Verb : (intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.

Verb : (informal) To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.

Verb : (originally intransitive, of horses) To prance, frolic, gambol.

cirque

Noun : (geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.

Noun : (dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring.

Noun : (historical) A Roman circus.

coiled

Adjective : In the form of coils; having coils.

Adjective : Prepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike.

cautel

Noun : (obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness

Noun : (Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments.

Noun : (obsolete) deceit

c-word

Noun : (euphemistic) The word cunt, regarded as vulgar and a swear word.

Noun : (euphemistic) The word crap, often considered mildly vulgar.

Noun : (euphemistic) Less frequently, a word like cock or cock-sucker, camel-jockey, Chink, ching chong, or cracker, regarded as taboo or offensive.

credit

Noun : Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.

Noun : (uncountable) Recognition, respect and admiration.

Noun : (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).

cement

Noun : (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.

Noun : (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

Noun : (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.

cheese

Noun : (uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.

Noun : (countable) Any particular variety of cheese.

Noun : (countable) A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.

castle

Noun : A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

Noun : (chess) An instance of castling.

Noun : (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.

corner

Noun : The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

Noun : The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.

Noun : An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.

catgut

Noun : (countable) A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, especially of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, racquets, sutures etc.

Noun : (uncountable) The material from which such cords are made.

Noun : (uncountable) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.

clinic

Noun : A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

Noun : (medicine, by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.

Noun : A group practice of several physicians or other health professionals.

claret

Noun : (chiefly UK) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.

Noun : A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine; Bordeaux.

Adjective : Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.

cursed

Adjective : Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.

Adjective : hateful; damnable; accursed

Adjective : (colloquial) Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such.

ceased

Verb : (formal, intransitive) To stop.

Verb : (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.

colony

Noun : A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.

Noun : A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.

Noun : A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.

carrot

Noun : A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

Noun : A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

Noun : (figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.

commit

Verb : (transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

Verb : (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

Verb : (transitive) To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.

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