5 Letter Words That Start With G

gelid

Adjective : (literary) Very cold; icy or frosty.

grave

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

Noun : (loosely) Any place of interment.

Noun : (very loosely) Any place containing one or more corpses.

groan

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

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

Verb : To make a groan.

glare

Verb : (intransitive) To stare angrily.

Verb : (intransitive) To shine brightly.

Verb : (intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.

grasp

Verb : To understand.

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

Noun : Understanding.

gleam

Verb : (intransitive) To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.

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

Noun : (countable, figuratively) An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.

glint

Noun : A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.

Verb : (intransitive) To flash or gleam briefly.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.

giddy

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

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

Adjective : (by extension) Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.

glade

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

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

Noun : A bright surface of ice or snow.

grief

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

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

Noun : Suffering, hardship.

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.

Verb : To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.

great

Adjective : (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.

Adjective : Important, consequential.

Adjective : (applied to persons) Of much talent or achievements.

grace

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

Noun : (uncountable) Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.

Noun : (uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.

gorge

Noun : (botany) The throat of a flower.

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

Noun : (US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.

gaudy

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

Noun : (Oxford University) A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally during the long vacation.

Adjective : (obsolete) Fun; merry; festive.

gruff

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

Adjective : hoarse-voiced.

Adjective : hoarse.

geist

Noun : A surname from German.

Noun : Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc).

Noun : A ghost, an apparition.

gaunt

Adjective : Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.

Adjective : Angular, bony, and lean.

Adjective : (figurative) Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate.

group

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

Noun : A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.

Verb : (transitive) To put together to form a group.

gripe

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

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

Noun : A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.

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.

grove

Noun : A small forest.

Noun : A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

Noun : An orchard of fruit trees.

gnarl

Noun : A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

Noun : Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.

Adjective : Gnarled, knotty, twisted.

ghost

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

Noun : (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.

Noun : A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

glean

Verb : (transitive) (figurative) To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.

Verb : (transitive) To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest.

Verb : (transitive) To collect fruit, grain, or other produce from (a field, an orchard, etc.), after the main gathering or harvest.

green

Noun : The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.

Noun : (politics, sometimes capitalized) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

Noun : (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.

graze

Noun : The act of animals feeding from pasture.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

Verb : (transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

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.

growl

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

Verb : (intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.

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

glaum

Verb : (Scotland, Ireland) To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.

Verb : (Northern England, Scotland) To look sullen or sad; scowl, frown.

Verb : To look (at), to stare (at).

grime

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

Verb : To begrime; to cake with dirt.

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.

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.

graft

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

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

guise

Noun : An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.

Noun : A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.

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

gawky

Adjective : Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.

Noun : An awkward, ungainly person.

Adjective : (Yorkshire, West Riding) Left-handed.

gleek

Noun : (informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.

Verb : (informal) To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.

Noun : A jest or scoff; trick or deception.

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.

gloss

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

Noun : A surface shine or luster.

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

glory

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

Noun : Great beauty and splendor.

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

guilt

Noun : Responsibility for wrongdoing.

Noun : Regret for having done wrong.

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

gully

Noun : A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

Noun : A small valley.

Noun : (UK) A drop kerb.

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.

goofy

Adjective : silly, quirky

Noun : Synonym of goof.

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

golly

Noun : Abbreviation of golliwog:.

Noun : A type of black rag doll.

Noun : (offensive, ethnic slur) Any dark-skinned person.

glout

Verb : (obsolete) To sulk; to be sulky; to pout.

Noun : (obsolete) A sulky look.

Noun : (obsolete) A stare.

gross

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

Noun : The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.

Adjective : (informal, Canada, US, Australia) Causing disgust.

ghoul

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

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

Noun : (derogatory, colloquial) A person with a callous or uncaring attitude to human life and suffering, particularly when prioritizing economic concerns.

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.

gulch

Noun : A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.

Verb : (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

Verb : (obsolete) To fall heavily.

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.

ghast

Adjective : Having a ghastly appearance; weird.

Noun : (fantasy) An evil spirit or monster; a ghoul.

Verb : Alternative form of gast. [(obsolete) To frighten.]

guard

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

Verb : (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

Verb : (transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

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 : (US, military slang) An infantry soldier.

grope

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

Verb : To intentionally and inappropriately touch or rub against another person, in such a manner as to make the contact appear accidental, for the purpose of one's sexual gratification.

Noun : (informal) An act of groping, especially sexually.

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.

gutsy

Adjective : (informal) Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.

Adjective : (of the voice) From the gut; deep and often coarse.

girly

Adjective : Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.

Adjective : (slang) Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad.

Adjective : (slang) Weak; wussy.

grand

Adjective : Of a large size or extent; great.

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

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

glyph

Noun : (typography, computing) A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style.

Noun : A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea.

Noun : Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information.

gusto

Noun : Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.

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

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

gnash

Verb : (transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

Verb : (transitive) To grind between the teeth.

Noun : A sudden snapping of the teeth.

grimy

Adjective : Stained or covered with grime.

Adjective : (slang) Morally corrupt, malicious, vile, or selfish; base or dirty; rotten.

Adjective : (music) From the urban musical genre called grime.

glary

Adjective : Of a dazzling lustre; glaring; bright; shining.

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of a glare, or angry look.

gloze

Verb : (literary) To extenuate, explain away, gloss over.

Verb : To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation.

Verb : To use flattering language.

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 : (euphemistic) The genitals.

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.

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.

grate

Verb : (transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.

Verb : (intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.

Verb : (by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.

gloom

Noun : A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.

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

Noun : Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.

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.

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.

gamey

Adjective : Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.

Adjective : Plucky, spirited or gritty.

Adjective : Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.

gazed

Verb : (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.

Noun : A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

Verb : (transitive, poetic) To stare at.

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.

gouge

Verb : (transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.

Verb : (transitive) To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.

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

giant

Adjective : Very large.

Noun : A very tall and large person.

Noun : A very large organization.

gaffe

Noun : A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.

gauzy

Adjective : Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.

Adjective : (figurative) light; giving the effect of haze

Adjective : (figurative) tinged with tenderness and warmth; dewy-eyed, romantic

glaze

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

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

Noun : A smooth edible coating applied to food.

globe

Noun : The planet Earth.

Noun : A spherical model of Earth or other planet.

Noun : Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

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

Noun : (by extension) (also figuratively) A place where, or political system in which, people with dissident views are routinely oppressed.

gloar

Verb : (obsolete, UK, intransitive) To glare or stare.

gyani

Adjective : Knowledgeable, wise, intelligent.

Noun : A knowledgeable or wise person; sage, saint.

Noun : (Sikhism) Alternative spelling of giani.

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 : (uncountable) A lawn.

Noun : (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.

gamut

Noun : A (normally) complete range.

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

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

groom

Noun : A man who is about to marry.

Noun : A person who looks after horses.

Verb : To attend to one's appearance and clothing.

given

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

Adjective : Assumed as fact or hypothesis.

Adjective : Already arranged.

godly

Adjective : Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a god

Adjective : Gloriously good.

gride

Verb : To produce a grinding or scraping sound.

Noun : A harsh grating sound.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.

godet

Noun : (sewing) A piece of fabric inserted into a garment along a seam or cut to lengthen the free edge, and to make a garment roomier and to add a wavy edge cf. gusset.

Noun : (textiles) A roller for guiding synthetic filaments during drawing.

Noun : (obsolete) A drinking cup.

gliff

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) A quick glance.

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) An unexpected view of something startling.

Noun : (Scotland, archaic) A sudden fright.

grame

Noun : (obsolete) Anger; wrath; scorn; bitterness; repugnance.

Noun : (obsolete) Sorrow; grief; misery.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To vex; grill; make angry or sorry.

gallu

Noun : A great demon or devil of the ancient Mesopotamian Underworld.

grade

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

Noun : (Canada, US, Philippines, education) A level of primary and secondary education.

Noun : A rating.

gonad

Noun : (anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.

Noun : (slang, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.

guild

Noun : A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid.

Noun : (video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

Noun : A corporation.

greet

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

Verb : (transitive) To accost; to address.

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

goody

Noun : (informal) A small amount of something good to eat.

Noun : (informal) Any small, usually free, item.

Adjective : Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”).

grump

Verb : (informal, intransitive) To be grumpy.

Verb : (informal, intransitive) To complain.

Noun : (informal) A habitually grumpy or complaining person.

gurge

Verb : (obsolete) To swallow up.

Noun : (obsolete outside heraldry) Alternative form of gurges (“whirlpool”). [(rare) A whirlpool.]

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