5 Letter Words That Start With T

timid

Adjective : Lacking in courage or confidence.

terse

Adjective : (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

Adjective : (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.

Adjective : (obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.

tepid

Adjective : Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.

Adjective : Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.

trace

Noun : An act of tracing.

Noun : An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

Noun : A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

thrum

Verb : To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.

Noun : A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.

Verb : To make a monotonous drumming noise.

tacit

Adjective : Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.

Adjective : (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

tenet

Noun : An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

tawny

Adjective : Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

Noun : A light brown to brownish orange colour.

Verb : (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

taunt

Verb : (transitive) To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.

Noun : A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.

Adjective : (obsolete, nautical) Very high or tall.

touch

Verb : Primarily physical senses.

Verb : (transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.

Verb : (transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.

thick

Adjective : Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

Adjective : Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.

Adjective : Heavy in build; thickset.

tryst

Noun : A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.

Verb : (intransitive) To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.

token

Noun : Something serving as an expression of something else.

Noun : A keepsake.

Noun : A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.

thump

Noun : The sound of such a blow; a thud.

Noun : A blow that produces a muffled sound.

Verb : (intransitive) To thud or pound.

tarry

Verb : (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

Verb : (intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.

Verb : (intransitive) To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.

trite

Adjective : Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.

Adjective : (law) So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

Noun : A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

tread

Verb : (intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.

Verb : (transitive) To step or walk upon.

Verb : (figuratively, with certain adverbs of manner) To proceed, to behave (in a certain manner).

tough

Adjective : (of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.

Adjective : (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.

Adjective : (of a person or animal) Rugged or physically hardy.

twist

Noun : A twisting force.

Noun : Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.

Noun : The form given in twisting.

taboo

Noun : An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

Adjective : Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

Adjective : Culturally forbidden.

track

Noun : A mark left by something that has passed along.

Noun : A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

Noun : The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

tense

Noun : (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.

Noun : (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

Adjective : Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.

throw

Verb : (transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.

Verb : (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

Verb : (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.

tumid

Adjective : Swollen, enlarged, bulging.

Adjective : Pompous, bombastic.

Adjective : Cancerous, unhealthy.

trust

Noun : Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

Noun : Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

Noun : Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.

tonic

Adjective : Restorative; curative; or invigorating.

Noun : A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.

Noun : Tonic water.

theme

Noun : A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.

Noun : A recurring idea; a motif.

Noun : Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.

taint

Noun : A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.

Noun : A tinge, trace or touch.

Noun : A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.

tease

Verb : (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.

Verb : (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.

Verb : (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.

tinge

Verb : (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.

Noun : A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.

train

Noun : Elongated or trailing portion.

Noun : The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground.

Noun : A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder.

troll

Noun : (originally Scandinavian mythology, now also European folklore and fantasy) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.

Noun : (by extension) (derogatory, slang) An ugly or unpleasant person.

Noun : (by extension) (astronomy, meteorology) An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour and seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.

trill

Noun : (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.

Noun : (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.

Verb : (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

tress

Noun : A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.

Noun : A long lock of hair.

Verb : To braid or knot hair.

tenor

Noun : (music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

Noun : A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.

Noun : (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.

tight

Adjective : Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.

Adjective : Unyielding or firm.

Adjective : Under high tension; taut.

tramp

Noun : (sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.

Noun : (derogatory) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.

Noun : Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.

twire

Verb : (intransitive) To glance shyly or slyly; look askance; make eyes; leer; peer; pry.

Verb : (intransitive) To twinkle; sparkle; wink.

Noun : A sly glance; a leer.

tempo

Noun : (music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)

Noun : A frequency or rate.

Noun : (chess) A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.

titan

Noun : Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

Noun : (astronomy) A moon in Saturn, Solar System. The largest moon of the planet Saturn.

Noun : (Greek mythology) Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.

totem

Noun : Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.

Noun : The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature.

Noun : (figuratively) A symbol or personification.

think

Verb : (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.

Verb : (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.

Verb : (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

throb

Verb : (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.

Verb : (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.

Noun : A beating, vibration or palpitation.

taupe

Noun : A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.

Adjective : Of a dark brownish-grey colour.

throe

Noun : A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.

Noun : (usually in the plural) The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.

Noun : Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.

twink

Noun : (gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.

Noun : (derogatory, slang) A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.

Noun : (online gaming, mildly derogatory) A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) which is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player.

trial

Noun : An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.

Noun : (medicine, sciences, research) A research study to test the effectiveness and safety of a drug, medical procedure, etc.

Noun : (law) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).

triad

Noun : A grouping of three.

Noun : (music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale OR any chord with three notes.

Noun : A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.

tower

Noun : Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.

Noun : A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.

Noun : A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.

tired

Adjective : In need of some rest or sleep.

Adjective : Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

Adjective : Old and worn.

treat

Verb : (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.

Verb : (transitive) To provide (someone) with something special and pleasant.

Noun : An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.

trope

Noun : (art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.

Noun : (medieval Christianity) An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.

Noun : (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.

thing

Noun : That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.

Noun : A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.

Noun : An individual object or distinct entity.

twine

Noun : A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.

Verb : (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.

Verb : (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

twunt

Noun : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, vulgar) A fool; an extremely objectionable person.

truss

Noun : (architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.

Noun : A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.

Noun : (botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.

toxic

Adjective : (figurative) Severely negative or harmful.

Adjective : (figurative) Of a person, hateful or strongly antipathetic.

Adjective : (toxicology, pharmacology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.

trail

Verb : (transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

Verb : (transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.

Verb : (transitive) To leave (a trail of).

twain

Noun : Pair, couple.

Verb : (transitive) To part in twain; divide; sunder.

Adjective : (rare) twofold

tinct

Verb : to tint, tinge or colour

Adjective : tinged or lightly coloured

Noun : (archaic) A tint or colour.

trine

Adjective : Triple; threefold.

Noun : A group of three things.

Adjective : (astrology) Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.

troid

Noun : (fandom slang) Any of the video games in the Metroid franchise.

Noun : (fandom slang) An individual member of the fictional alien Metroid species in this franchise.

Noun : (Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) A transgender person.

tribe

Noun : (history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.

Noun : A socially cohesive group of people within a society.

Noun : (synecdochically) A tribal nation or people.

taper

Noun : A slender wax candle.

Noun : (by extension) A small light.

Noun : A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.

trump

Noun : (card games) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

Noun : (card games) A playing card of that suit.

Noun : (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.

tacky

Adjective : (colloquial) Of low quality.

Adjective : (colloquial) In poor taste.

Adjective : Gaudy or flashy.

treed

Adjective : Planted or covered with trees.

total

Noun : An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

Adjective : Entire; relating to the whole of something.

Adjective : (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.

twirl

Noun : Any rotating movement; a spin.

Noun : A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.

Verb : (intransitive) To perform a twirl.

trone

Noun : (UK, dialect, Scotland, obsolete or historical) A type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.

Noun : A surname.

tho't

Noun : Contraction of thought. [(countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.]

Verb : Contraction of thought.

trade

Noun : (uncountable) The buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

Noun : (countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.

Noun : (countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.

trend

Noun : A fad or fashion style.

Noun : A tendency.

Noun : An inclination in a particular direction.

tract

Noun : An area or expanse.

Noun : (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.

Noun : A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.

tally

Noun : (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

Noun : (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.

Noun : A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.

tempt

Verb : (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.

Verb : (transitive) To attract; to allure.

Verb : (transitive) To provoke something; to court.

toady

Noun : A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.

Verb : (intransitive, construed with to) To behave like a toady (toward someone).

Verb : (transitive) To behave like a toady toward (someone).

trice

Noun : Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.

Verb : (transitive) To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically (nautical) to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.

trove

Noun : A collection of things.

Noun : A treasure trove; a collection of treasure.

truth

Noun : True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.

Noun : Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.

Noun : The state or quality of being true to someone or something.

trick

Noun : Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.

Noun : A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.

Noun : Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.

thorn

Noun : (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.

Noun : Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle.

Noun : Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

torus

Noun : (geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).

Noun : (topology) A topological space which is a product of two circles.

Noun : (topology, in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles.

tweed

Noun : A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.

Noun : A river in the United Kingdom; a river in the Scottish Borders area which for part of its length forms the border between Scotland and England. It flows into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, England.

Noun : A river in this region of New South Wales.

twill

Noun : A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern.

Noun : (weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.

Verb : (transitive) To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.

thumb

Noun : The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

Verb : (transitive) To touch or cover with the thumb.

Verb : To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.

topic

Noun : Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.

Noun : (Internet) Discussion thread.

Noun : (computing) A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.

tweak

Verb : (transitive, informal) To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.

Verb : (transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.

Verb : (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).

troop

Noun : (chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.

Noun : (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).

Noun : (military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.

testy

Adjective : Easily annoyed, irritable.

Adjective : Marked by impatience or ill humor.

tatty

Adjective : Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn

Noun : (Scotland, Northern England, Geordie) A potato.

Noun : (India) A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

telic

Adjective : Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.

Adjective : (grammar) That expresses an end or purpose.

Adjective : (linguistics) That expresses the perfective aspect.

targe

Noun : (archaic) A small shield.

Noun : (archaic) A pendant or tassel.

twerk

Verb : To dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking.

Noun : Synonym of twerking (“a sexually-provocative dance, involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance while shaking their buttocks”).

Noun : (original sense, now dated) A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.

thort

Verb : Eye dialect spelling of thought.

Noun : Eye dialect spelling of thought. [(countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.]

tulpa

Noun : A type of thought-form regarded as capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend.

Noun : (Buddhism, mysticism) A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.

trunk

Noun : A large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.

Noun : (Canada, US, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

Noun : The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.

toast

Noun : (chiefly uncountable) Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).

Noun : (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

Noun : (countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.

taken

Adjective : (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.

Adjective : Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

there

Verb : (location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

Verb : (figuratively) At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.

Verb : (as complement of 'be') In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.

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