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

Noun : A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.

Noun : (figurative) A spicy taste; a tang.

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

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.

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

Verb : (intransitive) To become 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.

Noun : (obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.

Noun : (Scotland, historical) A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.

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 : A blow that produces a muffled sound.

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

Noun : (dated, colloquial, euphemistic) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.

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.

Noun : (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

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

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.

Noun : (grammar, countable, proscribed) A grammatical aspect.

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 : Cancerous, unhealthy.

Adjective : Pompous, bombastic.

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 : (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.

Adjective : Restorative, curative or invigorating.

Adjective : (medicine, neuroscience) In a state of continuous unremitting action.

theme

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

Noun : A recurring idea; a motif.

Noun : A concept with multiple instantiations.

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 separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).

Verb : (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.

Verb : (transitive) To backcomb.

tinge

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

Noun : The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.

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

Noun : (derogatory, informal) A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.

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/.

Noun : A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

tress

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

Noun : A long lock of hair.

Noun : (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

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 : (archaic, music) A musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies.

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 : 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.

Noun : (bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.

titan

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

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

Noun : (Greek mythology) Another name for Helios, a personification of the Sun.

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 : (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

throb

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

Verb : (intransitive) To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm.

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

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

Verb : To twinkle; to sparkle.

Verb : (now dialectal) To wink.

Noun : One or more very small, short bursts of light.

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 : The testing of a product or procedure.

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

triad

Noun : A grouping of three.

Noun : A word of three syllables.

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

tower

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.

Noun : A water tower.

tired

Adjective : In need of some rest or sleep.

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

Adjective : Overused, cliché.

treat

Verb : (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).

Verb : (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.

Verb : (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.

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 twist; a convolution.

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.

Noun : The act of twining or winding round.

twunt

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

truss

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

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 : (architecture) A triangular bracket.

toxic

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.

Adjective : (medicine) Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.

Adjective : (figurative) Severely negative or harmful.

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

Adjective : (rare) twofold

Noun : pair, couple

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

tinct

Noun : (archaic) A tint or colour.

Verb : to tint, tinge or colour

Adjective : tinged or lightly coloured

trine

Adjective : Triple; threefold.

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

Noun : A group of three things.

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 : (synecdochically) A tribal nation or people.

Noun : (informal, derogatory) A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.

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 : Of a substance, slightly sticky.

Adjective : (colloquial) Of low quality.

Adjective : (colloquial) In poor taste.

treed

Adjective : Planted or covered with trees.

total

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

Noun : (informal, mathematics) Sum.

Adjective : Entire; relating to the whole of something.

twirl

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

Noun : Any rotating movement; a spin.

Noun : A little twist of some substance; a swirl.

trone

Noun : (UK, dialect) A steelyard.

Noun : (UK, dialect, Scotland, obsolete or historical) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, 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) 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) 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 : An inclination in a particular direction.

Noun : A tendency.

Noun : A fad or fashion style.

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 : One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

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.

Noun : (archaic) A coarse, rustic woman.

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

trice

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

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

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

trove

Noun : A treasure trove; a collection of treasure.

Noun : A collection of things.

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 : An entertaining difficult physical action.

thorn

Noun : (botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.

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

Noun : (figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

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 municipality and community therein, in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.

twill

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

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

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

thumb

Noun : The short thick 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.

Noun : (graphical user interface) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.

Noun : (colloquial, Internet) A thumbnail picture.

topic

Adjective : topical

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

Noun : (Internet) Discussion thread.

tweak

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

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

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 : (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.

Noun : A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.

testy

Adjective : Easily annoyed, irritable.

Adjective : Marked by impatience or ill humor.

tatty

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

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

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

Noun : A fitful movement similar to a twitch or jerk.

Noun : (informal) A sexually-suggestive dance, generally involving the performer thrusting their hips back from a low squatting stance and shaking, bouncing, or wiggling their buttocks.

Verb : To twitch or jerk.

thort

Verb : Eye dialect spelling of thought.

Noun : Eye dialect spelling of thought. [(countable) 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 : (Buddhism, mysticism) A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.

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

trunk

Noun : (heading, biological) Part of a body.

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

Noun : The torso; especially, the human torso.

toast

Noun : (chiefly uncountable) Toasted bread.

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 : Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

Adjective : (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.

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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