Meaning: without success

Part of speech: adverb

Example: She tried vainly to convince him.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• futilely
• unsuccessfully

Meaning: the act of saying farewell

Part of speech: noun

Example: His valediction was heartfelt.

Category: Language

Synonyms:

• farewell
• goodbye

Meaning: the letter W

Part of speech: noun

Example: The word 'water' starts with the letter W.

Category: Language

Meaning: to speak or write in a vague or indecisive way

Part of speech: verb

Example: He tends to waffle when asked about his plans.

Category: Language › Communication

Synonyms:

• vacillate
• dither

Antonyms:

• decide
• determine

Meaning: to stay in one place until something happens

Part of speech: verb

Example: Please wait for your turn.

Category: Language › Communication

Synonyms:

• pause
• remain

Antonyms:

• leave
• depart

Meaning: the act of staying in one place until something happens

Part of speech: noun

Example: Waiting can be frustrating sometimes.

Category: Language › Communication

Synonyms:

• staying
• pausing

Meaning: the 24th letter of the English alphabet

Part of speech: letter

Example: The word 'box' contains the letter X.

Category: Language

Meaning: the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet

Part of speech: noun

Example: In mathematics, Xi is often used to represent a variable.

Category: Language

Meaning: a Chinese dialect spoken in Hunan province

Part of speech: noun

Example: Xiang is one of the many dialects of Chinese.

Category: Language › Dialects

Meaning: a suffix used to form nouns indicating action or condition

Part of speech: suffix

Example: The word 'expulsion' uses the suffix -xion.

Category: Language › Morphology

Meaning: the letter Y

Part of speech: letter

Example: The word 'yes' starts with the letter Y.

Category: Language

Meaning: a suffix used to form adjectives

Part of speech: suffix

Example: The word 'happy' ends with the suffix -y.

Category: Language

Meaning: an informal way to say 'yes'

Part of speech: interjection

Example: Are you coming to the party? Ya!

Category: Language

Meaning: used to indicate that something is boring or repetitive

Part of speech: phrase

Example: He went on about his day, and I just thought, yada yada yada.

Category: Language

Meaning: an informal way to express agreement

Part of speech: interjection

Example: Are you ready to go? Yah!

Category: Language

Meaning: a contraction of 'you all', used in informal speech

Part of speech: pronoun

Example: Yall are invited to the party!

Category: Language

Meaning: an expression of joy or excitement

Part of speech: interjection

Example: Yay! We won the game!

Category: Language

Synonyms: hooray

Meaning: an old-fashioned way to say 'you'

Part of speech: pronoun

Example: Ye shall not pass!

Category: Language

Synonyms: you

Meaning: an affirmative response, similar to 'yes'

Part of speech: adverb

Example: Yea, I agree with your opinion.

Category: Language

Synonyms: yes

Meaning: an informal way to say 'yes'

Part of speech: interjection

Example: Yeah, I would love to go!

Category: Language

Synonyms: yes

Meaning: an affirmative response in Zulu, meaning 'yes'

Part of speech: interjection

Example: Yebo, I will help you.

Category: Language

Meaning: the letter Z

Part of speech: noun

Example: The word 'zebra' starts with the letter Z.

Category: Language

Meaning: the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet

Part of speech: noun

Example: Zeta is often used in mathematics.

Category: Language

Meaning: a figure of speech where a word applies to multiple parts

Part of speech: noun

Example: In 'He stole my heart and my wallet,' there is a zeugma.

Category: Language › Rhetoric

Synonyms: figure of speech