Definition for Was:

• The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit ( imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.

Synonyms for Was:

• v.

  •existed (verb)
  • Lasted,
  • Lived,
  • Endured,
  • abided,
  • had been,
  • Existed,
  • Subsisted,
  • Prevailed,
  • Occurred,
  • continued.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • abide,
  • absorb,
  • accept,
  • accrue,
  • ache,
  • acquire,
  • act,
  • active,
  • actual,
  • adam,
  • add up,
  • agone,
  • alert,
  • all over,
  • ambuscade,
  • ambush,
  • amount,
  • and so,
  • angry walk,
  • animated,
  • appease,
  • appoint,
  • ar,
  • arrest,
  • arrive,
  • as well,
  • at a lower place,
  • at one time,
  • atomic number 4,
  • autumn,
  • awake,
  • baby-sit,
  • be given,
  • bear,
  • bechance,
  • befall,
  • beingness,
  • belong,
  • beneath,
  • beryllium,
  • besides,
  • birth,
  • bleed,
  • blend,
  • blend in,
  • blow up,
  • blue,
  • bob up,
  • bolt down,
  • bonnet,
  • bouncy,
  • branch,
  • break,
  • break away,
  • break down,
  • brood,
  • build up,
  • bump,
  • bunk,
  • bushwhack,
  • busy,
  • buy the farm,
  • campaign,
  • cap,
  • capitulation,
  • carry,
  • cause,
  • chaff,
  • chance,
  • check,
  • choke,
  • come about,
  • come down,
  • come in,
  • come up,
  • compile,
  • complete,
  • comprise,
  • concern,
  • concluded,
  • conform to,
  • conk,
  • conk out,
  • consort,
  • consume,
  • continue,
  • convey,
  • correspond,
  • cost,
  • course,
  • cowl,
  • cowling,
  • croak,
  • cut down,
  • date back,
  • date from,
  • decease,
  • declension,
  • declination,
  • decline,
  • declivity,
  • decrease,
  • defend,
  • delay,
  • deliver,
  • demolish,
  • depart,
  • depend upon,
  • depressed,
  • derive,
  • descend,
  • descent,
  • describe,
  • detain,
  • devolve,
  • devolve on,
  • devour,
  • die,
  • dilate,
  • diminish,
  • dip,
  • discharge,
  • dispirited,
  • domicile,
  • domiciliate,
  • down feather,
  • down in the mouth,
  • down pat,
  • down the stairs,
  • downcast,
  • downfall,
  • downhearted,
  • downslope,
  • downstair,
  • downward,
  • downwardly,
  • downwards,
  • draw,
  • draw up,
  • drink down,
  • drop,
  • dusk,
  • ecstasy,
  • educate,
  • elaborate,
  • embody,
  • encounter,
  • ended,
  • endure,
  • engage,
  • engulf,
  • equal,
  • erstwhile,
  • escape,
  • establish,
  • evenfall,
  • evince,
  • evolve,
  • exaggerate,
  • execute,
  • exemplify,
  • exhaust hood,
  • existence,
  • existing,
  • exit,
  • expand,
  • expatiate,
  • experience,
  • expire,
  • explicate,
  • exposit,
  • expound,
  • expressage,
  • extend,
  • extract,
  • fade,
  • fail,
  • fall down,
  • fall out,
  • fare,
  • farm,
  • feature,
  • feed,
  • fill up,
  • filling,
  • find,
  • fine-tune,
  • fit,
  • flesh out,
  • fling,
  • flow,
  • follow,
  • foot race,
  • footle,
  • footrace,
  • for certain,
  • for sure,
  • form,
  • formulate,
  • found,
  • frame,
  • free fall,
  • fulfil,
  • fulfill,
  • function,
  • germinate,
  • get,
  • get along,
  • get going,
  • give,
  • give birth,
  • give out,
  • give tongue to,
  • give way,
  • gloaming,
  • gloomy,
  • glucinium,
  • go away,
  • go bad,
  • go down,
  • go game,
  • go on,
  • go through,
  • go up,
  • goon,
  • grim,
  • guide,
  • hail,
  • halt,
  • hang,
  • hang around,
  • hap,
  • harp,
  • haunt,
  • have got,
  • hence,
  • hinge on,
  • hinge upon,
  • hitch,
  • hold,
  • hold out,
  • hold up,
  • hoodlum,
  • hot,
  • hunt,
  • hunt down,
  • husk,
  • hyperbolize,
  • immerse,
  • incisively,
  • incline,
  • indite,
  • induce,
  • inflate,
  • infra,
  • ingest,
  • institute,
  • interest,
  • interpose,
  • interpret,
  • invade,
  • issue forth,
  • just,
  • kick the bucket,
  • know,
  • ladder,
  • lallygag,
  • lam,
  • land,
  • last,
  • last out,
  • lay out,
  • lead,
  • lean,
  • lessen,
  • let,
  • lie down,
  • lie in wait,
  • lift,
  • light,
  • likewise,
  • limited,
  • limn,
  • linger,
  • live on,
  • lively,
  • loaf,
  • locomote,
  • lodge in,
  • loiter,
  • lollygag,
  • lounge,
  • low,
  • low-spirited,
  • lucubrate,
  • magnify,
  • make,
  • make full,
  • make grow,
  • make out,
  • map,
  • mastered,
  • materialise,
  • materialize,
  • maturate,
  • mature,
  • meet,
  • melt,
  • melt down,
  • mess about,
  • mill about,
  • mill around,
  • model,
  • modernise,
  • modernize,
  • move,
  • move up,
  • name,
  • nightfall,
  • nominate,
  • number,
  • o'er,
  • offer,
  • on a lower floor,
  • on the button,
  • on the dot,
  • on the nose,
  • once,
  • operate,
  • organism,
  • originate,
  • outpouring,
  • outride,
  • overdraw,
  • overstate,
  • own,
  • pass,
  • pass away,
  • pass off,
  • past,
  • past times,
  • peg,
  • pegleg,
  • pen,
  • perish,
  • persist,
  • personify,
  • picture,
  • pile,
  • pin,
  • pine,
  • pine away,
  • plant,
  • play,
  • plump,
  • plunge,
  • ply,
  • polish,
  • political campaign,
  • pop,
  • pop off,
  • populate,
  • portray,
  • pose,
  • posture,
  • pour down,
  • precipitate,
  • precisely,
  • prepare,
  • present,
  • press out,
  • prevail,
  • prevarication,
  • proceed,
  • produce,
  • properly,
  • pull down,
  • punk,
  • push down,
  • quell,
  • race,
  • raise,
  • ramification,
  • range,
  • ravel,
  • real,
  • rebel,
  • receive,
  • recover,
  • recrudesce,
  • recuperate,
  • recur,
  • refine,
  • render,
  • replete,
  • repose,
  • resilient,
  • rest,
  • return,
  • revealing,
  • revelation,
  • rich person,
  • ride,
  • ride out,
  • rifle,
  • rill,
  • rise,
  • rise up,
  • rivulet,
  • run away,
  • run for,
  • run low,
  • run short,
  • runnel,
  • running,
  • running game,
  • running play,
  • sate,
  • satiate,
  • satisfy,
  • scarper,
  • scat,
  • scupper,
  • seat,
  • seed,
  • seminal fluid,
  • settle,
  • shack,
  • shine,
  • show,
  • shuck,
  • skulk,
  • snuff it,
  • soak up,
  • soh,
  • sol,
  • sound,
  • spell,
  • spill,
  • spring up,
  • springy,
  • stage,
  • stalking,
  • stand for,
  • start,
  • state,
  • stay on,
  • stay put,
  • steep,
  • stem,
  • stick,
  • stick around,
  • stimulate,
  • stop,
  • stoppage,
  • straw,
  • streak,
  • streamlet,
  • strike,
  • strong-armer,
  • stubble,
  • suffer,
  • suit,
  • sure,
  • sure as shooting,
  • surrender,
  • survive,
  • sustain,
  • take,
  • take place,
  • tally,
  • tarry,
  • tend,
  • terminated,
  • test,
  • then,
  • thence,
  • therefore,
  • throw,
  • thug,
  • thus,
  • to a lower place,
  • too,
  • toss off,
  • total,
  • tough,
  • toughie,
  • tour,
  • track down,
  • train,
  • travel,
  • trial,
  • tumble,
  • turn,
  • turn tail,
  • twilight,
  • typify,
  • under,
  • unravel,
  • unrecorded,
  • uprise,
  • use up,
  • utter,
  • verbalise,
  • verbalize,
  • waste,
  • waylay,
  • wealthy person,
  • whirl,
  • wooden leg,
  • work,
  • worry,
  • write,
  • yearn,
  • yen,
  • still hunt,
  • black market,
  • disco biscuit,
  • cristal,
  • hug drug,
  • express mail,
  • crepuscule,
  • crepuscle,
  • get up,
  • turn out,
  • make up,
  • lie in,
  • take in,
  • cash in one's chips,
  • give-up the ghost,
  • turn on,
  • stand up,
  • belt down,
  • sit down,
  • shoot down,
  • hightail it,
  • head for the hills,
  • take to the woods,
  • fly the coop,
  • step in,
  • long ago,
  • rely on,
  • babysit,
  • sit around,
  • crack,
  • hyperbolise,
  • rely upon,
  • kill,
  • ejaculate,
  • semen,
  • cum,
  • lens hood,
  • knock down,
  • die hard,
  • sure enough,
  • drop dead,
  • face of the earth.

Paraphrases for Was:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    a., yes, subcommittee, yeah, Hey, associated, ontario, complainant, well, pretty, Everything, appears, Kan, applies, cannes, taking, work, thought, marks, becomes, SBSTA, now, oh, Himself, george, -we, provides, nationsa, IBAS, era, board, fall, done, place, first, IBA, said, y, looks, 're, Met, age, Got, feels, de, takes, kind, Dr., god, SBI, TSES, too, go, 's, makes.
  • Noun, plural
    ITWAS, words, surroundings, terms, things, works, aims, comments, events, nuts, guys, marks, 's.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    L, parameter, something, relation, shelter, necklace, Anything, point, same, jar, bout, thing, pretty, Everything.
  • Adverb
    better.
  • Interjection
    represents, yes, yeah, oh.
  • Verb, past tense
    Became, described, maybe, Began, Benefited, ben, considered, bore, Belonged, Believed, members, currently, nothing, member, Participated, designed, assistance, Existed, characterized, Visited, representative, Enabled, Contributed, EUR, demonstrated, supported, established, government, observed, strategies, correspond, Corresponded, concentration, Ceased, GOTTA, Delivered, cooperation, liked, represented, right, Rights, Intervened, progress, Disappeared, acknowledged, responses, Explained, initiative, principle, addressed, facilitated, suggested, Caught, participants, secretariat, presented, declaration, Rendered, Brought, become, assembly, Indicated, expanded, assessment, relationship, Remained, left, follow, following, Followed, designated, therefore, initiated, resolution, concluded, accompanied, Managed, received, Appeared, exhibit, Exhibited, emphasized, surrendered, Assessed, Responded, Introduced, enough, discovered, Emerged, Commenced, felt, parliament, reflected, weapons, prepared, Referred, Created, resistance, destroyed, chairperson, threatened, measured, presence, see, recognized, procedure, acquired, Transferred, collected, recommended, engaged, directive, declared, proposed, decision, Convened, Discussed, ready, Consisted, understood, Offered, advised, selected, Depended, Helped, Operated, debate, opened, Issued, maintained, Served, Undertook, improved, identified, organized, professor, ensured, response, creation, Suffered, only, delegation, report, reported, es, Arrived, revealed, completed, reproduced, sustained, involved, solidarity, sent, consensus, Countries, decreased, inhibited, broke, produced, informed, published, GONNA, occupied, affected, ended, proved, contained, announced, Prevailed, namely, attended, confirmed, soldier, Arose, accepted, Mentioned, expired, Returned, returns, Obtained, treated, spoke, decided, rose, table, deserved, Enjoyed, Weighed, continued, violated, included, Pertained, Differed, assumed, posed, Replied, experienced, Exceeded, success, translation, appointed, raised, agreed, Prevented, Walked, recalled, anticipated, Wrote, extended, conference, lost, shared, cost, Resumed, Seemed, reside, concerned, concerning, Encountered, Listened, imposed, Attracted, objective, learned, required, outlined, prevalence, Declined, earned, suspended, lay, document, detected, directed, invited, provincial, injured, sat, Exercised, Chose, Deemed, Looked, -pipe-, ruled, rules, Exported, spent, stopped, approved, revised, moved, built, reduced, Answered, opposed, forced, sought, constituted, Caused, highlighted, species, estimated, welcomed, dismissed, rejected, Detained, Reached, released, subject, agenda, promised, amendment, kept, lent, population, exposed, rested, stressed, registered, Fled, led, Towards, Relied, workshop, needed, Argued, positive, escaped, noticed, Underwent, Resulted, results, Wore, ordered, Pleaded, Compared, Envisaged, action, ter, started, HIT, Equalled, note, noted, suspected, underlined, recorded, Summoned, message, regarding, Regarded, related, no., implied, satisfied, admitted, tried, judges, secured, Entered, annex, Rode, Reigned, elected, Trafficking, why, Averaged, voiced, stand, Stood, loved, division, meeting, meetings, boss, justice, Happened, Died, effect, adopted, Filed, Flew, programme, travelled, joined, Targeted, changed, permitted, Approached, attempted, maximum, Refused, laid, requested, accused, Pushed, article, Insisted, Occurred, sold, Tasted, project, covered, faced, invented, Dealt, Fought, morning, owned, centre, read, 1993, Conspired, Numbered, Threw, Allowed, amended, featured, Carried, shot, played, placed, special, Grew, expected, founded, example, Knew, question, questions, item, reason, granted, heard, Lived, Waged, section, Launched, text, Cared, applied, huge, third, pointed, owed, kidnapped, Tended, Quoted, Lacked, team, Awarded, Hoped, bin, Voted, adored, mission, added, headed, Talked, Crashed, option, failed, fired, study, drew, Picked, fell, Lasted, Ranged, Abu, attached, Killed, girl, Smelled, okay, Took, office, Feared, limited, intended, prior, chair, focused, focussed, pilot, son, hosted, history, annual, planned, don, Amounted, Bought, Sucked, washed, formed, case, based, stated, states, model, dropped, Asked, Lagged, called, calls, sa, code, Sank, matched, ranked, totaled, Totalled, tom, listed, Scored, Accounted, showed, link, Wished, Aimed, pulled, figured, Ran, kg, won, Passed, posted, OJ, 2007, marked, Counted, m., VOL, sounded, Claimed, fund, signed, Meant, D, iii, Went, L, date, dated, paid, wanted, unit, 32, M, C, S, road, N, 2001, 2000, ii, name, named, 144, 1998, Anything, Him, 2006-2007, 1991, 1997, 1962, 1999, 1992, 1973, 1994, 1996, 2005-2006, mr, yes, well, thought, oh, Gave, said, Met, age, Got, de, found, held, go, makes.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    document, VVAS, ITWAS, 's.
  • Verb, base form
    exactly, become, WASN, wasthe, Ah, Thru, a., constitute, pretty, prove, belong, oh, Gave, appear, look, Got, lied, arise, found, seem, held, go.

Was Sentence Examples:

• " I don't know who it was.

• I was that boy.

Homophones for Was:

• wee, W, wu, wahoo, weewee, woe, wee-wee, whey, who, woo, wow, www, way, wei, Wye, wy, wi, why, waw.