What is another word for would?
Pronunciation:
[ wˈʊd], [ wˈʊd], [ w_ˈʊ_d]
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Synonyms for Would:
Other synonyms:
- guide .
Other relevant words:
- Cannot ,
- agreeable ,
- allegedly ,
- amenable ,
- apparently ,
- apposite ,
- appropriate ,
- apt ,
- assiduity ,
- available ,
- be willing to ,
- can ,
- capable ,
- cheerful ,
- choose ,
- clearly ,
- competent ,
- congenial ,
- congruous ,
- constancy ,
- continuity ,
- convenient ,
- could ,
- crying out ,
- desirable ,
- dexterous ,
- effective ,
- efficient ,
- eligible ,
- emancipationist ,
- endurance ,
- enough ,
- evidently ,
- expeditious ,
- expert ,
- fairly ,
- favorable ,
- favourable ,
- felicitous ,
- forest ,
- fortitude ,
- future tense ,
- general ,
- get ,
- gladly ,
- happy ,
- have to ,
- in all probability ,
- intend ,
- junction ,
- liking ,
- link ,
- manifestly ,
- may ,
- maybe ,
- might ,
- most likely ,
- must ,
- obviously ,
- ok ,
- opportune ,
- ostensibly ,
- ought ,
- patently ,
- patience ,
- perhaps ,
- perseverance ,
- persistence ,
- persistency ,
- pertinacity ,
- pertinent ,
- plainly ,
- possibly ,
- presumably ,
- probably ,
- proper ,
- propitious ,
- prosperous ,
- qualified ,
- quite ,
- rather ,
- readily ,
- ready ,
- reseda ,
- resolution ,
- seemingly ,
- serviceable ,
- shall ,
- should ,
- suited ,
- supposedly ,
- tenacity ,
- use ,
- voluntarily ,
- want ,
- wanted ,
- wanting ,
- weld ,
- will ,
- willingly ,
- wish ,
- wold ,
- wood .
- -ly ,
- FAVE ,
- Favourite Son ,
- The ,
- What ,
- With ,
- actually ,
- after ,
- air ,
- all right ,
- allow ,
- always ,
- apothegm ,
- arguably ,
- ask ,
- avenue ,
- bet ,
- betting ,
- bias ,
- can 1 ,
- card ,
- case ,
- certain ,
- chance ,
- clockwork ,
- come ,
- come out ,
- contingency ,
- correct ,
- couch ,
- course ,
- day ,
- disrespect ,
- each ,
- earthly ,
- easily ,
- editorialize ,
- erratic ,
- even ,
- excuse ,
- express ,
- expression ,
- eye ,
- fair ,
- far ,
- favour ,
- favourite ,
- fighting chance ,
- fitful ,
- forgive ,
- frequency ,
- frequent ,
- frequently ,
- give ,
- good ,
- happen ,
- honour ,
- how ,
- incidence ,
- intermittent ,
- irregular ,
- irregularity ,
- just ,
- kindly ,
- lean ,
- least ,
- liable ,
- like ,
- likelihood ,
- likely ,
- line ,
- lot ,
- magic word ,
- many ,
- margin ,
- means ,
- mention ,
- mind ,
- money ,
- more ,
- more often than not ,
- mouthy ,
- never ,
- not ,
- obliged ,
- odds ,
- odds-on ,
- off chance ,
- oft ,
- often ,
- oftentimes ,
- on ,
- on-again, off-again ,
- on-off ,
- opine ,
- ought to ,
- over ,
- parapet ,
- pardon ,
- pass ,
- perchance ,
- periodic ,
- periodically ,
- permutation ,
- personally ,
- place ,
- please ,
- pleasure ,
- possibility ,
- possible ,
- pray ,
- prefer ,
- preferable ,
- preferably ,
- preference ,
- preferred ,
- probability ,
- probable ,
- problem ,
- pronounce ,
- propound ,
- prospect ,
- prospective ,
- put ,
- put yourself across ,
- realm ,
- regular ,
- regularly ,
- religiously ,
- remark ,
- respect ,
- run ,
- say ,
- screed ,
- shoot ,
- soapbox ,
- soon ,
- sorry ,
- sound ,
- sound off ,
- sounding board ,
- spasmodic ,
- speak ,
- speak out/up ,
- sporadic ,
- sporting chance ,
- stake ,
- stand ,
- statement ,
- strange ,
- strike ,
- strong ,
- suppose ,
- suspiciously ,
- take ,
- talk ,
- ten ,
- tend ,
- thank you ,
- the smart money ,
- theoretical possibility ,
- think ,
- threaten ,
- tip ,
- top ten ,
- ventilate ,
- vista ,
- vocalize ,
- vociferous ,
- voice ,
- welcome ,
- wonder .
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How to use "Would" in context?
The use of "would" can be confusing because it can seem like it's both a verb and a preposition. To make things even trickier, "would" can also be used as a dependent verb when subjects are not present. So, to simplify things, use the following definitions when talking about "would":
Verb: Plays an action or causes something to happen
Preposition: points to a location or object
Dependent Verb: Occurs with a subject that is not the main verb (i.e. "The boy were running")
Now that you know the basics, let's look at some examples.
Paraphrases for Would:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
says.
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Noun, plural
Associations, Conferences, meetings, unions, councils, fairs.
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Verb, past tense
wanted.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
meeting, organising.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Would:
- wood.
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- Synonyms:
- unpaid.
