INSPIRE
I figure if I try to inspire, I will be inspired. It’s a win-win. I’ve posted this list of positive action verbs and I hope this inspires you to choose your own word for 2012.
List of action verbs starting with A
| Abstract Accelerate Accommodate Accomplish Accumulate Achieve Acquire Act Activate Adapt |
Add Address Adjust Administer Advertise Advise Advocate Aid Aide Align |
Allocate Amend Analyze Answer Anticipate Apply Appoint Appraise Approve Arbitrate |
Arrange Articulate Ascertain Assemble Assess Assign Assist Assume Attain Attend |
Attract Audit Augment Author Authorize Automate Avert Award |
List of action verbs starting with B
| Balance Bargain Begin |
Bolster Boost Bought |
Brief Broaden Budget |
Build Built |
List of action verbs starting with C
| Calculate Calibrate Canvass Capture Care Catalog Catalogue Categorize Cater Cause Centralize Chair Charge Chart |
Check Check in Check out Clarify Classify Co-operate Coach Code Collaborate Collate Collect Combine Comfort Commence |
Communicate Compare Compile Complete Compose Compute Conceive Conceptualize Conciliate Conclude Condense Conduct Confer Confirm |
Connect Conserve Consider Consolidate Construct Consult Contact Contract Contribute Control Convert Convey Convince Cooperate |
Coordinate Copy Correct Correlate Correspond Counsel Create Critique Cultivate Customize |
List of action verbs starting with D
| Dealt with Debate Debug Decide Decrease Dedicate Deduce Defend Defer |
Define Delegate Deliver Demonstrate Depict Depreciated Derive Describe Design |
Detail Detect Determine Develop Devise Devote Diagnose Diagram Differentiate |
Direct Discharge Disclose Discover Discriminate Discuss Dispatch Display Dissect |
Disseminate Distinguish Distribute Diversify Document Draft Draw Drew |
List of action verbs starting with E
| Earn Edit Educate Effect Elect Elicit Eliminate Emphasize |
Employ Enable Encourage Enforce Engineer Enhance Enlarge Enlighten |
Enlist Enrich Ensure Enter Entertain Enumerate Equip Establish |
Estimate Evaluate Examine Exchange Execute Exercise Exhibit Expand |
Expedite Experiment Explain Explore Express Extend Extract Extrapolate |
List of action verbs starting with F
| Fabricate Facilitate Familiarize Fashion |
File Filter Finalize Fine-tune |
Fix Focus Forecast Formulate |
Fortify Forward Foster Found |
Frame Fund Furnish Further |
List of action verbs starting with G
| Gather Gauge |
Generate Govern |
Grade Grant |
Greet Guide |
List of action verbs starting with H
| Handle Head Help |
Highlight Hire Host |
List of action verbs starting with I
| Identify Illustrate Impart Implement Import Improve Improvise |
Incorporate Increase Index Individualize Influence Inform Initiate |
Innovate Inspect Inspire Install Institute Instruct Insure |
Integrate Interact Interface Interpret Intervene Interview Introduce |
Invent Inventory Investigate Involve |
List of action verbs starting with J
| Join | Judge | Justify |
List of action verbs starting with K
| – |
List of action verbs starting with L
| Label Launch Lead |
Learn Lecture License |
Lighten Liquidate List |
Listen Litigate Lobby |
Localize Locate Log |
List of action verbs starting with M
| Maintain Manage Manufacture Map Market |
Master Maximize Measure Mechanize Mediate |
Mentor Merge Methodize Minimize Mobilize |
Model Moderate Modernize Modify Monitor |
Motivate |
List of action verbs starting with N
| Narrate Navigate |
Negotiate Notify |
Nurse Nurture |
List of action verbs starting with O
| Observe Obtain Officiate |
Offset Operate Orchestrate |
Order Organize Orient |
Orientate Originate Outline |
Overhaul Oversaw Oversee |
List of action verbs starting with P
| Package Participate Perceive Perfect Perform Persuade |
Photograph Pilot Pioneer Plan Practice Predict |
Prepare Present Preserve Preside Prevent |
Prioritize Probe Process Produce Program Project |
Promote Propose Provide Publicize Publish Purchase |
List of action verbs starting with Q
| Qualify | Quantify | Quote |
List of action verbs starting with R
| Raise Ran Rank Rate Read Reason Recall Recognize Recommend Reconcile |
Record Recreate Recruit Rectify Reduce Refer Refine Register Regulate Rehabilitate |
Reinforce Relate Related Release Remodel Render Renew Reorganize Repair Replace |
Report Represent Research Reserve Resolve Respond Restore Restrict Retain Retrieve |
Revamp Reveal Review Revise Revitalize Route |
List of action verbs starting with S
| Sample Save Scan Schedule Screen Script Scrutinize Search Secure Segment Select |
Serve Service Set goals Set up Settle Shape Share Show Simplify Simulate Sketch |
Sold Solicit Solve Sort Speak Strengthen Structure Study Submit Substantiate Substitute |
Spearhead Specialize Specify Spoke Stage Standardize Start Stimulate Straighten Strategize Streamline |
Suggest Summarize Supervise Supply Support Surpass Survey Sustain Symbolize Synthesize Systematize |
List of action verbs starting with T
| Tabulate Tail Target Taught Teach Tend |
Terminate Test Theorize Time Tour Trace |
Track Trade Train Transcribe Transfer Transform |
Translate Transmit Transport Transpose Travel Treat |
Triple Troubleshot Tutor |
List of action verbs starting with U
| Uncover Undertook |
Unify Unveil |
Update Upgrade |
Upheld Use |
Utilize |
List of action verbs starting with V
| Validate Value |
Verify View |
Visit Visualize |
Vitalize Volunteer |
List of action verbs starting with W
| Weigh Widen |
Win Withdraw |
Witness Write |
List of action verbs starting with X
| Xerox |
List of action verbs starting with Y
| – |
List of action verbs starting with Z
| Zap Zero in |
Zip Zoom in |
Zoom out Zone off |
Source:
Positive Action Verbs
Texture and Inspire brush by Kim Klassen
trying to spoonfeed us our inspiration, eh?! just kidding! :)
great word you chose. My word for the year is moderation
Barb, you always always amaze me. You provide the dictionary for us, for the cry!!! Last year’s word was “leap” and I’m not really certain that it did much for me. I mean, it may have, and it might be lying in the ditch somewhere, dead like roadkill. I just don’t know. So I decided that for this coming year I’m going to read my daily Zen calendar and try to apply the day’s phrase to my own self/life. But you know, you do have a knack for having a positive impact on people. I’m off to look over your small dictionary here. I just might find a word that screams out at me! (and you are the most inspirational person I know, truly). cheers!
I am laughing at TEXWISgirl’s comment…Barb you are the best. Encouraging (inspiring) us by giving us a mini-dictionary. But my word isn’t on your list….savor. Felt it could have multiple meanings and could go in different directions. Beautiful pic, nice to see color!!
Great word “inspire”. I look forward to seeing where it takes you. My word isn’t on your list “Nourish”. But that’s okay…I’m going to keep t his list next to me when I play “Words With Friends”…with it’s help I’m gonna BURY my sister the next game we play :)
Kathy
You’re the second blogger I’ve heard about using a word for the next year … I think mine will have to be deliberate (so I can make a plan and reach a goal). Happy 2012
Wow, Barb – you keep amazing me! Not only inspirations, but also English lesson:) Ta!
Inspire and act are good words, I recon, and maybe create:)
Hugs
Thank you so much for the inspirational word list. Still haven’t picked my word and this will be very helpful.
I’ve got so many of them and now I’ve got more to choose from. I’ll start with visualize.
I have seen many bloggers choosing one word for 2012 — yours is appropriate, as you always have something useful we can take away with us. :)
Barb, I am at a loss for words here, so I will simply say that I think you are AMAZING!!
You have a lovely blog out here; happy New Year!!!
That is gorgeous and inspiring piece of art. This should be on the wall when you or I wake up and we would see this inspiring wall art first thing in the morning.
Wow, that’s quite the list. I’m going word-free this year. I like that new photo of you :)
Oh there are so many words I would choose and I am inspired BUT what I need is time. Maybe my key word should be moderate and then maybe I’ll find time. Oh my!
Gorgeous photo. But I must say I am very impressed with your list of verbs also!
wow…I needed this post today..thank you..