action words
Words showing movement
Action words is a term used mainly in elementary education for verbs—words that describe what someone or something does: run, jump, think, become.
The phrase helps children identify verbs before they learn formal grammatical terminology.
In résumé writing, action words are strong verbs that convey accomplishment: led, achieved, implemented.
- runMove swiftly on foot
- performExecute or present
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- speakProduce words aloud
execute · do something · get moving · throw · fight scene · climb · react · respond · march · dance · leap · demonstrate · command · verbs · trigger · propel · stands · engage
- vocabulary categories
- Inuit vocabularybody parts, numerals, greetings, verb forms, traditional stories
- phonicsalphabet, decoding, digraphs, blends, phonics
grammatical category
action wordsnouns
Words naming entities
adjectives · articles · prepositions · function words · determiners
action, word, actions, acted, acting, actor, actress, active, activate