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Database of Action Words (360 Entries)

Action words are verbs that are used to indicate what an individual or organization has done or will do. These are commonly used in critical communications such as job descriptions, resumes and public speaking that describe what you will do or what is expected.

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Social (56)

Communication (45)

Decision Making (33)

Problem Solving (51)

Creative (44)

Technical (81)

Professional (106)

Academic (47)

Achievements (38)

Accomplished	Achieved
Acted	Administered
Advanced	Advised
Advocated	Agreed
Aligned	Altered
Amassed	Amplified
Analyzed	Announced
Answered	Apologized
Appealed	Architected
Arranged	Arrived at
Asked	Assembled
Assessed	Assisted
Attained	Attended
Authorized	Balanced
Built	Calculated
Campaigned	Captured
Cared	Carved
Cataloged	Challenged
Championed	Changed
Checked	Chose
Clarified	Coded
Collaborated	Comforted
Commented	Committed
Communicated	Compared
Compiled	Completed
Complied	Composed
Conceptualized	Concluded
Conducted	Configured
Confirmed	Connected
Connected With	Considered
Consoled	Consolidated
Constructed	Consulted
Contemplated	Contracted
Contributed	Controlled
Converted	Convinced
Coordinated	Corrected
Counseled	Crafted
Created	Critiqued
Curated	Customized
Debated	Debugged
Decided	Deconstructed
Decreased	Defended
Defined	Delegated
Delivered	Deployed
Described	Designed
Determined	Developed
Devised	Diagnosed
Directed	Discovered
Discussed	Distributed
Documented	Donated
Drafted	Drew
Drove	Earned
Edited	Eliminated
Embraced	Emerged
Employed	Empowered
Encoded	Encouraged
Enforced	Engaged
Engineered	Enhanced
Ensured	Envisioned
Established	Estimated
Evaluated	Examined
Exceeded	Exchanged
Executed	Expanded
Expected	Expedited
Explored	Expressed
Extracted	Fabricated
Facilitated	Figured
Finalized	Fixed
Forecast	Formatted
Formed	Formulated
Fostered	Fought
Founded	Framed
Fulfilled	Gained
Gathered	Gauged
Generated	Grew
Guided	Helped
Highlighted	Hypothesized
Identified	Illustrated
Imagined	Implemented
Improved	Improvised
Incorporated	Increased
Influenced	Informed
Initiated	Innovated
Inquired	Inspired
Installed	Instigated
Instructed	Integrated
Interpreted	Intervened
Introduced	Invented
Investigated	Invited
Involved	Isolated
Joined	Laid Out
Launched	Layered
Learned	Lectured
Led	Lined Up
Listened	Looked at
Maintained	Managed
Mapped	Mastered
Measured	Mediated
Mentored	Mobilized
Modeled	Modified
Monitored	Narrated
Navigated	Negotiated
Noted	Noticed
Observed	Obtained
Offered	Operated
Optimized	Organized
Outlined	Outperformed
Overcame	Overhauled
Oversaw	Painted
Participated	Partitioned
Partnered	Perceived
Performed	Persuaded
Planned	Played
Pointed Out	Positioned
Predicted	Prepared
Presented	Prioritized
Processed	Produced
Programmed	Progressed
Projected	Promoted
Proposed	Protected
Protested	Provided
Qualified	Quantified
Questioned	Raised
Raised Awareness	Ranked
Reached	Realigned
Rearchitected	Rearranged
Reassured	Recognized
Recommenced	Recommended
Reconstructed	Recorded
Recruited	Redesigned
Reengineered	Reevaluated
Refined	Reflected
Reformed	Reimagined
Reinterpreted	Reinvented
Remodeled	Removed
Repaired	Replaced
Replied	Reported
Requested	Researched
Reshaped	Resolved
Responded	Restored
Restructured	Revealed
Reviewed	Revised
Revisited	Rewrote
Scheduled	Searched
Secured	Selected
Set Up	Settled
Shaped	Shared
Shipped	Signaled
Simplified	Simulated
Sketched	Sold
Solved	Sorted
Sought	Sourced
Sparked	Spearheaded
Specified	Stabilized
Standardized	Stitched
Stood By	Stood Up
Strategized	Streamlined
Strengthened	Structured
Studied	Styled
Submitted	Succeeded
Suggested	Supervised
Supported	Sustained
Synthesized	Talked
Taught	Tested
Topped	Traced
Tracked	Trained
Transcended	Transformed
Transmitted	Triaged
Tried	Tuned
Turned	United
Unveiled	Updated
Upgraded	Utilized
Validated	Ventured
Verified	Visualized
Vocalized	Voiced
Volunteered	Warned
Was Awarded	Weighed
Welcomed	Won
Wondered	Worked
Worked Through	Wrote

What is an Action Word

Action words are better known as verbs. However, the term action word is also generally understood to indicate a verb that is presented in active voice where the subject of the sentence performs the action directly. For example, "I developed code" is active voice and remains active voice if you drop the subject to say "developed code."

Definition of Action Word

An active voice verb that indicates the action of an individual, team or organization.

Active voice can be contrasted with passive voice such as "code was developed" that makes in unclear who or what actually performed the action. Passive voice is considered a poor choice for communication because it is generally unclear and uninspiring.

Action words are used to explain what you have done in contexts such as resumes, job interviews or other types of application processes. This is a good practice because it shows that you are an active force in things and not a mere passive participant.

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