Discover a variety of interesting and useful words starting with the letter “I” to enhance your vocabulary and understanding.
- Icon- A pictorial representation or image.
- Idea- A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action.
- Ideal- A standard of perfection; a principle to be aimed at.
- Identify- Establish or indicate who or what someone or something is.
- Idiom- A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from the individual words.
- Idle- Not active or in use; without purpose or effect.
- Idol- An image or representation of a god used as an object of worship.
- Ignite- Catch fire or cause to catch fire.
- Ignore- Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge.
- Illusion- A thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.
- Illustrate- Explain or make clear by using examples, charts, or pictures.
- Image- A representation of the external form of a person or thing in art.
- Imitate- Take or follow as a model.
- Immaculate- Perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
- Immense- Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.
- Immerse- Dip or submerge in a liquid.
- Immigrant- A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.
- Impact- The action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another.
- Impair- Weaken or damage something.
- Impart- Make information known; communicate.
- Impede- Delay or prevent by obstructing them.
- Implement- A tool, utensil, or piece of equipment.
- Implicate- Show someone to be involved in a crime.
- Implore- Beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
- Imply- Strongly suggest the truth or existence of something not expressly stated.
- Import- Bring goods or services into a country.
- Impose- Force something unwelcome to be accepted or put in place.
- Impress- Make someone feel admiration and respect.
- Improve- Make or become better.
- Incense- A substance that is burned to produce a fragrant odor.
- Incentive- A thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something.
- Incident- An event or occurrence.
- Include- Comprise or contain as part of a whole.
- Income- Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments.
- Increase- Make or become greater in size, amount, or degree.
- Indicate- Point out; show.
- Induce- Succeed in persuading or leading someone to do something.
- Inevitable- Certain to happen; unavoidable.
- Infect- Affect with a disease-causing organism.
- Infer- Deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning.
- Inflate- Fill with air or gas so that it becomes swollen.
- Influence- The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something.
- Inform- Give someone facts or information; tell.
- Inhabit- Live in or occupy a place or environment.
- Inherit- Receive money, property, or a title as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
- Initiate- Cause a process or action to begin.
- Inject- Drive or force a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine, into a person or animal’s body with a syringe.
- Injure- Do physical harm or damage to someone.
- Inkling- A slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint.
- Inner- Located inside; further toward the center.
- Innocent- Not guilty of a crime or offense.
- Innovate- Make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
- Input- What is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system.
- Inquiry- An act of asking for information.
- Insane- In a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction.
- Insight- The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something.
- Insist- Demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal.
- Inspire- Fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something.
- Install- Place or fix equipment or machinery in position for use.
- Instance- An example or single occurrence of something.
- Instant- A precise moment of time.
- Instead- As an alternative or substitute.
- Insult- Speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.
- Insure- Arrange for compensation in the event of damage to or loss of property, or injury to or the death of someone.
- Intact- Not damaged or impaired in any way; complete.
- Intend- Have as one’s purpose or objective.
- Intense- Of extreme force, degree, or strength.
- Interact- Act in such a way as to have an effect on another.
- Interest- The feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.
- Interior- Situated within or inside; relating to the inside; inner.
- Interject- Say something abruptly, especially as an aside or interruption.
- Internal- Of or situated on the inside.
- Interpret- Explain the meaning of information, words, or actions.
- Interrupt- Stop the continuous progress of an activity or process.
- Intervene- Come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events.
- Interview- A formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person.
- Intimate- Closely acquainted; familiar, close.
- Intimidate- Frighten or overawe someone, especially in order to make them do what one wants.
- Into- Expressing movement or action with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else.
- Intrigue- Arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate.
- Introduce- Bring something, especially a product, into use or operation for the first time.
- Invent- Create or design something that has not existed before; conceive of and develop as an original.
- Invest- Expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result.
- Investigate- Carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of so as to establish the truth.
- Invigorate- Give strength or energy to.
- Invite- Make a polite, formal, or friendly request to someone to go somewhere or to do something.
- Invoke- Call on something with authority, such as a law, especially as a proof or support.
- Involve- Have or include something as a necessary or integral part or result.
- Ion- An atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
- Iron- A strong, hard magnetic silvery-gray metal, much used as a material for construction and manufacturing.
- Irrigate- Supply water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
- Irritate- Make someone annoyed, impatient, or angry.
- Island- A piece of land surrounded by water.
- Issue- An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.
- Item- An individual article or unit, especially one that is part of a list, collection, or set.
- Iterate- Perform or utter repeatedly.
- Ivory- A hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal.
- Ivy- A woody climbing or trailing evergreen plant.
- Iota- A very small amount.
- Irony- The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.