Discover a variety of words that start with “yo” to expand your vocabulary and enhance your linguistic skills.
- Yo- a casual greeting, similar to “hi.”
- Yob- a British slang term for a loutish, uncultured person.
- Yobbo- another British slang term for an uncouth or thuggish young man.
- Yock- slang for a loud laugh.
- Yodel- to sing with rapid changes between the normal voice and falsetto.
- Yodle- alternative spelling of “yodel.”
- Yoga- a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline that includes breath control, meditation, and specific bodily postures.
- Yogalates- a fitness routine combining yoga and pilates.
- Yogic- relating to or characteristic of yoga.
- Yogini- a female practitioner of yoga.
- Yogurt- a semi-solid sourish food prepared from milk fermented by added bacteria.
- Yoghourt- alternative spelling of “yogurt.”
- Yogee- alternative spelling of “yogi.”
- Yogi- a person who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight.
- Yok- an obsolete term meaning to laugh or joke.
- Yoke- a device for joining together a pair of draft animals.
- Yoked- equipped with or connected by a yoke.
- Yokefellow- a close companion or colleague.
- Yokel- a person living in a rural area, often considered unsophisticated.
- Yokemate- another term for yokefellow.
- Yoking- the act of connecting or pairing using a yoke.
- Yolky- resembling an egg yolk.
- Yomim- plural of “yom,” meaning days in Hebrew.
- Yonder- at some distance in the direction indicated.
- Yong- archaic spelling of “young.”
- Yonic- relating to or resembling a vulva.
- Yonks- British slang for a very long time.
- Yore- in the long past; long ago.
- York- to force or bend someone over, a term used in some English dialects, meaning to vomit.
- Yorkist- related to the House of York, a faction in England’s Wars of the Roses.
- You- used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing.
- Youd- dialectal past tense of “youd,” informal second person plural of “you.”
- Young- having lived or existed for only a short time; not old.
- Younger- a more youthful person or the junior in age.
- Youngest- the superlative form of young; the most youthful of three or more.
- Youngish- somewhat young.
- Youngster- a child or young person.
- Younker- an inexperienced young person.
- Your- belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing.
- Yours- belonging to or associated with you.
- Yourself- used to refer to the person being addressed as the object of a verb or preposition when they are also the subject.
- Yourselves- the plural form of “yourself.”
- Youse- informal, nonstandard form of “you” used for the second-person plural.
- Youth- the period between childhood and adult age.
- Youthful- possessing characteristics of youth; fresh, vigorous.
- Yowl- a long, mournful cry, typically one made by a cat or a dog.
- Yowling- emitting or making a yowl.
- Yox- possibly a variant or misspelling related to “yoke” or a term of uncertain meaning in regional dialects.