| wait (noun) form plural: waits staying where one is; expectation; ambush | wait (verb) forms: waited; waited; waiting to be ready or available; to work as an attendant; to postpone |
| waiter (noun) form plural: waiters one who serves tables at a restaurant or pub | waitress (noun) form plural: waitresses woman who serves tables in a restaurant or pub |
| wallet (noun) form plural: wallets small purse used to carry money and personal documents; billfold; handbag | wallpaper (noun) form plural: wallpapers picture or design used as a background for the other images in a graphical user interface |
| warehouse (noun) form plural: warehouses depot; wholesale store; large retail store | warehouse (verb) forms: warehoused; warehoused; warehousing to store in a large building |
| warning (adjective) cautioning; giving advice about danger | warning (noun) form plural: warnings caution; advice about danger; advance notice |
| warranty (noun) form plural: warranties guarantee; authority; justification | waste (adjective) leftover; unused; desolate; desert; destroyed |
| waste (noun) form plural: wastes misuse; loss; rubbish; garbage; sewage | watch (noun) form plural: watches small clock that is usually worn on the wrist; guarding; observation |
| watch (verb) forms: watched; watched; watching to see; to look; to pay attention; to supervise | waver (verb) forms: wavered; wavered; wavering to sway; to oscillate; to vacillate; to fluctuate |
| weak (adjective) frail; feeble; faint; dilute; watery | weakness (noun) form plural: weaknesses drawback; disadvantage; defect; foible |
| wealth (noun) form: no plural richness; prosperity; capital; fortune; abundance | weapon (noun) form plural: weapons instrument for use in attack or defense in combat |
| weigh (verb) forms: weighed; weighed; weighing to consider; to be of a particular heaviness; to burden | weight (noun) form plural: weights heaviness; unit of mass; pressure; importance; influence |
| weight (verb) forms: weighted; weighted; weighting to load; to oppress; to burden; to regard; to esteem | whereas (conjunction) since; inasmuch as; while; while on the contrary |
| whereas (noun) form: no plural this being the case; since (used in formal documents) | whether (conjunction) if |
| whole (adjective) complete; full; entire; healthy | whole (noun) form plural: wholes totality; completeness; entirety |
| widespread (adjective) common; popular; extensive; prevalent | width (noun) form plural: widths breadth; thickness |
| will (noun) form plural: wills last testament listing inheritors of a dying person's property | will (verb) forms: willed; willed; willing to want; to command; to determine; to decide |
| willingness (noun) form: no plural readiness; agreeableness | wire (adjective) made of a thin flexible cord of metal |
| wire (noun) form plural: wires cord; line; string; telegraph cable | withdraw (verb) forms: withdrew; withdrawn; withdrawing to take money from the bank; to retire; to remove |
| within (preposition) during | withstand (verb) forms: withstood; withstood; withstanding to bear; to endure |
| witness (noun) form plural: witnesses testifier; onlooker; bystander; testimony | witness (verb) forms: witnessed; witnessed; witnessing to look on; to see; to observe; to testify; to vouch for |
| wool (noun) form plural: wools fleece from some animals; frizzy hair | work (noun) form plural: works labor; task; profession; occupation; vocation; effort |
| work (verb) forms: worked; worked; working to labor; to act; to operate; to activate; to process | workshop (noun) form plural: workshops seminar; brief intensive educational program; discussion group |
| worry (noun) form plural: worries concern; fear; misfortune; distress | worry (verb) forms: worried; worried; worrying to be concerned; to harass; to advance through great effort |
| would (verb) form: modal verb helping verb for use in a question; request or expression of desire | wrench (noun) form plural: wrenches violent twist; violent ripping; tool for gripping or turning bolts |
| wrench (verb) forms: wrenched; wrenched; wrenching to pull by force; to twist; to cut off; to distort; to pervert | write off (verb) forms: wrote off; written off; writing off to disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer) |
| wrong (noun) form plural: wrongs injustice; evil; bad; broken law; transgression | wrong (verb) forms: wronged; wronged; wronging to cause suffering to; to behave unjustly toward |
| wry (adjective) distorted; crooked; twisted; askew |