Wikipedia:Basic English ordered wordlist

From Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia written in simple English for easy reading.

This list is based on Charles Kay Ogden's Basic English ordered word list.


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Please do not add new items or make casual updates to it, unless you are correcting it to match its original source.


Contents

Operations

100 words

come • get • give • go • keep • let • make • put • seem • take • be • do • have • say • see • send • may • will

about • across • afteragainst • among • at • before • between • by • down • from • in • off • on • over • through • to • under • up • with

as • for • of • till • than

a • the • all • any • every • little • much • no • other • some • such • that • thisI • he • you • who

and • because • but • or • if • though • while • how • when • where • why

again • ever • far • forward • here • nearnowoutstill • then • there • together • well

almost • enough • even • not • only • quite • so • very • tomorrowyesterday

northsoutheastwest • please • yes


Things

400 General words

accountactadditionadjustmentadvertisementagreementairamountamusementanimalanswerapparatus • approval • argumentartattackattemptattention • attraction • authority • back • balance • basebehaviorbeliefbirthbit • bite • blood • blow • bodybrassbreadbreathbrotherbuildingburn • burst • businessbuttercanvas • care • cause • chalk • chance • changeclothcoalcolor • comfort • committee • companycomparisoncompetition • condition • connection • control • cookcoppercopy • cork • cotton • cough • country • cover • crack • credit • crime • crush • crycurrentcurve • damage • dangerdaughterdaydeathdebtdecisiondegreedesigndesire • destruction • detail • development • digestiondirection • discovery • discussiondiseasedisgustdistance • distribution • division • doubt • drink • driving • dustearthedgeeducation • effect • end • erroreventexample • exchange • existence • expansion • experience • expert • factfallfamilyfatherfear • feeling • fiction • field • fight • fireflameflightflower • fold • foodforce • form • friend • front • fruitglassgoldgovernmentgraingrass • grip • group • growth • guide • harborharmonyhatehearingheathelphistoryhole • hope • hourhumoriceideaimpulse • increase • industryinkinsect • instrument • insuranceinterestinventionironjelly • join • journeyjudgejumpkickkissknowledgelandlanguagelaughlawleadlearningleatherletterlevel • lift • light • limit • linen • liquidlist • look • loss • lovemachinemanmanagermarkmarketmassmealmeasuremeat • meeting • memorymetalmiddlemilkmindmineminute • mist • moneymonthmorningmothermotionmountain • move • musicnamenationneednewsnightnoisenotenumber • observation • offer • oil • operation • opinionorderorganization • ornament • owner • pagepainpaintpaper • part • paste • payment • peacepersonplaceplantplaypleasurepointpoisonpolish • porter • positionpowderpowerprice • print • process • produce • profitproperty • prose • protest • pull • punishmentpurpose • push • qualityquestionrain • range • rate • rayreactionreading • reason • record • regret • relation • religion • representative • request • respect • rest • rewardrhythmriceriverroad • roll • room • rub • rule • run • saltsandscalesciencesea • seat • secretary • selection • self • senseservantsexshade • shake • shame • shocksidesignsilksilversistersizeskysleep • slip • slopesmashsmellsmile • smoke • sneezesnowsoapsocietysonsong • sort • soundsoupspacestage • start • statement • steamsteel • step • stitch • stone • stop • story • stretch • structuresubstancesugarsuggestionsummer • support • surprise • swim • system • talktastetaxteaching • tendency • testtheorythingthoughtthundertimetin • top • touchtradetransport • trick • trouble • turn • twist • unit • use • value • verse • vessel • view • voice • walk • war • wash • wastewaterwavewax • way • weatherweekweightwindwinewinterwomanwoodwoolwordwork • wound • writingyear

200 Picturable words

See also Wikipedia:Basic English picture wordlist.

angleantapplearcharmarmybabybagballbandbasinbasketbathbedbeebellberrybirdblade • board • boatbonebookbootbottleboxboybrainbrakebranchbrickbridgebrushbucketbulbbuttoncakecameracard • cart • carriage • catchaincheesechest • chin • churchcircleclockcloudcoat • collar • comb • cord • cowcup • curtain • cushiondogdoordrain • drawer • dress • drop • eareggengineeyefacefarmfeatherfingerfishflagfloorflyfootforkfowl • frame • gardengirlglovegoatgunhairhammerhandhatheadhearthookhornhorsehospitalhouseislandjewelkettlekeykneeknife • knot • leafleglibrarylineliplockmap • match • monkeymoonmouthmusclenailneckneedlenervenetnosenutofficeorangeoven • parcel • penpencilpicturepigpinpipeplaneplateplough/plowpocketpotpotatoprison • pump • rail • ratreceipt • ring • rod • roofrootsailschoolscissorsscrewseedsheepshelfshipshirtshoeskinskirtsnakesockspadespongespoonspringsquare • stamp • starstation • stem • stick • stocking • stomachstorestreetsuntabletail • thread • throatthumbtickettoetonguetoothtowntraintraytreetrousersumbrellawallwatchwheelwhipwhistlewindowwingwireworm

Qualities

100 General

ableacidangryautomaticbeautifulblack • boiling • bright • broken • brown • cheap • chemical • chief • clean • clearcommon • complex • conscious • cut • deep • dependent • earlyelasticelectricequalfat • fertile • first • fixed • flatfree • frequent • full • generalgood • great • grey/gray • hanging • happyhard • healthy • high • hollow • important • kind • like • living • longmale • married • material • medical • militarynaturalnecessarynewnormal • open • parallel • pastphysicalpolitical • poor • possible • present • private • probable • quickquiet • ready • red • regular • responsible • rightround • same • second • separate • serious • sharp • smooth • sticky • stiff • straight • strong • sudden • sweet • tall • thick • tight • tired • trueviolent • waiting • warmwet • wide • wise • yellowyoung

50 Opposites

awakebad • bent • bitter • blue • certain • coldcomplete • cruel • dark • dead • dear • delicate • different • dirty • dry • false • feeble • femalefoolishfuturegreen • ill • last • late • left • loose • loud • low • mixed • narrow • oldoppositepublic • rough • sadsafesecretshort • shut • simple • slow • smallsoftsolidspecial • strange • thin • whitewrong