would

would synonyms

used to compare would and used to
should compare would and should
could compare would and could
address compare would and address
allude compare would and allude
used to compare would and used to
mean to say compare would and mean to say
offer compare would and offer
bounce compare would and bounce
give compare would and give
might compare would and might
use compare would and use
make compare would and make
aim compare would and aim
whip compare would and whip
would like compare would and would like
bear compare would and bear
require compare would and require
mean compare would and mean
hint compare would and hint
procure compare would and procure
may compare would and may
mark compare would and mark
insinuate compare would and insinuate
commit compare would and commit
determine compare would and determine
force compare would and force
purpose compare would and purpose
go compare would and go
need compare would and need
specify compare would and specify
entreat compare would and entreat
implicate compare would and implicate
entail compare would and entail
proposition compare would and proposition
honey compare would and honey
chance compare would and chance
see compare would and see
prospect compare would and prospect
say compare would and say
get compare would and get
speak for compare would and speak for
introduce compare would and introduce
supplicate compare would and supplicate
promise compare would and promise
engage compare would and engage
lean compare would and lean
spur compare would and spur
will compare would and will
resolve compare would and resolve

would definitions

verb

  • Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality, indicating a state or action that is conditional on another. 

  • Was or were determined to; indicating someone's insistence upon doing something. 

  • Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to; indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly. 

  • Could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.). 

  • Without explicit condition, or with loose or vague implied condition, indicating a hypothetical or imagined state or action. 

  • Used to express the speaker's belief or assumption. 

  • Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …? 

  • Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time. 

  • Suggesting conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc. 

  • Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation. 

noun

  • Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality. 

verb noun