Action Verbs

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Achievement verbs

Describe your accomplishments/results using action verbs. Review these sample verbs and select those that apply to you.

  • accelerated
  • accentuated
  • accomplished
  • achieved
  • adapted
  • added
  • addressed
  • adjusted
  • advanced
  • advocated
  • aligned
  • altered
  • appointed
  • approved
  • augmented
  • balanced
  • broadened
  • brought
  • built
  • capitalized
  • captured
  • chaired
  • championed
  • changed
  • clarified
  • closed
  • commended
  • completed
  • conceived
  • conceptualized
  • conserved
  • consolidated
  • continued
  • converted
  • corrected
  • created
  • curtailed
  • cut
  • deciphered
  • declined
  • decreased
  • defined
  • delivered
  • designated
  • designed
  • developed
  • devised
  • diagnosed
  • differentiated
  • directed
  • discovered
  • dispatched
  • disposed
  • distinguished
  • diversified
  • diverted
  • doubled
  • drove
  • earned
  • effected
  • elected
  • eliminated
  • empowered
  • energized
  • enforced
  • enhanced
  • enlarged
  • ensured
  • established
  • exceeded
  • executed
  • expanded
  • expedited
  • exposed
  • facilitated
  • finalized
  • fixed
  • forged
  • formalized
  • formed
  • formulated
  • fostered
  • founded
  • gained
  • generated
  • governed
  • graduated
  • halted
  • hand-picked
  • headed
  • impacted
  • implemented
  • improved
  • increased
  • influenced
  • initiated
  • innovated
  • instituted
  • integrated
  • intensified
  • introduced
  • invented
  • invited
  • justified
  • launched
  • led
  • leveraged
  • liquidated
  • lowered
  • maintained
  • managed
  • mastered
  • masterminded
  • maximized
  • merged
  • minimized
  • modernized
  • modified
  • nominated
  • normalized
  • obtained
  • offered
  • opened
  • optimized
  • orchestrated
  • originated
  • overcame
  • overhauled
  • oversaw
  • perfected
  • performed
  • persuaded
  • piloted
  • pinpointed
  • pioneered
  • positioned
  • prevented
  • prioritized
  • produced
  • profited
  • progressed
  • projected
  • promoted
  • propelled
  • proposed
  • proved
  • raised
  • ranked
  • ratified
  • realigned
  • rebuilt
  • recaptured
  • received
  • recognized
  • recommended
  • reconciled
  • recorded
  • redesigned
  • reduced
  • reengineered
  • refined
  • regained
  • regulated
  • rehabilitated
  • reinforced
  • rejuvenated
  • released
  • remedied
  • remodelled
  • renegotiated
  • renewed
  • renovated
  • reorganized
  • repaired
  • repositioned
  • represented
  • resolved
  • restored
  • restructured
  • retained
  • retrieved
  • revamped
  • reversed
  • revised
  • revitalized
  • satisfied
  • saved
  • secured
  • separated
  • shaped
  • shepherded
  • simplified
  • slashed
  • solidified
  • solved
  • sparked
  • spearheaded
  • standardized
  • started
  • steered
  • stimulated
  • streamlined
  • strengthened
  • succeeded
  • surpassed
  • terminated
  • transferred
  • transformed
  • transitioned
  • trimmed
  • tripled
  • troubleshot
  • turned
  • uncovered
  • unified
  • united
  • updated
  • upgraded
  • validated
  • verified
  • widened
  • won
  • yielded

Skill verbs

Describe your skills using action verbs. Review these sample verbs and select those that apply to you.

  • acquired
  • acted
  • adjudicated
  • adjusted
  • administered
  • advertised
  • advised
  • advocated
  • allocated
  • analyzed
  • anchored
  • answered
  • applied
  • appointed
  • appraised
  • approved
  • arbitrated
  • arranged
  • articulated
  • ascertained
  • assembled
  • assessed
  • assigned
  • associated
  • audited
  • authenticated
  • authored
  • authorized
  • balanced
  • began
  • bestowed
  • brainstormed
  • briefed
  • budgeted
  • built
  • calculated
  • calibrated
  • capitalized
  • captured
  • catalogued
  • compared
  • compelled
  • compiled
  • completed
  • composed
  • computed
  • conceived
  • conceptualized
  • concluded
  • condensed
  • conducted
  • configured
  • conserved
  • consolidated
  • constructed
  • consulted
  • contracted
  • contrasted
  • contributed
  • controlled
  • converted
  • conveyed
  • cooperated
  • coordinated
  • corrected
  • corresponded
  • counselled
  • crafted
  • created
  • critiqued
  • customized
  • debugged
  • decided
  • deciphered
  • defined
  • delegated
  • demonstrated
  • deployed
  • derived
  • described
  • designed
  • detailed
  • detected
  • determined
  • developed
  • devised
  • diagnosed
  • differentiated
  • directed
  • discerned
  • discovered
  • dispensed
  • displayed
  • dissected
  • distinguished
  • distributed
  • diversified
  • diverted
  • documented
  • drafted
  • drew
  • drove
  • edited
  • educated
  • elected
  • emphasized
  • empowered
  • enabled
  • enacted
  • encouraged
  • endorsed
  • energized
  • enforced
  • engineered
  • enlisted
  • enlivened
  • entertained
  • equalized
  • estimated
  • evaluated
  • examined
  • executed
  • exhibited
  • exhorted
  • experimented
  • explained
  • explored
  • exported
  • expressed
  • extracted
  • extricated
  • fabricated
  • facilitated
  • familiarized
  • filed
  • finalized
  • financed
  • fixed
  • forecasted
  • forged
  • formalized
  • formed
  • formulated
  • fortified
  • fostered
  • generated
  • governed
  • graduated
  • guided
  • halted
  • handled
  • headed
  • hired
  • honoured
  • hosted
  • hypothesized
  • identified
  • illustrated
  • imagined
  • imported
  • improvised
  • incorporated
  • influenced
  • informed
  • initiated
  • inspected
  • inspired
  • installed
  • instilled
  • instructed
  • integrated
  • interpreted
  • intervened
  • interviewed
  • invented
  • inventoried
  • investigated
  • itemized
  • joined
  • judged
  • justified
  • launched
  • learned
  • lectured
  • led
  • leveraged
  • liaised
  • licensed
  • listed
  • listened
  • located
  • logged
  • lowered
  • maintained
  • managed
  • manipulated
  • manufactured
  • mapped
  • marked
  • marketed
  • measured
  • mediated
  • mentored
  • merged
  • modelled
  • moderated
  • modified
  • monetized
  • monitored
  • motivated
  • narrated
  • navigated
  • negotiated
  • networked
  • nominated
  • normalized
  • observed
  • offered
  • officiated
  • operated
  • orchestrated
  • ordered
  • organized
  • oriented
  • outlined
  • outsourced
  • oversaw
  • participated
  • partnered
  • perceived
  • performed
  • persuaded
  • photographed
  • piloted
  • pinpointed
  • pioneered
  • planned
  • positioned
  • predicted
  • prepared
  • prescribed
  • presented
  • presided
  • prioritized
  • processed
  • procured
  • produced
  • programmed
  • progressed
  • projected
  • promoted
  • proofread
  • propelled
  • proposed
  • prospected
  • protected
  • proved
  • provided
  • publicized
  • published
  • purchased
  • qualified
  • quantified
  • questioned
  • raised
  • rated
  • ratified
  • realigned
  • rebuilt
  • recaptured
  • received
  • recognized
  • recommended
  • reconciled
  • recorded
  • recruited
  • rectified
  • redesigned
  • reengineered
  • referred
  • refined
  • registered
  • regulated
  • rehabilitated
  • reinforced
  • remodelled
  • rendered
  • renegotiated
  • renewed
  • renovated
  • reorganized
  • repaired
  • replaced
  • reported
  • repositioned
  • represented
  • researched
  • reserved
  • resolved
  • responded
  • restored
  • restructured
  • retained
  • retrieved
  • reviewed
  • revised
  • routed
  • scheduled
  • screened
  • searched
  • secured
  • selected
  • separated
  • served
  • serviced
  • shared
  • shepherded
  • sketched
  • solicited
  • solidified
  • solved
  • spearheaded
  • specialized
  • specified
  • spoke
  • standardized
  • steered
  • stimulated
  • structured
  • studied
  • submitted
  • substantiated
  • suggested
  • summarized
  • supervised
  • supplemented
  • supplied
  • supported
  • synthesized
  • systematized
  • tabulated
  • targeted
  • taught
  • tended
  • terminated
  • tested
  • traced
  • transcribed
  • transferred
  • translated
  • transmitted
  • travelled
  • treated
  • trimmed
  • troubleshot
  • tutored
  • uncovered
  • updated
  • upgraded
  • used
  • utilized
  • validated
  • verbalized
  • viewed
  • visualized
  • weighed
  • welded
  • widened
  • worked
  • wrote
  • wrote

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