255 Word of the Year Ideas to Choose From
Need help finding the right word of the year?
Whether you’re making a fresh start for the new year, you think you might want to refresh your word mid-year, or you want to choose one for the first time right now, I hope this list helps you find the perfect word for YOU.
There’s no time like right now to choose/refresh a word of the year because WHY?
It’s fun.
It’s awesome.
And it can help you change your life.
I added new, Sparkly (Word # 211) words for 2023.
The most hilarious word I saw was Salad, which didn’t make it in to the list – but the more I think about it, it probably should have after the last two years we’ve experienced. *)))
UPDATE: I changed my mind. Salad (Word# 197) is now in the list. Too good to leave out.
This list of word suggestions can help Inspire (Word #123) you to Embrace (Word #69) your Goals (Word #101) and Commit (Word #41) to Create (Word #55) your Best Year Ever!
I Believe (Word #18) choosing a word to represent your vibe intention is the perfect way to start the new year or make a fresh start any day of the year!
I’ve updated this post for 2023 and created a cute printable for you to download.
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255 Word of the Year Ideas List
I surveyed women IRL and in my social communities and brainstormed some of my own fave words, including “whitespace.” These are words that female bloggers, content creators, solopreneurs, mommy bloggers, crafters, creatives and students in my tribes are focusing on.
1. Act
2. Action
3. Abundance
4. Accomplished
5. Adapt
6. Advance
7. Adventure
8. Align
9. Allow
10. Anchor
11. Authentic
12. Aware
13. Badass
14. Balance
15. Be
16. Become
17. Begin
18. Believe
19. Better
20. Blessed
21. Blessings
22. Bold
23. Boundaries
24. Brave
25. Breathe
26. Bright
27. Budget
28. Build
29. Calm
30. Capable
31. Care
32. Celebrate
33. Centered
34. Change
35. Cherished
36. Chill
37. Choose
38. Clarity
39. Classy
40. Comfort
41. Commit
42. Commitment
43. Communicate
44. Communication
45. Compassion
46. Complete
47. Confident
48. Confidence
49. Connect
50. Connection
51. Conquer
52. Consistent
53. Contentment
54. Courage
55. Create
56. Creativity
57. Cultivate
58. Declutter
59. Dedicated
60. Delight
61. Dependable
62. Determined
63. Devotion
64. Direction
65. Discipline
66. Discover
67. Dream
68. Ease
69. Embrace
70. Easy
71. Bank
72. Insights
73. Empowered
74. Encourage
75. Engage
76. Energy
77. Enjoy
78. Enlightened
79. Enough
80. Expand
81. Explore
82. Faith
83. Family
84. Fearless
85. Fierce
86. Finish
87. Fit
88. Fitness
89. Flow
90. Flourish
91. Focus
92. Forgiveness
93. Forward
94. Foundation
95. Free
96. Freedom
97. Friendship
98. Generous
99. Gentleness
100. Give
101. Glitter
102. Glow
103. Go
104. Goals
105. Goodwill
106. Grace
107. Graceful
108. Grateful
109. Gratitude
110. Grounded
111. Grow
112. Growth
113. Happiness
114. Heal
115. Health
116. Healing
117. Heart
118. Hero
119. Home
120. Honesty
121. Hope
122. Humble
123. Imagine
124. Immerse
125. Improve
126. Inspire
127. Integrity
128. Intentional
129. Intuitive
130. Intention
131. Simple
132. Fun
133. Journey
134. Joy
135. Kind
136. Kindness
137. Learn
138. Light
139. Limitless
140. Listen
141. Love
142. Loved
143. Loyalty
144. Magical
145. Manifest
146. Mercy
147. Mindfulness
148. Motion
149. Motivation
150. No
151. Nourish
152. Nurture
153. Open
154. Organize
155. Organized
156. Passion
157. Patience
158. Peace
159. Persevere
160. Persist
161. Persistence
162. Play
163. Positive
164. Positivity
165. Possibilities
166. Potential
167. Power
168. Prayer
169. Prepare
170. Present
171. Proactive
172. Progress
173. Promise
174. Prosper
175. Prosperity
176. Purpose
177. Quiet
178. Radiant
179. Rebuild
180. Rediscover
181. Reflect
182. Refresh
183. Reinvention
184. Relationships
185. Relax
186. Release
187. Renew
188. Renewal
189. Reset
190. Resilience
191. Resilient
192. Rest
193. Restore
194. Revive
195. Rise
196. Rockstar
197. Salad
198. Self-Acceptance
199. Self-Awareness
200. Self-Care
201. Serenity
202. Serve
203. Service
204. Shine
205. Simplify
206. Slow
207. Snuggle
208. Softness
209. Soul
210. Sparkle
211. Sparkly
212. Spirituality
213. Stability
214. Start
215. Steady
216. Stillness
217. Strength
218. Stretch
219. Stronger
220. Support
221. Surrender
222. Teach
223. Tender
224. Thankful
225. Thrive
226. Tidy
227. Tranquil
228. Tranquility
229. Time
230. Dreamy
231. Space
232. Transformation
233. Transparency
234. Travel
235. Trust
236. Truth
237. Unapologetic
238. Unconditional
239. Unstoppable
240. Uplift
241. Valued
242. Vibe
243. Visible
244. Vision
245. Wellness
246. Whitespace
247. Willingness
248. Win
249. Whole
250. Wisdom
251. Wonder
252. Worth
253. Worthy
254. Yes
255. Zen
My word for the year is:
Grace.
I made a sweet little printable of these 255 words as a freebie for my readers. If you think it might help you pick your perfect word, download it below.
xo Sheri
