Verbs That End in IRE

Explore 64 verified English verbs ending with the suffix -IRE, including Fire, Require, Hire, Desire, Wire, Tire and Acquire. Useful for active storytelling, resume action verbs, and grammar lessons and rhyming patterns, browse these action words and doing words below or review conjugation tables and tense rules in our verb grammar guide.

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Starts with A6 words
acquire
admire
attire
aspire
acquihire
acrospire
Starts with B
2 words
backfire
bemire
Starts with C8 words
conspire
counterfire
crosswire
cofire
coconspire
coinspire
coexpire
coadmire
Starts with D3 words
desire
denshire
disattire
Starts with E4 words
expire
esquire
enfire
exquire
Starts with F
1 words
fire
Starts with H3 words
hire
hotwire
hardwire
Starts with I3 words
inspire
inquire
ire
Starts with M
2 words
mire
misfire
Starts with O3 words
overtire
outfire
outhire
Starts with P4 words
perspire
prefire
prewire
prerequire
Starts with Q
1 words
quire
Starts with R10 words
require
retire
rewire
rehire
respire
reacquire
reinspire
refire
rampire
retrofire
Starts with S4 words
sire
spire
squire
suspire
Starts with T3 words
tire
transpire
twire
Starts with U4 words
umpire
unretire
unwire
underfire
Starts with V
1 words
verquire
Starts with W
1 words
wire
Starts with Z
1 words
zipwire

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