Deriving Nouns from Verbs: Names for People
Vocabulary List
Verb – Noun
to advise – adviser
to announce – announcer
to babysit – babysitter
to bake – baker
to bat – batter
to bathe – bather
to begin – beginner
to believe – believer
to bid – bidder
to bite – biter
to bomb – bomber
to bounce – bouncer
to box – boxer
to brew – brewer
to broadcast – broadcaster
to build – builder
to buy – buyer
to call – caller
to camp – camper
to carry – carrier
to carve – carver
to catch – catcher
to challenge – challenger
to cheat – cheater
to clean – cleaner
to close – closer
to cobble – cobbler
to command – commander
to complain – complainer
to compose – composer
to copy – copier
to count – counter
to crash – crasher
to cry – crier
to cut – cutter
to cycle – cycler
to dance – dancer
to deceive – deceiver
to defend – defender
to deliver – deliverer
to desert – deserter
to design – designer
to destroy – destroyer
to develop – developer
to dig – digger
to discover – discoverer
to dive – diver
to do – doer
to dream – dreamer
to drink – drinker
to drive – driver
to drum – drummer
to dust – duster
to earn – earner
to employ – employer
to encourage – encourager
to engrave – engraver
to entertain – entertainer
to examine – examiner
to exercise – exerciser
to exterminate – exterminator
to farm – farmer
to fasten – fastener
to fence – fencer
to fetch – fetcher
to fight – fighter
to file – filer
to fill – filler
to find – finder
to fit – fitter
to fix – fixer
to flash – flasher
to float – floater
to fly – flier
to fold – folder
to follow – follower
to format – formatter
to found – founder
to frame – framer
to frighten – frightener
to garden – gardener
to gather – gatherer
to give – giver
to greet – greeter
to grow – grower
to handle – handler
to hate – hater
to heal – healer
to hear – hearer
to help – helper
to hit – hitter
to hunt – hunter
to import – importer
to influence – influencer
to inform – informer
to jail – jailer
to jog – jogger
to joke – joker
to juggle – juggler
to jump – jumper
to keep – keeper
to kick – kicker
to kill – killer
to knit – knitter
to label – labeler
to labor – laborer
to lead – leader
to learn – learner
to lecture – lecturer
to lend – lender
to listen – listener
to look – looker
to lose – loser
to love – lover
to make – maker
to manage – manager
to manufacture – manufacturer
to march – marcher
to measure – measurer
to meddle – meddler
to mend – mender
to mill – miller
to mine – miner
to mix – mixer
to mourn - mourner
to move – mover
to mug – mugger
to murder – murderer
to nest – nester
to object – objector
to observe – observer
to offend – offender
to organize – organizer
to own – owner
to paddle – paddler
to paint – painter
to park – parker
to peddle – peddler
to perform – performer
to photograph – photographer
to plan – planner
to plant – planter
to play – player
to preach – preacher
to prepare – preparer
to present – presenter
to prevent – preventer
to print – printer
to produce – producer
to program – programmer
to proofread – proofreader
to provide – provider
to publish – publisher
to punish – punisher
to question – questioner
to quilt – quilter
to race – racer
to read – reader
to receive – receiver
to record – recorder
to repair – repairer
to report – reporter
to reproduce – reproducer
to request – requester
to research – researcher
to rescue – rescuer
to ride – rider
to ring – ringer
to rob – robber
to rock – rocker
to rule – ruler
to run – runner
to sack – sacker
to scream – screamer
to scribble – scribbler
to scrub – scrubber
to search – searcher
to sell – seller
to send – sender
to serve – server
to settle – settler
to shave – shaver
to shop – shopper
to sign – signer
to signal – signaler
to sin - sinner
to sing – singer
to ski – skier
to sleep – sleeper
to smoke – smoker
to snatch – snatcher
to sniff – sniffer
to speak – speaker
to spell – speller
to spend – spender
to spot – spotter
to squeal – squealer
to squeeze – squeezer
to start – starter
to strengthen – strengthener
to strip – stripper
to suffer – sufferer
to supply – supplier
to support – supporter
to swim – swimmer
to take – taker
to talk – talker
to tap – tapper
to taste – taster
to teach – teacher
to tease – teaser
to tempt – tempter
to test – tester
to think – thinker
to throw – thrower
to tickle – tickler
to time – timer
to tip – tipper
to trace – tracer
to trade – trader
to train – trainer
to transport – transporter
to trap – trapper
to travel – traveler
to tumble – tumbler
to use – user
to walk – walker
to wander – wanderer
to wash – washer
to watch – watcher
to weave – weaver
to weld – welder
to whine – whiner
to whistle – whistler
to win – winner
to work – worker
to worry – worrier
to wrestle – wrestler
to write – writer
to yell – yeller
Verb – Noun
to act – actor
to administrate – administrator
to advise – advisor
to animate – animator
to audit – auditor
to conduct – conductor
to confess – confessor
to decorate – decorator
to deposit – depositor
to detect – detector
to dictate – dictator
to direct – director
to edit – editor
to educate – educator
to govern – governor
to illuminate – illuminator
to inject – injector
to instruct – instructor
to interrogate – interrogator
to invent – inventor
to investigate – investigator
to navigate – navigator
to negotiate – negotiator
to operate – operator
to possess – possessor
to protect – protector
to sail – sailor
to solicit – solicitor
to supervise – supervisor
to survey – surveyor
to vend – vendor
to visit – visitor
Verb – Noun
to beg – beggar
to lie – liar