Are you wondering, “What is my word of the year for 2025?” I have some FREE resources right here on my blog to help you figure that out! You can learn How to Choose a Word of the Year 2025 on my blog post here. And you can keep reading to get a list of 200+ Word of the Year Ideas 2025. These are great for personal growth and dream life creation so you have your best year yet!

What Kinds of Words Are Best for Your Word of the Year?
In my opinion, the best kinds of words for your word of the year are positive words that evoke the feeling, vibe, or overall intention you want for your year ahead.
I gravitate towards words that that are especially related to achieving goals, making positive transformation, aligning to the highest version of you, or otherwise living your dream life.
Word of the Year Ideas 2025 by Category / Theme
I thought it would be helpful to start by grouping my 200+ Word of the Year ideas and examples by category / theme. This way if you already have your category / theme for your new year figured out (like I talk about in my tips on How to Choose a Word of the Year), then you can more easily find your favorite options.
So here are your Word of the Year examples, all nicely grouped just for you! (Psst – if you want to see the full list, scroll to the end of this post)
Word of the Year Ideas for Discipline, Money, Business, and Entrepreneurship
Whether you’re launching a new business, ready to make more money, living your best entrepreneur life, or wanting to be more disciplined in the pursuit of your dreams, these words are great options.
- Abundance / Abundant
- Achieve
- Ambition / Ambitious
- Bonus
- Boss
- Build / Building
- Commit / Committed
- Consistency / Consistent
- Decision / Decisive
- Dedicate / Dedicated
- Direction / Directional
- Discipline / Disciplined
- Excellence / Excellent
- Follow-Through
- Forward / Forward-Thinking
- Hustle
- Ignite
- Lead / Leading / Leader / Leadership
- Money
- Proactive
- Profitable
- Productive
- Resilience / Resilient
- Respect
- Responsible
- Successful
- Vocal
- Voice
Word of the Year Examples for Self Love, Worthiness, and Happiness
If you want to learn how to love yourself, believe in your self worth, or simply enjoy new levels of happiness in the new year, check out these word of the year ideas.
- Acceptance
- Affirm
- Authentic
- Be / Being
- Bliss / Blissful
- Enough
- Happy / Happiness
- Heart / Heartfelt
- Joy / Joyful
- Live
- Love / Loved / Loving
- Self-Acceptance
- Self-Compassion
- Self-Love
- Selfish
- Selfless
- Whole
- Worthy
Word of the Year Ideas for Action, Adventure, Travel, and Going Big
These words might be for you if you’re looking to be more daring in your life and travels this year.
- Adventure
- Alive
- Bold
- Brave
- Challenge
- Change
- Contribute
- Courage / Courageous
- Dare / Daring
- Do
- Dream
- Driven
- Explore / Exploring
- Fit / Fitness
- Flight
- Fly / Flying
- Go / Going
- Great / Greatest / Greatness
- Journey
- Marvel
- Momentum
- Move / Movement
- Nature
- Phoenix
- Power / Powerful
- Wander / Wanderlust
- Thrill / Thrilling
- Travel / Traveling
- Unstoppable
- Wonder
Word of the Year Examples for Creativity, Art, Inner Child Healing, and Play
Play and creativity are wonderful pursuits. They are also of often tied to inner child healing. This section is great if you’re wanting to tune into more playful energy this year.
- Art
- Beauty
- Celebrate / Celebration
- Color / Colorful
- Create / Creation/ Creative / Creativity
- Cultivate
- Curious / Curiosity
- Enjoy / Enjoyment
- Expressing / Expressive
- Fun
- Imagination / Imagine
- Light / Lightness
- Lighthearted
- Make
- Passion / Passionate
- Play
- Silly
- Write
Word of the Year Ideas for Chill and Peaceful Vibes
If you’re feeling called to calm down and take things more easy this year, this section might be for you.
- Balance / Balanced / Balancing
- Breath / Breathe
- Calm
- Care / Caring
- Center / Centered
- Chill
- Clear / Clearing
- Comfort / Comforting
- Compassion
- Composed
- De-Stress / De-Stressing
- Divine
- Ease
- Faith
- Gentle / Gently / Gentleness
- Grace / Graceful
- Grateful / Gratitude
- Ground / Grounded / Grounding
- Harmony
- Heal / Healing
- Intentional
- Internal
- Intuition / Intuitive
- Kind / Kindness
- Meditation
- Mindful / Mindfulness
- Patience / Patient
- Pause
- Peace / Peaceful
- Present
- Relax / Relaxed
- Release / Releasing
- Rest / Resting
- Savasana
- Slow / Slowly
- Still / Stillness
Word of the Year Examples for Health, Energy, and Positivity
These ideas are great if you’re focusing on your health and energy in the new year.
- Bloom / Blooming
- Bright
- Brilliant
- Energy / Energetic
- Enthusiastic / Enthusiasm
- Excited / Excitement
- Expansion / Expansive
- Empower / Empowered / Empowerment
- Encourage / Encouraging / Encouragement
- Flow / Flowing
- Glow / Glow-Up
- Health / Healthy
- High-Vibe
- Optimism / Optimistic
- Positive / Positivity
- Shine / Shining
- Sparkle / Sparkling
- Spirit / Spirited
- Thrive
- Wellness
Word of the Year Ideas for Growth, Goals, and Self Confidence
Ready to crush some goals and take action this year? Check out this list of ideas.
- Act / Action / Active
- Adaptable
- Choose
- Clarity
- Confidence / Confident
- Elevate
- Embody / Embodying
- Emerge / Emerging
- Focus / Focused
- Foundation / Foundational
- Grow / Growing / Growth
- Outgoing
- Pride / Proud
- Progress / Progressing
- Ready
- Step / Stepping
- Strength / Strong
- Stretch / Stretching
- Transformational
- Uplevel / Upleveling
Word of the Year Ideas for Self Improvement and Personal Development
And lastly, here are some general personal development words that cover many different areas of self improvement, from relationships to inner wisdom and beyond.
- Align / Alignment
- Appreciate / Appreciative / Appreciation
- Belief / Believe
- Belong
- Boundaries
- Communication / Communicate
- Community
- Connected / Connection
- Cool
- Core
- Devotion
- Efficient
- Empathy
- Enlighten
- Feel
- Forgive / Forgiving
- Foster
- Free / Freedom
- Fulfill / Fulfilling
- Give / Giving
- Home
- Hope / Hopeful
- Integrity
- Inspiring / Inspirational
- Luxe / Luxurious
- Natural
- Open / Openness
- Opinionated
- Relationships
- Simple / Simplify
- Support / Supported / Supportive
- Surrender / Surrendering
- Trust / Trusting
- Volunteer
- Vulnerable
- Wisdom / Wise
- Wonderful
- Yes
200+ Word of the Year Ideas 2025 (Full List)
And here is the full, alphabetical list:
- Abundance / Abundant
- Acceptance
- Achieve
- Action
- Act / Active
- Adaptable
- Adventure
- Affirm
- Align / Alignment
- Alive
- Ambition / Ambitious
- Appreciate / Appreciative / Appreciation
- Art
- Authentic
- Balance / Balanced / Balancing
- Be / Being
- Beauty
- Belief / Believe
- Belong
- Bliss / Blissful
- Bloom / Blooming
- Bold
- Bonus
- Boss
- Boundaries
- Brave
- Breath / Breathe
- Bright
- Brilliant
- Build / Building
- Calm
- Care / Caring
- Celebrate / Celebration
- Center / Centered
- Challenge
- Change
- Chill
- Choose
- Clarity
- Clear / Clearing
- Color / Colorful
- Comfort / Comforting
- Commit / Committed
- Communication / Communicate
- Community
- Compassion
- Composed
- Confidence / Confident
- Connected / Connection
- Consistency / Consistent
- Contribute
- Cool
- Courage / Courageous
- Core
- Create / Creation/ Creative / Creativity
- Cultivate
- Curious / Curiosity
- Dare / Daring
- De-Stress / De-Stressing
- Decision / Decisive
- Dedicate / Dedicated
- Devotion
- Direction / Directional
- Discipline / Disciplined
- Divine
- Do
- Dream
- Driven
- Ease
- Efficient
- Elevate
- Emerge / Emerging
- Empathy
- Embody / Embodying
- Empower / Empowered / Empowerment
- Encourage / Encouraging / Encouragement
- Enjoy / Enjoyment
- Energy / Energetic
- Enlighten
- Enough
- Enthusiastic / Enthusiasm
- Excellence / Excellent
- Excited / Excitement
- Expansion / Expansive
- Explore / Exploring
- Expressing / Expressive
- Faith
- Feel
- Fit / Fitness
- Flow / Flowing
- Flight
- Fly / Flying
- Focus / Focused
- Follow-Through
- Forgive / Forgiving
- Forward / Forward-Thinking
- Foster
- Foundation / Foundational
- Free / Freedom
- Fulfill / Fulfilling
- Fun
- Gentle / Gently / Gentleness
- Glow / Glow-Up
- Give / Giving
- Go / Going
- Grace / Graceful
- Grateful / Gratitude
- Great / Greatest / Greatness
- Ground / Grounded / Grounding
- Grow / Growing / Growth
- Happy / Happiness
- Harmony
- Heal / Healing
- Health / Healthy
- Heart / Heartfelt
- High-Vibe
- Home
- Hope / Hopeful
- Hustle
- Ignite
- Imagination / Imagine
- Integrity
- Intentional
- Internal
- Intuition / Intuitive
- Inspiring / Inspirational
- Journey
- Joy / Joyful
- Kind / Kindness
- Lead / Leading / Leader / Leadership
- Light / Lightness
- Lighthearted
- Live
- Love / Loved / Loving
- Luxe / Luxurious
- Make
- Marvel
- Meditation
- Mindful Mindfulness
- Momentum
- Money
- Move / Movement
- Natural
- Nature
- Open / Openness
- Opinionated
- Outgoing
- Optimism / Optimistic
- Passion / Passionate
- Patience / Patient
- Pause
- Peace / Peaceful
- Phoenix
- Play
- Positive / Positivity
- Power / Powerful
- Present
- Pride / Proud
- Proactive
- Profitable
- Productive
- Progress / Progressing
- Ready
- Relationships
- Relax / Relaxed
- Release / Releasing
- Resilience / Resilient
- Respect
- Responsible
- Rest / Resting
- Savasana
- Self-Acceptance
- Self-Compassion
- Self-Love
- Selfish
- Selfless
- Shine / Shining
- Silly
- Simple / Simplify
- Slow / Slowly
- Sparkle / Sparkling
- Spirit / Spirited
- Step / Stepping
- Still / Stillness
- Stretch / Stretching
- Strength / Strong
- Successful
- Support / Supported / Supportive
- Surrender / Surrendering
- Thrill / Thrilling
- Thrive
- Transformational
- Travel / Traveling
- Trust / Trusting
- Unstoppable
- Uplevel / Upleveling
- Vocal
- Voice
- Volunteer
- Vulnerable
- Wander / Wanderlust
- Wellness
- Whole
- Wisdom / Wise
- Wonder
- Wonderful
- Worthy
- Write
- Yes
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Summary
There are SO many wonderful Word of the Year ideas and examples available for you. Even beyond my lists above.
My list has been curated for high vibe, high achieving women like me.
We want to live our dreams lives, but we also want ease, flow, and abundance.
We love goals, but not just for success or other superficial things. If you’re here at The Chic Life, you are aiming for a beautifully holistic health picture – mind, body, and soul.
And the lists above are curated just for you!
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