200+ Word of the Year Ideas 2025 (For Personal Growth + Dream Life Creation)

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!

Text graphic says: 200+ Word of the Year Ideas & Examples — Keep scrolling to see my list two ways: 1) grouped by category / theme and 2) the full alphabetical list

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!