Stop Words List

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Stop Words

• able
• about
• above
• abroad
• according
• accordingly
• across
• actually
• adj
• after
• afterwards
• again
• against
• ago
• ahead
• ain’t
• all
• allow
• allows
• almost
• alone
• along
• alongside
• already
• also
• although
• always
• am
• amid
• amidst
• among
• amongst
• an
• and
• another
• any
• anybody
• anyhow
• anyone
• anything
• anyway
• anyways
• anywhere
• apart
• appear
• appreciate
• appropriate
• are
• aren’t
• around
• as
• a’s
• aside
• ask
• asking
• associated
• at
• available
• away
• awfully
• back
• backward
• backwards
• be
• became
• because
• become
• becomes
• becoming
• been
• before
• beforehand
• begin
• behind
• being
• believe
• below
• beside
• besides
• best
• better
• between
• beyond
• both
• brief
• but
• by
• came
• can
• cannot
• cant
• can’t
• caption
• cause
• causes
• certain
• certainly
• changes
• clearly
• c’mon
• co
• co.
• com
• come
• comes
• concerning
• consequently
• consider
• considering
• contain
• containing
• contains
• corresponding
• could
• couldn’t
• course
• c’s
• currently
• dare
• daren’t
• definitely
• described
• despite
• did
• didn’t
• different
• directly
• do
• does
• doesn’t
• doing
• done
• don’t
• down
• downwards
• during
• each
• edu
• eg
• eight
• eighty
• either
• else
• elsewhere
• end
• ending
• enough
• entirely
• especially
• et
• etc
• even
• ever
• evermore
• every
• everybody
• everyone
• everything
• everywhere
• ex
• exactly
• example
• except
• fairly
• far
• farther
• few
• fewer
• fifth
• first
• five
• followed
• following
• follows
• for
• forever
• former
• formerly
• forth
• forward
• found
• four
• from
• further
• furthermore
• get
• gets
• getting
• given
• gives
• go
• goes
• going
• gone
• got
• gotten
• greetings
• had
• hadn’t
• half
• happens
• hardly
• has
• hasn’t
• have
• haven’t
• having
• he
• he’d
• he’ll
• hello
• help
• hence
• her
• here
• hereafter
• hereby
• herein
• here’s
• hereupon
• hers
• herself
• he’s
• hi
• him
• himself
• his
• hither
• hopefully
• how
• howbeit
• however
• hundred
• i’d
• ie
• if
• ignored
• i’ll
• i’m
• immediate
• in
• inasmuch
• inc
• inc.
• indeed
• indicate
• indicated
• indicates
• inner
• inside
• insofar
• instead
• into
• inward
• is
• isn’t
• it
• it’d
• it’ll
• its
• it’s
• itself
• i’ve
• just
• k
• keep
• keeps
• kept
• know
• known
• knows
• last
• lately
• later
• latter
• latterly
• least
• less
• lest
• let
• let’s
• like
• liked
• likely
• likewise
• little
• look
• looking
• looks
• low
• lower
• ltd
• made
• mainly
• make
• makes
• many
• may
• maybe
• mayn’t
• me
• mean
• meantime
• meanwhile
• merely
• might
• mightn’t
• mine
• minus
• miss
• more
• moreover
• most
• mostly
• mr
• mrs
• much
• must
• mustn’t
• my
• myself
• name
• namely
• nd
• near
• nearly
• necessary
• need
• needn’t
• needs
• neither
• never
• neverf
• neverless
• nevertheless
• new
• next
• nine
• ninety
• no
• nobody
• non
• none
• nonetheless
• noone
• no-one
• nor
• normally
• not
• nothing
• notwithstanding
• novel
• now
• nowhere
• obviously
• of
• off
• often
• oh
• ok
• okay
• old
• on
• once
• one
• ones
• one’s
• only
• onto
• opposite
• or
• other
• others
• otherwise
• ought
• oughtn’t
• our
• ours
• ourselves
• out
• outside
• over
• overall
• own
• particular
• particularly
• past
• per
• perhaps
• placed
• please
• plus
• possible
• presumably
• probably
• provided
• provides
• que
• quite
• qv
• rather
• rd
• re
• really
• reasonably
• recent
• recently
• regarding
• regardless
• regards
• relatively
• respectively
• right
• round
• said
• same
• saw
• say
• saying
• says
• second
• secondly
• see
• seeing
• seem
• seemed
• seeming
• seems
• seen
• self
• selves
• sensible
• sent
• serious
• seriously
• seven
• several
• shall
• shan’t
• she
• she’d
• she’ll
• she’s
• should
• shouldn’t
• since
• six
• so
• some
• somebody
• someday
• somehow
• someone
• something
• sometime
• sometimes
• somewhat
• somewhere
• soon
• sorry
• specified
• specify
• specifying
• still
• sub
• such
• sup
• sure
• take
• taken
• taking
• tell
• tends
• th
• than
• thank
• thanks
• thanx
• that
• that’ll
• thats
• that’s
• that’ve
• the
• their
• theirs
• them
• themselves
• then
• thence
• there
• thereafter
• thereby
• there’d
• therefore
• therein
• there’ll
• there’re
• theres
• there’s
• thereupon
• there’ve
• these
• they
• they’d
• they’ll
• they’re
• they’ve
• thing
• things
• think
• third
• thirty
• this
• thorough
• thoroughly
• those
• though
• three
• through
• throughout
• thru
• thus
• till
• to
• together
• too
• took
• toward
• towards
• tried
• tries
• truly
• try
• trying
• t’s
• twice
• two
• un
• under
• underneath
• undoing
• unfortunately
• unless
• unlike
• unlikely
• until
• unto
• up
• upon
• upwards
• us
• use
• used
• useful
• uses
• using
• usually
• v
• value
• various
• versus
• very
• via
• viz
• vs
• want
• wants
• was
• wasn’t
• way
• we
• we’d
• welcome
• well
• we’ll
• went
• were
• we’re
• weren’t
• we’ve
• what
• whatever
• what’ll
• what’s
• what’ve
• when
• whence
• whenever
• where
• whereafter
• whereas
• whereby
• wherein
• where’s
• whereupon
• wherever
• whether
• which
• whichever
• while
• whilst
• whither
• who
• who’d
• whoever
• whole
• who’ll
• whom
• whomever
• who’s
• whose
• why
• will
• willing
• wish
• with
• within
• without
• wonder
• won’t
• would
• wouldn’t
• yes
• yet
• you
• you’d
• you’ll
• your
• you’re
• yours
• yourself
• yourselves
• you’ve
• zero
• a
• how’s
• i
• when’s
• why’s
• b
• c
• d
• e
• f
• g
• h
• j
• l
• m
• n
• o
• p
• q
• r
• s
• t
• u
• uucp
• w
• x
• y
• z
• I
• www
• amount
• bill
• bottom
• call
• computer
• con
• couldnt
• cry
• de
• describe
• detail
• due
• eleven
• empty
• fifteen
• fifty
• fill
• find
• fire
• forty
• front
• full
• give
• hasnt
• herse
• himse
• interest
• itse”
• mill
• move
• myse”
• part
• put
• show
• side
• sincere
• sixty
• system
• ten
• thick
• thin
• top
• twelve
• twenty
• abst
• accordance
• act
• added
• adopted
• affected
• affecting
• affects
• ah
• announce
• anymore
• apparently
• approximately
• aren
• arent
• arise
• auth
• beginning
• beginnings
• begins
• biol
• briefly
• ca
• date
• ed
• effect
• et-al
• ff
• fix
• gave
• giving
• heres
• hes
• hid
• home
• id
• im
• immediately
• importance
• important
• index
• information
• invention
• itd
• keys
• kg
• km
• largely
• lets
• line
• ‘ll
• means
• mg
• million
• ml
• mug
• na
• nay
• necessarily
• nos
• noted
• obtain
• obtained
• omitted
• ord
• owing
• page
• pages
• poorly
• possibly
• potentially
• pp
• predominantly
• present
• previously
• primarily
• promptly
• proud
• quickly
• ran
• readily
• ref
• refs
• related
• research
• resulted
• resulting
• results
• run
• sec
• section
• shed
• shes
• showed
• shown
• showns
• shows
• significant
• significantly
• similar
• similarly
• slightly
• somethan
• specifically
• state
• states
• stop
• strongly
• substantially
• successfully
• sufficiently
• suggest
• thered
• thereof
• therere
• thereto
• theyd
• theyre
• thou
• thoughh
• thousand
• throug
• til
• tip
• ts
• ups
• usefully
• usefulness
• ‘ve
• vol
• vols
• wed
• whats
• wheres
• whim
• whod
• whos
• widely
• words
• world
• youd
• youre