Resume Action Verb Finder
Find stronger verbs for what you actually did — without inflating the claim.
Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded or stored.
Browse strong verbs by outcome
Paste a bullet to spot weak phrasing — and get stronger words for the same claim.
Same claim, better words
Four bullets from a real-shaped CV. Notice what changes — and what deliberately doesn't.
Before
"Responsible for the checkout service and its on-call rotation."
After
"Owned the checkout service and its on-call rotation."
"Responsible for" already implies ownership, soowned is a fair swap — it says the same thing in fewer, firmer words.
Before
"Helped the platform team with the migration to Kubernetes."
After
"Supported the platform team's migration to Kubernetes."
Here the tool will never offer "led" or "owned". You helped — so you get stronger words for helping, not a promotion you'd have to defend in the interview.
Why we never suggest a bigger verb than your claim
Most verb lists are a thesaurus with a career section. They'll happily turn "helped" into "spearheaded", because they're optimising for how the sentence sounds — not for whether it's still true.
That swap isn't a style choice. It's aclaim about your role, and it collapses the moment an interviewer asks what you actually owned. So this tool scopes every suggestion to the strength of the original: phrases that describe contributing ("helped", "assisted with", "involved in") only ever suggest other contribution verbs. Only phrasing that already implies ownership ("responsible for", "duties included") can suggest "owned" or "led".
Better words for what you did. Never a bigger claim than you can defend.
What this tool will not do
It won't add metrics
A verb can't know your numbers. If a bullet needs a result, that result has to come from you — a real one.
It won't rewrite the bullet
It flags the phrasing and offers honest alternatives. The sentence stays yours.
It won't score you
There's no verb score, and inventing one would tell you nothing about what to change.
When to use it
- When every bullet starts the same way — the verb bank breaks the loop without changing what you claim.
- When your CV reads like a job description — usually a sign it's full of responsibilities rather than contributions.
- Before an interview — if a verb overstates your role, better you catch it than the interviewer.
- When tailoring for a specific role — reach for the outcome category the job actually cares about.
Ready to do this for real?
This free tool gives you a useful first pass. SiviGen does the whole job — with AI that only ever uses facts your CV already supports.
On the record
Frequently asked questions
The good ones are specific about what you actually did: led, built, migrated, reduced, analysed, mentored. The weak ones describe a job description rather than a person — "responsible for", "duties included", "involved in". A useful test: could two different people with very different contributions both write your bullet? If yes, the verb isn't doing any work. Pick the verb that only fits what you did.