| ponderous | (adjective) slow and laborious because of weight | Synonyms: heavy, lumbering |
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| (adjective) having great mass and weight and unwieldiness | - |
| (adjective) labored and dull | - |
| postindustrial | (adjective) of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research | - |
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| postprandial | (adjective) following a meal (especially dinner) | - |
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| potbound | (adjective) (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots | Synonyms: rootbound |
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| prandial | (adjective) of or relating to a meal | - |
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| preconditioned | (adjective) having already been put into a suitable condition | - |
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| preponderant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating |
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| preponderating | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant |
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| preprandial | (adjective) preceding a meal (especially dinner) | - |
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| pretend | (adjective) imagined as in a play | Synonyms: make-believe |
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| pretended | (adjective) adopted in order to deceive | Synonyms: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, put on, sham |
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| profound | (adjective) showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth | - |
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| (adjective) situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | Synonyms: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded |
| (adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete | Synonyms: heavy, sound, wakeless |
| (adjective) of the greatest intensity; complete | - |
| (adjective) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something | Synonyms: fundamental |
| (adjective) coming from deep within one | - |
| propagandist | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandistic |
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| propagandistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandist |
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| pudendal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the pudendum | - |
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| purblind | (adjective) having greatly reduced vision | Synonyms: dim-sighted, near-blind, sand-blind, visually challenged, visually impaired |
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| (adjective) lacking in insight or discernment | Synonyms: obtuse |
| quondam | (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, sometime |
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| rallentando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rit., ritardando, ritenuto |
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| random | (adjective) lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance | - |
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| randomised | (adjective) set up or distributed in a deliberately random way | Synonyms: randomized |
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| randomized | (adjective) set up or distributed in a deliberately random way | Synonyms: randomised |
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| randy | (adjective) feeling great sexual desire | Synonyms: aroused, horny, ruttish, steamy, turned on |
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| recondite | (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: abstruse, deep |
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| redundant | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
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| (adjective) repetition of same and identical sense with different and non-identical words | Synonyms: pleonastic, tautologic, tautological |
| remindful | (adjective) serving to bring to mind | Synonyms: evocative, redolent, reminiscent, resonant |
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| rending | (adjective) resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | Synonyms: ripping, splitting |
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| repand | (adjective) having a slightly undulating margin | - |
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| rescindable | (adjective) capable of being rescinded or voided | Synonyms: voidable |
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| resounding | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resonating, reverberating, reverberative |
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| resplendent | (adjective) having great beauty and splendor | Synonyms: glorious, splendid, splendiferous |
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| respondent | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: answering |
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| reverend | (adjective) worthy of adoration or reverence | Synonyms: sublime |
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| ritardando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rallentando, rit., ritenuto |
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| rockbound | (adjective) abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps | Synonyms: rock-ribbed |
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| rootbound | (adjective) having the roots matted or densely tangled | - |
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| (adjective) (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots | Synonyms: potbound |
| rotund | (adjective) excessively fat | Synonyms: corpulent, obese, weighty |
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| (adjective) (of sounds) full and rich | Synonyms: orotund, pear-shaped, round |
| (adjective) spherical in shape | - |
| round | (adjective) having the shape or form of a circle | Synonyms: circular |
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| (adjective) (of sounds) full and rich | Synonyms: orotund, pear-shaped, rotund |
| (adjective) (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand | - |
| roundabout | (adjective) deviating from a straight course | Synonyms: circuitous, devious |
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| (adjective) marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct | Synonyms: circuitous |
| rounded | (adjective) curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged | - |
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| roundheaded | (adjective) having a brachycephalic head | Synonyms: broad-headed, short-headed |
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| roundish | (adjective) somewhat round in appearance or form | - |
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| rubicund | (adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life | Synonyms: florid, ruddy, sanguine |
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| salamandriform | (adjective) shaped like a salamander | - |
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| sandaled | (adjective) shod with sandals | Synonyms: sandalled |
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| sandalled | (adjective) shod with sandals | Synonyms: sandaled |
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| sandlike | (adjective) resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas | Synonyms: arenaceous, sandy |
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| sandpapery | (adjective) having the abrasive texture of sandpaper | - |
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| sandy | (adjective) resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas | Synonyms: arenaceous, sandlike |
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| (adjective) of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown | Synonyms: flaxen |
| scandalmongering | (adjective) typical of tabloids | Synonyms: sensationalistic, yellow |
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| scandalous | (adjective) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | Synonyms: disgraceful, shameful, shocking |
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| scandent | (adjective) used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb | - |
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| scoundrelly | (adjective) lacking principles or scruples | Synonyms: blackguardly, rascally, roguish |
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| second | (adjective) a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first | - |
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| (adjective) coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 2d, 2nd |
| secondary | (adjective) being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate | - |
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| (adjective) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | - |
| (adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern |
| (adjective) not of major importance | - |
| (adjective) belonging to a lower class or rank | - |
| secondhand | (adjective) previously used or owned by another | Synonyms: used |
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| (adjective) derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand | - |
| semiconducting | (adjective) having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors | Synonyms: semiconductive |
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| semiconductive | (adjective) having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors | Synonyms: semiconducting |
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| serendipitous | (adjective) lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries | - |
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| shorthand | (adjective) written in abbreviated or symbolic form | - |
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| slanderous | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous |
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| slender | (adjective) very narrow | Synonyms: thin |
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| (adjective) small in quantity | Synonyms: slim |
| (adjective) having little width in proportion to the length or height | - |
| (adjective) being of delicate or slender build | Synonyms: slight, slim, svelte |
| snowbound | (adjective) confined or shut in by heavy snow | - |
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| sound | (adjective) financially secure and safe | - |
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| (adjective) in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay | - |
| (adjective) complete; thorough | - |
| (adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete | Synonyms: heavy, profound, wakeless |
| (adjective) in excellent physical condition | Synonyms: good |
| (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded |
| (adjective) free from moral defect | - |
| (adjective) vigorous or severe | - |
| (adjective) having legal efficacy or force | Synonyms: effectual, legal |
| (adjective) logically valid | Synonyms: reasoned, well-grounded |
| soundable | (adjective) (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth | Synonyms: fathomable, plumbable |
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| sounding | (adjective) making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form | - |
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| (adjective) having volume or deepness | - |
| (adjective) appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms | Synonyms: looking |
| soundless | (adjective) marked by absence of sound | Synonyms: silent, still |
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| soundproof | (adjective) impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound | - |
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| southbound | (adjective) moving toward the south | Synonyms: southward |
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| spellbinding | (adjective) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing |
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| spellbound | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, transfixed |
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| spendable | (adjective) (used of funds) remaining after taxes | Synonyms: expendable |
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| spendthrift | (adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: extravagant, prodigal, profligate |
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| spindly | (adjective) long and lean | Synonyms: lank |
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| splendid | (adjective) having great beauty and splendor | Synonyms: glorious, resplendent, splendiferous |
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| (adjective) characterized by grandeur | Synonyms: brilliant, glorious, magnificent |
| (adjective) very good; of the highest quality | Synonyms: excellent, fantabulous, first-class, mean, ripping |
| splendiferous | (adjective) having great beauty and splendor | Synonyms: glorious, resplendent, splendid |
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| spondaic | (adjective) of or consisting of spondees | - |
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| squandered | (adjective) not used to good advantage | Synonyms: wasted |
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| standard | (adjective) established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence | - |
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| (adjective) conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind | - |
| (adjective) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers | Synonyms: received |
| (adjective) commonly used or supplied | - |
| (adjective) regularly and widely used or sold | Synonyms: stock |
| standardised | (adjective) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability | Synonyms: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized |
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| (adjective) brought into conformity with a standard | Synonyms: standardized |
| standardized | (adjective) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability | Synonyms: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardised |
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| (adjective) brought into conformity with a standard | Synonyms: standardised |
| standby | (adjective) ready for emergency use | - |
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| standing | (adjective) (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs | - |
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| (adjective) executed in or initiated from a standing position | - |
| (adjective) (of fluids) not moving or flowing | - |
| (adjective) having a supporting base | - |
| (adjective) not created for a particular occasion | - |
| (adjective) permanent | - |
| standoffish | (adjective) lacking cordiality; unfriendly | Synonyms: offish |
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| standpat | (adjective) old-fashioned and out of date | Synonyms: fusty, nonprogressive, unprogressive |
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| stipendiary | (adjective) pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance | - |
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| (adjective) for which money is paid | Synonyms: compensable, paying, remunerative, salaried |
| (adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation | Synonyms: compensated, remunerated, salaried |
| stormbound | (adjective) delayed or confined or cut off by a storm | - |
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| stranded | (adjective) cut off or left behind | Synonyms: isolated, marooned |
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| strikebound | (adjective) closed or immobilized by a strike | - |
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| stupendous | (adjective) so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | Synonyms: colossal, prodigious |
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| substandard | (adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: deficient, inferior |
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| sundried | (adjective) dried naturally by the sun | Synonyms: sun-dried |
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| sundry | (adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | Synonyms: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley |
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| superabundant | (adjective) most excessively abundant | - |
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| surrounded | (adjective) confined on all sides | Synonyms: encircled |
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| surrounding | (adjective) closely encircling | Synonyms: circumferent, encompassing |
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| suspended | (adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment | - |
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| syndetic | (adjective) connected by a conjunction | - |
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| tendencious | (adjective) having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one | Synonyms: tendentious |
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| tendentious | (adjective) having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one | Synonyms: tendencious |
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| tender | (adjective) easy to cut or chew | - |
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| (adjective) physically untoughened | Synonyms: untoughened |
| (adjective) given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality | - |
| (adjective) (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition | - |
| (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: affectionate, fond, lovesome |
| (adjective) hurting | Synonyms: raw, sensitive, sore |
| (adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | Synonyms: crank, cranky, tippy |
| (adjective) young and immature | - |