| absurd | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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| (adjective) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense | - |
| assured | (adjective) marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by certainty or security | - |
| assurgent | (adjective) growing or extending upward | - |
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| (adjective) rising from the sea | - |
| assuring | (adjective) giving confidence | - |
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| caesural | (adjective) of or relating to a caesura | - |
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| censurable | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, culpable |
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| cocksure | (adjective) marked by excessive confidence | Synonyms: overconfident, positive |
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| commensurable | (adjective) capable of being measured by a common standard | - |
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| commensurate | (adjective) corresponding in size or degree or extent | - |
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| counterinsurgent | (adjective) of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | - |
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| esurient | (adjective) (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | Synonyms: avid, devouring, greedy |
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| (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
| (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved |
| footsure | (adjective) not liable to stumble or fall | Synonyms: sure-footed, surefooted |
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| immeasurable | (adjective) impossible to measure | Synonyms: immensurable, unmeasurable |
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| (adjective) beyond calculation or measure | Synonyms: incomputable, inestimable |
| immensurable | (adjective) impossible to measure | Synonyms: immeasurable, unmeasurable |
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| incommensurable | (adjective) not having a common factor | - |
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| (adjective) impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence | - |
| incommensurate | (adjective) not corresponding in size or degree or extent | - |
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| insurable | (adjective) capable of being insured or eligible to be insured | - |
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| insured | (adjective) covered by insurance | - |
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| insurgent | (adjective) in opposition to a civil authority or government | Synonyms: seditious, subversive |
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| insurmountable | (adjective) not capable of being surmounted or overcome | Synonyms: unsurmountable |
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| (adjective) impossible to surmount | Synonyms: insuperable |
| insurrectional | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectionary |
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| insurrectionary | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectional |
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| leisured | (adjective) free from duties or responsibilities | - |
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| leisurely | (adjective) not hurried or forced | Synonyms: easy, easygoing |
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| measurable | (adjective) capable of being measured | Synonyms: mensurable |
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| (adjective) of distinguished importance | - |
| measured | (adjective) having notes of fixed rhythmic value | Synonyms: mensurable, mensural |
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| (adjective) carefully thought out in advance | Synonyms: calculated, deliberate |
| (adjective) the rhythmic arrangement of syllables | Synonyms: metric, metrical |
| (adjective) unhurried and with care and dignity | Synonyms: careful, deliberate |
| measureless | (adjective) without limits in extent or size or quantity | Synonyms: illimitable, limitless, unmeasured |
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| mensurable | (adjective) capable of being measured | Synonyms: measurable |
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| (adjective) having notes of fixed rhythmic value | Synonyms: measured, mensural |
| mensural | (adjective) having notes of fixed rhythmic value | Synonyms: measured, mensurable |
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| (adjective) of or relating to measure | - |
| nonsurgical | (adjective) not surgical | - |
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| pleasurable | (adjective) affording satisfaction or pleasure | Synonyms: enjoyable, gratifying |
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| reassured | (adjective) having confidence restored; freed from anxiety | - |
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| reassuring | (adjective) restoring confidence and relieving anxiety | - |
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| resurgent | (adjective) rising again as to new life and vigor | Synonyms: renascent |
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| subsurface | (adjective) beneath the surface | - |
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| surd | (adjective) produced without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: hard, unvoiced, voiceless |
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| sure | (adjective) having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured | Synonyms: certain |
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| (adjective) certain to occur; destined or inevitable | Synonyms: certain |
| (adjective) exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance | Synonyms: certain |
| (adjective) reliable in operation or effect | Synonyms: certain |
| (adjective) physically secure or dependable | - |
| (adjective) certain not to fail | - |
| (adjective) infallible or unfailing | - |
| (adjective) (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence | Synonyms: trusted |
| (adjective) impossible to doubt or dispute | Synonyms: indisputable |
| surefooted | (adjective) not liable to error in judgment or action | Synonyms: confident, sure-footed |
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| (adjective) not liable to stumble or fall | Synonyms: footsure, sure-footed |
| surface | (adjective) on the surface | - |
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| surficial | (adjective) pertaining to or occurring on or near the earth's surface | - |
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| surgical | (adjective) relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine | Synonyms: operative |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or involving or used in surgery | - |
| (adjective) performed with great precision | - |
| surging | (adjective) characterized by great swelling waves or surges | Synonyms: billowing, billowy |
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| surly | (adjective) inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace | Synonyms: ugly |
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| surmisable | (adjective) capable of being inferred on slight grounds | Synonyms: presumable, supposable |
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| surmountable | (adjective) capable of being surmounted or overcome | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being surmounted | Synonyms: climbable |
| surmounted | (adjective) having something on top | - |
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| surpassing | (adjective) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | Synonyms: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious |
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| (adjective) exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence | Synonyms: transcendent |
| surpliced | (adjective) wearing a surplice | - |
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| surplus | (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary |
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| surprised | (adjective) taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment | - |
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| surprising | (adjective) causing surprise or wonder or amazement | - |
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| surreal | (adjective) resembling a dream | Synonyms: dreamlike |
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| (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealistic |
| surrealistic | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal |
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| surreptitious | (adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | Synonyms: furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy |
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| (adjective) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, undercover, underground |
| surrogate | (adjective) providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties | Synonyms: foster |
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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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| surviving | (adjective) still in existence | Synonyms: living |
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| susurrant | (adjective) making a low continuous indistinct sound | Synonyms: murmuring, whispering |
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| susurrous | (adjective) characterized by soft sounds | Synonyms: murmurous, rustling, soughing |
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| tonsured | (adjective) having a bald spot either shaved or natural | - |
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| transuranic | (adjective) having an atomic number greater than 92 | - |
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| treasured | (adjective) characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | Synonyms: cherished, precious, wanted |
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| unassured | (adjective) lacking boldness or confidence | - |
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| uninsurable | (adjective) not capable of being insured or not eligible to be insured | - |
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| uninsured | (adjective) not covered by insurance | - |
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| unmeasurable | (adjective) impossible to measure | Synonyms: immeasurable, immensurable |
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| unmeasured | (adjective) without limits in extent or size or quantity | Synonyms: illimitable, limitless, measureless |
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| (adjective) not composed of measured syllables; not metrical | - |
| unreassuring | (adjective) not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety | Synonyms: worrisome |
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| unsure | (adjective) lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance | Synonyms: incertain, uncertain |
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| (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: diffident, shy, timid |
| unsurmountable | (adjective) not capable of being surmounted or overcome | Synonyms: insurmountable |
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| (adjective) incapable of being surmounted or climbed | Synonyms: unclimbable |
| unsurpassable | (adjective) not to be exceeded | - |
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| unsurpassed | (adjective) not capable of being improved on | Synonyms: unexceeded, unexcelled |
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| unsurprised | (adjective) not surprised or expressing surprise | Synonyms: not surprised |
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| unsurprising | (adjective) not causing surprise | - |
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| uricosuric | (adjective) acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine | - |
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| usurious | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable |
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