| splenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the spleen | Synonyms: lienal, splenic |
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| (adjective) very irritable | Synonyms: bristly, prickly, waspish |
| splenic | (adjective) of or relating to the spleen | Synonyms: lienal, splenetic |
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| splinterless | (adjective) resistant to shattering or splintering | Synonyms: shatterproof, splinterproof |
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| splinterproof | (adjective) resistant to shattering or splintering | Synonyms: shatterproof, splinterless |
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| splintery | (adjective) resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points | Synonyms: slivery |
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| (adjective) subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces | - |
| split | (adjective) (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain | - |
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| (adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disconnected, disunited, fragmented |
| splitting | (adjective) resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | Synonyms: rending, ripping |
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| splotched | (adjective) marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots | Synonyms: blotched, blotchy |
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| spoilable | (adjective) liable to decay or spoil or become putrid | Synonyms: decayable, putrefiable, putrescible |
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| spoiled | (adjective) having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention | Synonyms: spoilt |
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| (adjective) (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition | Synonyms: bad, spoilt |
| spoilt | (adjective) affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity | Synonyms: blighted |
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| (adjective) having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention | Synonyms: spoiled |
| (adjective) (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition | Synonyms: bad, spoiled |
| spoken | (adjective) uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination | - |
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| spondaic | (adjective) of or consisting of spondees | - |
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| spongelike | (adjective) like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed | Synonyms: spongy |
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| (adjective) easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility | Synonyms: spongy, squashy, squishy |
| spongy | (adjective) like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed | Synonyms: spongelike |
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| (adjective) easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility | Synonyms: spongelike, squashy, squishy |
| spontaneous | (adjective) happening or arising without apparent external cause | Synonyms: self-generated |
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| (adjective) said or done without having been planned or written in advance | Synonyms: ad-lib, unwritten |
| spooky | (adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | Synonyms: flighty, nervous, skittish |
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| spoopy | (adjective) funny and spooky at the same time | - |
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| sporadic | (adjective) recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances | - |
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| sporogenous | (adjective) producing spores or reproducing by means of spores | - |
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| sporting | (adjective) relating to or used in sports | - |
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| (adjective) involving risk or willingness to take a risk | - |
| (adjective) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play | Synonyms: clean, sportsmanlike, sporty |
| (adjective) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | Synonyms: betting, card-playing, dissipated, gambling |
| sportive | (adjective) relating to or interested in sports | - |
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| (adjective) given to merry frolicking | Synonyms: coltish, frolicky, frolicsome, rollicking |
| sportsmanlike | (adjective) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play | Synonyms: clean, sporting, sporty |
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| sporty | (adjective) appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport | - |
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| (adjective) (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display | Synonyms: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy |
| (adjective) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play | Synonyms: clean, sporting, sportsmanlike |
| spotless | (adjective) completely neat and clean | Synonyms: immaculate, speckless, spic-and-span, spic, spick-and-span, spick |
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| spotted | (adjective) having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | Synonyms: patched, spotty |
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| spotty | (adjective) lacking consistency | Synonyms: scratchy, uneven |
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| (adjective) having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | Synonyms: patched, spotted |
| spousal | (adjective) relating to a spouse | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a wedding | Synonyms: bridal, nuptial |
| spouting | (adjective) propelled violently in a usually narrow stream | Synonyms: jetting, spurting, squirting |
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| sprawling | (adjective) spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly | Synonyms: rambling, straggling, straggly |
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| sprawly | (adjective) extended out irregularly | - |
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| spread | (adjective) distributed or spread over a considerable extent | Synonyms: dispersed |
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| (adjective) fully extended in width | Synonyms: outspread |
| (adjective) prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out | - |
| sprigged | (adjective) decorated with designs of sprigs | - |
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| sprightly | (adjective) full of spirit and vitality | - |
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| springless | (adjective) lacking in elasticity or vitality | - |
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| springlike | (adjective) resembling a spring or the action of a spring | - |
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| springy | (adjective) (of movements) light and confidently active | - |
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| (adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, live, lively, resilient |
| sprouted | (adjective) (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground | - |
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| spruce | (adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners | Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy |
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| spry | (adjective) moving quickly and lightly | Synonyms: agile, nimble, quick |
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| spumy | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, frothy |
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| spunky | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited |
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| (adjective) showing courage | Synonyms: feisty, plucky |
| spurious | (adjective) false or fake; not what it appears to be | Synonyms: inauthentic, unauthentic |
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| (adjective) plausible but false | Synonyms: specious |
| (adjective) born out of wedlock | Synonyms: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten |
| (adjective) ostensibly valid, but not actually valid | - |
| spurned | (adjective) rebuffed (by a lover) without warning | Synonyms: jilted, rejected |
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| spurting | (adjective) propelled violently in a usually narrow stream | Synonyms: jetting, spouting, squirting |
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