| swath | (noun) a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) | Synonyms: belt |
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| (noun) the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine | - |
| swathe | (noun) an enveloping bandage | Synonyms: wrapping |
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| swathing | (noun) cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound or a baby) | - |
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| swatter | (noun) an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects | Synonyms: flyswat, flyswatter |
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| sway | (noun) pitching dangerously to one side | Synonyms: careen, rock, tilt |
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| (noun) controlling influence | - |
| swayer | (noun) a person who rules or commands | Synonyms: ruler |
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| tableware | (noun) articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware) | - |
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| takeaway | (noun) the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass) | - |
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| (noun) a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures | - |
| (noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | Synonyms: takeout, takeout food |
| taxiway | (noun) a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport | Synonyms: taxi strip |
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| tearaway | (noun) a reckless and impetuous person | - |
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| throughway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, thruway |
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| throwaway | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill |
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| (noun) words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis | - |
| (noun) (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets | Synonyms: gamin, street arab |
| thruway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway |
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| thwack | (noun) a hard blow with a flat object | - |
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| thwart | (noun) a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat | Synonyms: cross thwart |
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| thwarter | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, resister |
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| thwarting | (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: foiling, frustration |
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| tidewater | (noun) low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams | - |
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| tideway | (noun) a channel in which a tidal current runs | - |
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| tightwad | (noun) a miserly person | Synonyms: cheapskate |
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| tinware | (noun) articles of commerce made of tin plate | - |
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| towage | (noun) the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope | Synonyms: tow |
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| tramway | (noun) the track on which trams or streetcars run | Synonyms: streetcar track, tramline |
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| (noun) a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers | Synonyms: aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram |
| twaddle | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh |
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| twaddler | (noun) someone who twaddles; someone who writes or talks twaddle | - |
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| twain | (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twosome, yoke |
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| twang | (noun) exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects) | Synonyms: nasal twang |
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| (noun) a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string) | - |
| twat | (noun) obscene terms for female genitals | Synonyms: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch |
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| (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, zany |
| twayblade | (noun) orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia | Synonyms: Listera ovata |
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| (noun) an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves | - |
| unawareness | (noun) unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention | Synonyms: unknowingness |
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| unwariness | (noun) the trait of not being cautious and watchful | - |
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| wacko | (noun) a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad | Synonyms: nutter, whacko |
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| wad | (noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco | Synonyms: chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid |
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| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum |
| (noun) a small mass of soft material | - |
| wadding | (noun) any material used especially to protect something | Synonyms: packing, packing material |
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| waddle | (noun) walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other | - |
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| waddler | (noun) someone who walks with a waddling gait | - |
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| wader | (noun) any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | Synonyms: wading bird |
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| waders | (noun) waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers | - |
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| wadi | (noun) gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season | - |
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| wading | (noun) walking with your feet in shallow water | - |
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| wads | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons |
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| wafer | (noun) a small thin crisp cake or cookie | - |
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| (noun) thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist) | - |
| (noun) a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters | - |
| waffle | (noun) pancake batter baked in a waffle iron | - |
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| waffler | (noun) someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner | - |
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| waft | (noun) a long flag; often tapering | Synonyms: pennant, pennon, streamer |
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| wafture | (noun) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | Synonyms: wave, waving |
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| wag | (noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side | Synonyms: shake, waggle |
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| (noun) a witty amusing person who makes jokes | Synonyms: card, wit |
| wage | (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: earnings, pay, remuneration, salary |
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| wager | (noun) the act of gambling | Synonyms: bet |
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| (noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: bet, stake, stakes |
| wagerer | (noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: better, bettor, punter |
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| wages | (noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | Synonyms: payoff, reward |
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| waggery | (noun) a quaint and amusing jest | Synonyms: drollery |
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| (noun) waggish behavior | Synonyms: waggishness |
| waggishness | (noun) waggish behavior | Synonyms: waggery |
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| waggle | (noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side | Synonyms: shake, wag |
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| waggon | (noun) any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor | Synonyms: wagon |
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| (noun) a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat | Synonyms: beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, wagon |
| waggoner | (noun) the driver of a wagon | Synonyms: wagoner |
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| waggonwright | (noun) a wagon maker | Synonyms: wagonwright, wainwright |
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| wagon | (noun) any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor | Synonyms: waggon |
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| (noun) a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat | Synonyms: beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon |
| (noun) van used by police to transport prisoners | Synonyms: black Maria, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, police van, police wagon |
| (noun) a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting | Synonyms: coaster wagon |
| wagoner | (noun) the driver of a wagon | Synonyms: waggoner |
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| wagonwright | (noun) a wagon maker | Synonyms: waggonwright, wainwright |
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| wagtail | (noun) Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks | - |
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| wahoo | (noun) large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide | Synonyms: Acanthocybium solandri |
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| (noun) deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: burning bush, Euonymus atropurpureus |
| (noun) upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas | Synonyms: Euonymus americanus, strawberry bush |
| waif | (noun) a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned | Synonyms: street child |
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| waifu | (noun) a character in an anime or manga who one has romantic feelings for | - |
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| wail | (noun) a cry of sorrow and grief | Synonyms: lament, lamentation, plaint |
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| wailer | (noun) a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries | - |
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| wailing | (noun) loud cries made while weeping | Synonyms: bawling |
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| wain | (noun) large open farm wagon | - |
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| wainscot | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscoting, wainscotting |
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| (noun) panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall | Synonyms: dado |
| wainscoting | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscot, wainscotting |
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| (noun) a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) | Synonyms: wainscotting |
| wainscotting | (noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room | Synonyms: wainscot, wainscoting |
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| (noun) a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) | Synonyms: wainscoting |
| wainwright | (noun) a wagon maker | Synonyms: waggonwright, wagonwright |
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| waist | (noun) the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole | Synonyms: shank |
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| (noun) the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips | Synonyms: waistline |
| waistband | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, girdle, sash, waistcloth |
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| waistcloth | (noun) a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | Synonyms: cincture, girdle, sash, waistband |
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| waistcoat | (noun) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat | Synonyms: vest |
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| waistline | (noun) the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips | Synonyms: waist |
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| wait | (noun) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) | Synonyms: waiting |
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| (noun) time during which some action is awaited | Synonyms: delay, hold, postponement, time lag |
| waiter | (noun) a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) | Synonyms: server |
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| (noun) a person who waits or awaits | - |
| waiting | (noun) the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something) | Synonyms: wait |
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| waitress | (noun) a woman waiter | - |
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| waiver | (noun) a formal written statement of relinquishment | Synonyms: discharge, release |
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| wake | (noun) a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial | Synonyms: viewing |
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| (noun) the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward | Synonyms: backwash |
| (noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | Synonyms: aftermath, backwash |
| wakeboard | (noun) a buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat | Synonyms: wake board |
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| wakefulness | (noun) a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world | - |
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| (noun) the process of paying close and continuous attention | Synonyms: alertness, vigilance, watchfulness |
| (noun) a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep | Synonyms: sleeplessness |
| wakening | (noun) the act of waking | Synonyms: awakening, waking up |
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| waker | (noun) a person who awakes | - |
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| (noun) someone who rouses others from sleep | Synonyms: arouser, rouser |
| waking | (noun) the state of remaining awake | - |
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| waldmeister | (noun) fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine | Synonyms: sweet woodruff |
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| (noun) Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula | Synonyms: Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, woodruff |
| wale | (noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship | Synonyms: strake |
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| (noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: weal, welt, wheal |
| walk | (noun) the act of traveling by foot | Synonyms: walking |
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| (noun) (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls | Synonyms: base on balls, pass |
| (noun) a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground | - |
| (noun) the act of walking somewhere | - |
| (noun) careers in general | Synonyms: walk of life |
| (noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: paseo, walkway |
| (noun) manner of walking | Synonyms: manner of walking |
| walkabout | (noun) nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine | - |
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| (noun) a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally | - |
| (noun) a walking trip or tour | - |
| walkaway | (noun) an easy victory | Synonyms: blowout, laugher, romp, runaway, shoo-in |
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| walker | (noun) an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk | Synonyms: baby-walker, go-cart |
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| (noun) a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk | Synonyms: Zimmer, Zimmer frame |
| (noun) a shoe designed for comfortable walking | - |
| (noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: footer, pedestrian |
| walking | (noun) the act of traveling by foot | Synonyms: walk |
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| walkingstick | (noun) any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies | Synonyms: stick insect, walking stick |
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| walkout | (noun) a strike in which the workers walk out | - |
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| (noun) the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest | - |
| walkover | (noun) any undertaking that is easy to do | Synonyms: breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap |
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| (noun) backbends combined with handstands | - |
| walkway | (noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: paseo, walk |
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| wall | (noun) an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure | - |
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| (noun) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | Synonyms: bulwark, rampart |
| (noun) a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden) | - |
| (noun) a layer of material that encloses space | - |
| (noun) (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure | Synonyms: paries |
| (noun) anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect | - |
| (noun) a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) | - |
| (noun) a difficult or awkward situation | - |