| activewear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: athletic wear, sportswear |
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| basketweaver | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketmaker |
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| beachwear | (noun) clothing to be worn at a beach | - |
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| bioweapon | (noun) any weapon usable in biological warfare | Synonyms: bioarm, biological weapon |
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| commonweal | (noun) the good of a community | Synonyms: common good |
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| commonwealth | (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state |
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| (noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: democracy, republic |
| (noun) a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | - |
| (noun) the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) | - |
| eveningwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, formalwear |
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| footwear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footgear |
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| (noun) clothing worn on a person's feet | - |
| formalwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear |
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| forswearing | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forgoing, renunciation |
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| hairweaving | (noun) the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair | - |
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| handwear | (noun) clothing for the hands | Synonyms: hand wear |
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| knitwear | (noun) knitted clothing | - |
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| loungewear | (noun) clothing suitable for relaxation | - |
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| neckwear | (noun) articles of clothing worn about the neck | - |
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| nightwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, sleepwear |
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| outerwear | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: overclothes |
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| sleepwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, nightwear |
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| sportswear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: activewear, athletic wear |
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| swearer | (noun) someone who takes a solemn oath | - |
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| (noun) someone who uses profanity | - |
| swearing | (noun) a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury | Synonyms: oath |
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| (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearword |
| swearword | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing |
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| sweat | (noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | Synonyms: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail |
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| (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands | Synonyms: perspiration, sudor |
| (noun) condensation of moisture on a cold surface | - |
| (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: fret, lather, stew, swither |
| sweatband | (noun) a band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) a band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat | - |
| sweatbox | (noun) a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat | - |
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| (noun) small or narrow cell | - |
| sweater | (noun) a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body | Synonyms: jumper |
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| (noun) a person who perspires | Synonyms: perspirer |
| sweating | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation |
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| sweatpants | (noun) loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes | Synonyms: sweat pants |
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| sweats | (noun) garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt | Synonyms: sweat suit, sweatsuit, workout suit |
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| sweatshirt | (noun) cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity | - |
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| sweatshop | (noun) factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry | - |
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| sweatsuit | (noun) garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt | Synonyms: sweat suit, sweats, workout suit |
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| swimwear | (noun) tight fitting garment worn for swimming | Synonyms: bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit |
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| tweak | (noun) a squeeze with the fingers | Synonyms: pinch |
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| underwear | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothes, underclothing |
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| weakener | (noun) that which weakens or causes a loss of strength | - |
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| weakening | (noun) the act of reducing the strength of something | - |
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| (noun) becoming weaker | - |
| weakfish | (noun) food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out | Synonyms: Cynoscion regalis |
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| (noun) lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
| weakling | (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: doormat, wuss |
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| weakness | (noun) the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain | - |
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| (noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: helplessness, impuissance |
| (noun) a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you | - |
| (noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: failing |
| (noun) the condition of being financially weak | - |
| weal | (noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: wale, welt, wheal |
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| weald | (noun) an area of open or forested country | - |
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| wealth | (noun) the quality of profuse abundance | - |
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| (noun) property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value | - |
| (noun) an abundance of material possessions and resources | Synonyms: riches |
| (noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealthiness |
| wealthiness | (noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealth |
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| weaning | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: ablactation |
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| weapon | (noun) any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting | Synonyms: arm, weapon system |
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| (noun) a means of persuading or arguing | Synonyms: artillery |
| weaponry | (noun) weapons considered collectively | Synonyms: arms, implements of war, munition, weapons system |
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| wear | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wearing |
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| (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wearable |
| (noun) impairment resulting from long use | - |
| wearable | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear |
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| wearer | (noun) a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory | - |
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| weariness | (noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | Synonyms: fatigue, tiredness |
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| wearing | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wear |
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| (noun) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively | Synonyms: eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing away |
| weasel | (noun) small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck | - |
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| (noun) a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky | - |
| weather | (noun) the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation | Synonyms: atmospheric condition, conditions, weather condition |
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| weatherboard | (noun) the side toward the wind | Synonyms: weather side, windward side |
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| (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboarding |
| weatherboarding | (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboard |
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| weathercock | (noun) weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster | - |
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| weatherglass | (noun) a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure | - |
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| weatherliness | (noun) (of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind) | - |
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| weatherman | (noun) predicts the weather | Synonyms: weather forecaster |
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| weatherstrip | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstripping |
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| weatherstripping | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip |
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| weathervane | (noun) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: vane, weather vane, wind vane |
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| weave | (noun) pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric | - |
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| weaver | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver finch, weaverbird |
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| (noun) a craftsman who weaves cloth | - |
| weaverbird | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver, weaver finch |
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| weaving | (noun) creating fabric | - |
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| workwear | (noun) heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work | - |
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