| swab | (noun) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors | Synonyms: mop, swob |
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| (noun) implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion | - |
| swabbing | (noun) cleaning with a mop | Synonyms: mopping |
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| swad | (noun) a bunch | - |
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| swag | (noun) a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman | - |
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| (noun) goods or money obtained illegally | Synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, prize |
| (noun) valuable goods | - |
| swage | (noun) a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging | Synonyms: upset |
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| swagger | (noun) a proud stiff pompous gait | Synonyms: prance, strut |
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| (noun) an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work | Synonyms: swaggie, swagman |
| swaggerer | (noun) someone who walks in an arrogant manner | - |
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| swaggie | (noun) an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work | Synonyms: swagger, swagman |
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| swagman | (noun) an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work | Synonyms: swagger, swaggie |
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| swain | (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: beau, boyfriend, fellow |
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| swale | (noun) a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) | - |
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| swallow | (noun) the act of swallowing | Synonyms: deglutition, drink |
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| (noun) small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations | - |
| (noun) a small amount of liquid food | Synonyms: sup |
| swallowtail | (noun) a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back | Synonyms: morning coat, swallow-tailed coat |
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| swallowwort | (noun) perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers | Synonyms: celandine, Chelidonium majus, greater celandine, swallow wort |
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| (noun) tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics | Synonyms: Asclepias curassavica, blood flower |
| swami | (noun) a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect | - |
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| swamp | (noun) low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | Synonyms: swampland |
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| (noun) a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables | - |
| swamphen | (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens | Synonyms: gallinule, marsh hen, water hen |
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| swampland | (noun) low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | Synonyms: swamp |
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| swan | (noun) stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult | - |
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| swanflower | (noun) any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan | Synonyms: swan-flower, swan-neck, swan orchid, swanneck |
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| swank | (noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable | Synonyms: chic, chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness |
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| swanneck | (noun) any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan | Synonyms: swan-flower, swan-neck, swan orchid, swanflower |
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| swap | (noun) an equal exchange | Synonyms: barter, swop, trade |
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| sward | (noun) surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots | Synonyms: greensward, sod, turf |
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| swarm | (noun) a group of many things in the air or on the ground | Synonyms: cloud |
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| (noun) a moving crowd | Synonyms: drove, horde |
| swarthiness | (noun) a swarthy complexion | Synonyms: darkness, duskiness |
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| swash | (noun) the movement or sound of water | - |
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| swashbuckler | (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: daredevil, harum-scarum, hothead, lunatic, madcap |
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| swashbuckling | (noun) flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior | - |
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| swastika | (noun) the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction | Synonyms: Hakenkreuz |
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| swat | (noun) a sharp blow | - |
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| swatch | (noun) a sample piece of cloth | - |
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| 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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| 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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| swede | (noun) the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food | Synonyms: rutabaga, swedish turnip, yellow turnip |
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| (noun) a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root | Synonyms: Brassica napus napobrassica, rutabaga, rutabaga plant, Swedish turnip, turnip cabbage |
| sweep | (noun) (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line | Synonyms: end run |
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| (noun) a movement in an arc | - |
| (noun) a long oar used in an open boat | Synonyms: sweep oar |
| (noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: expanse |
| (noun) winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge | Synonyms: slam |
| (noun) someone who cleans soot from chimneys | Synonyms: chimneysweep, chimneysweeper |
| sweeper | (noun) little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body | - |
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| (noun) a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet | Synonyms: carpet sweeper |
| (noun) an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) | - |
| sweeping | (noun) the act of cleaning with a broom | - |
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| sweepstakes | (noun) a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants | - |
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| sweet | (noun) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar | Synonyms: sweetness |
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| (noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth | Synonyms: sugariness, sweetness |
| (noun) a food rich in sugar | Synonyms: confection |
| (noun) a dish served as the last course of a meal | Synonyms: afters, dessert |
| sweetbread | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbreads |
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| sweetbreads | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbread |
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| sweetbriar | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbrier |
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| sweetbrier | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar |
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| sweetener | (noun) anything that serves as an enticement | Synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, lure |
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| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetening |
| sweetening | (noun) the act of adding a sweetener to food | - |
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| (noun) an improvement that makes something more agreeable | Synonyms: enhancement |
| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetener |
| sweetheart | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetie, truelove |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner |
| (noun) any well-liked individual | - |
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetie |
| sweetie | (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: steady, sweetheart, truelove |
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| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart |
| sweetleaf | (noun) small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye | Synonyms: Symplocus tinctoria |
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| sweetmeat | (noun) a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) | - |
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| sweetness | (noun) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar | Synonyms: sweet |
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| (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence |
| (noun) the quality of giving pleasure | Synonyms: pleasantness |
| (noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth | Synonyms: sugariness, sweet |
| sweetpea | (noun) climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers | Synonyms: Lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea |
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| sweetsop | (noun) sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: annon, sugar apple |
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| (noun) tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds | Synonyms: Annona squamosa, sweetsop tree |
| swell | (noun) a crescendo followed by a decrescendo | - |
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| (noun) the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea | Synonyms: crestless wave |
| (noun) a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) | - |
| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik |
| swellhead | (noun) a conceited and self-centered person | Synonyms: egoist, egotist |
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| swelling | (noun) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | Synonyms: intumescence, intumescency |
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| (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance |
| (noun) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | Synonyms: lump, puffiness |
| swerve | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerving, veering |
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| (noun) an erratic deflection from an intended course | Synonyms: yaw |
| swerving | (noun) the act of turning aside suddenly | Synonyms: swerve, veering |
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| swift | (noun) a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight | - |
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| (noun) common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks | Synonyms: blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis, western fence lizard |
| swiftie | (noun) Fan of Taylor Swift | - |
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| swiftlet | (noun) swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest | Synonyms: Collocalia inexpectata |
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| swiftness | (noun) a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | Synonyms: fastness, speed |
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| swig | (noun) a large and hurried swallow | Synonyms: draft, draught, gulp |
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| swill | (noun) wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk | Synonyms: pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops |
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| swilling | (noun) the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly | Synonyms: gulping, guzzling |
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| swim | (noun) the act of swimming | Synonyms: swimming |
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| swimmer | (noun) a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets | - |
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| (noun) a person who travels through the water by swimming | Synonyms: bather, natator |
| swimmeret | (noun) one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming | Synonyms: pleopod |
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| swimming | (noun) the act of swimming | Synonyms: swim |
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| swimsuit | (noun) tight fitting garment worn for swimming | Synonyms: bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimwear |
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| swimwear | (noun) tight fitting garment worn for swimming | Synonyms: bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit |
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| swindle | (noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: cheat, fraud, rig |
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| swindler | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer |
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| swine | (noun) stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals | - |
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| swineherd | (noun) a herder or swine | Synonyms: pigman |
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| swing | (noun) changing location by moving back and forth | Synonyms: swinging, vacillation |
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| (noun) in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball | Synonyms: baseball swing, cut |
| (noun) the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it | Synonyms: golf shot, golf stroke |
| (noun) a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them | - |
| (noun) a sweeping blow or stroke | - |
| (noun) mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth | - |
| (noun) a jaunty rhythm in music | Synonyms: lilt |
| (noun) a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz | Synonyms: jive, swing music |
| (noun) a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity | - |
| swinger | (noun) a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex | Synonyms: tramp |
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| (noun) someone who swings sports implements | - |
| swinging | (noun) changing location by moving back and forth | Synonyms: swing, vacillation |
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| swingletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: whiffletree, whippletree |
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| swinishness | (noun) The quality of resembling a swine; being gluttonous, coarse, debased. | - |
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| swipe | (noun) a sweeping stroke or blow | - |
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| swirl | (noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: convolution, vortex, whirl |
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| swish | (noun) a brushing or rustling sound | - |
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