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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