| subvocalize | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalise |
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| succeed | (verb) attain success or reach a desired goal | Synonyms: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, win |
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| (verb) be the successor (of) | Synonyms: come after, follow |
| succor | (verb) help in a difficult situation | Synonyms: succour |
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| succour | (verb) help in a difficult situation | Synonyms: succor |
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| succumb | (verb) consent reluctantly | Synonyms: buckle under, give in, knuckle under, yield |
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| (verb) be fatally overwhelmed | Synonyms: yield |
| succuss | (verb) shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) | Synonyms: shake up |
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| suck | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse |
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| (verb) draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth | - |
| (verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up |
| (verb) draw something in by or as if by a vacuum | - |
| (verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | Synonyms: blow, fellate, go down on |
| (verb) be inadequate or objectionable | Synonyms: blow |
| (verb) attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. | Synonyms: suck in |
| suckle | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, wet-nurse |
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| (verb) suck milk from the mother's breasts | - |
| suction | (verb) empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction | - |
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| (verb) remove or draw away by the force of suction | - |
| sudate | (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Synonyms: perspire, sweat |
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| suds | (verb) make froth or foam and become bubbly | Synonyms: froth, spume |
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| (verb) wash in suds | - |
| sue | (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: action, litigate, process |
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| suffer | (verb) be in pain | Synonyms: hurt |
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| (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, have, sustain |
| (verb) feel unwell or uncomfortable | - |
| (verb) get worse in quality | - |
| (verb) be set at a disadvantage | Synonyms: lose |
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, support, tolerate |
| (verb) experience (emotional) pain | - |
| (verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: ache, hurt |
| (verb) undergo or be subjected to | Synonyms: endure |
| (verb) undergo or suffer | Synonyms: meet |
| (verb) be given to | - |
| suffice | (verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: answer, do, serve |
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| suffix | (verb) attach a suffix to | - |
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| suffocate | (verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: choke, gag, strangle |
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| (verb) feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air | - |
| (verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | Synonyms: asphyxiate, stifle |
| (verb) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | Synonyms: choke |
| (verb) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | Synonyms: choke |
| (verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: asphyxiate, smother |
| (verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: asphyxiate, choke, stifle |
| suffuse | (verb) to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light | - |
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| (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: perfuse |
| sugar | (verb) sweeten with sugar | Synonyms: saccharify |
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| sugarcoat | (verb) cause to appear more pleasant or appealing | - |
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| (verb) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze | Synonyms: candy, glaze |
| suggest | (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: advise, propose |
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| (verb) call to mind | Synonyms: evoke, paint a picture |
| (verb) imply as a possibility | Synonyms: intimate |
| (verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint | Synonyms: hint |
| suit | (verb) accord or comport with | Synonyms: befit, beseem |
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| (verb) enhance the appearance of | Synonyms: become |
| (verb) be agreeable or acceptable | - |
| (verb) be agreeable or acceptable to | Synonyms: accommodate, fit |
| sulfate | (verb) convert into a sulfate | - |
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| sulfur | (verb) treat with sulphur in order to preserve | Synonyms: sulphur |
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| sulfurette | (verb) combine with sulfur | Synonyms: sulphurette |
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| sulk | (verb) be in a huff and display one's displeasure | Synonyms: brood, pout |
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| sully | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch |
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| (verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: defile, maculate, stain, tarnish |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: cloud, corrupt, defile, taint |
| sulphur | (verb) treat with sulphur in order to preserve | Synonyms: sulfur |
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| sulphurette | (verb) combine with sulfur | Synonyms: sulfurette |
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| sum | (verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
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| (verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum up, summarise, summarize |
| summarise | (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: resume, sum up, summarize |
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| (verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum, sum up, summarize |
| summarize | (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: resume, sum up, summarise |
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| (verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum, sum up, summarise |
| summate | (verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
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| (verb) form or constitute a cumulative effect | - |
| summer | (verb) spend the summer | - |
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| summerise | (verb) prepare for summer | Synonyms: summerize |
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| summerize | (verb) prepare for summer | Synonyms: summerise |
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| summit | (verb) reach the summit (of a mountain) | Synonyms: breast |
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| summon | (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, mobilize |
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| (verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court | Synonyms: cite, summons |
| (verb) ask to come | - |
| (verb) gather or bring together | Synonyms: come up, muster, muster up, rally |
| (verb) cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively | Synonyms: call up |
| summons | (verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court | Synonyms: cite, summon |
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| sun | (verb) expose one's body to the sun | Synonyms: sunbathe |
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| (verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarise, solarize |
| sunbathe | (verb) expose one's body to the sun | Synonyms: sun |
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| sunburn | (verb) get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun | Synonyms: burn |
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| sunder | (verb) break apart or in two, using violence | - |
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| suntan | (verb) get a tan from being exposed to the sun | - |
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| sup | (verb) take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon | - |
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| superannuate | (verb) retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity | - |
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| (verb) become obsolete | - |
| (verb) declare to be obsolete | - |
| (verb) retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability | - |
| supercharge | (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, pressurize |
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| (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, boost |
| superfetate | (verb) conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus | - |
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| superimpose | (verb) place on top of | Synonyms: lay over, superpose |
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| superinfect | (verb) infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms | - |
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| superintend | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, supervise |
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| superordinate | (verb) place in a superior order or rank | - |
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| superpose | (verb) place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide | - |
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| (verb) place on top of | Synonyms: lay over, superimpose |
| superscribe | (verb) write on the outside or upper part of | - |
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| (verb) write on the top or outside | - |
| supersede | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supervene upon, supplant |
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| supervene | (verb) take place as an additional or unexpected development | - |
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| supervise | (verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance | Synonyms: monitor |
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| (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, superintend |
| supinate | (verb) turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg) | - |
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| supplant | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supersede, supervene upon |
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| supple | (verb) make pliant and flexible | - |
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| supplement | (verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, append |
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| (verb) add as a supplement to what seems insufficient | - |
| (verb) serve as a supplement to | - |
| supplicate | (verb) ask humbly (for something) | - |
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| (verb) ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer | - |
| (verb) make a humble, earnest petition | - |
| supply | (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, append |
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| (verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | Synonyms: cater, ply, provide |
| (verb) give something useful or necessary to | Synonyms: furnish, offer, provide, render |
| (verb) circulate or distribute or equip with | Synonyms: issue |
| support | (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, sustain |
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| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, tolerate |
| (verb) adopt as a belief | Synonyms: subscribe |
| (verb) argue or speak in defense of | Synonyms: defend, fend for |
| (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize |
| (verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold, hold up, sustain |
| (verb) play a subordinate role to (another performer) | - |
| (verb) support materially or financially | - |
| (verb) give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to | Synonyms: back up |
| (verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for |
| (verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm | Synonyms: bear out, corroborate, underpin |
| suppose | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think |
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| (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize |
| (verb) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | Synonyms: presuppose |
| (verb) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | Synonyms: presuppose |
| (verb) express a supposition | Synonyms: say |
| suppress | (verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: conquer, stamp down, subdue |
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| (verb) lessen to the point of stopping | - |
| (verb) put out of one's consciousness | Synonyms: repress |
| (verb) consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior | Synonyms: bottle up, inhibit |
| (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | Synonyms: crush, oppress |
| suppurate | (verb) ripen and generate pus | Synonyms: fester, maturate |
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| (verb) cause to ripen and discharge pus | Synonyms: mature |
| surcharge | (verb) show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given | - |
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| (verb) fill to an excessive degree | - |
| (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, overload |
| (verb) print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote | - |
| (verb) fill to capacity with people | - |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak |
| (verb) charge an extra fee, as for a special service | - |
| surf | (verb) switch channels, on television | Synonyms: channel-surf |
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| (verb) look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular | Synonyms: browse |
| (verb) ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | Synonyms: surfboard |
| surface | (verb) appear or become visible; make a showing | Synonyms: come on, come out, show up, turn up |
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| (verb) put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | Synonyms: coat |
| (verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise, rise up |
| surfboard | (verb) ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | Synonyms: surf |
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| surfeit | (verb) indulge (one's appetite) to satiety | - |
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| (verb) supply or feed to surfeit | Synonyms: cloy |
| surge | (verb) see one's performance improve | - |
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| (verb) rise rapidly | Synonyms: soar, soar up, soar upwards, zoom |
| (verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows | Synonyms: billow, heave |
| (verb) rise or move forward | Synonyms: tide |
| (verb) rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave | Synonyms: scend |
| surmise | (verb) infer from incomplete evidence | - |
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| (verb) imagine to be the case or true or probable | Synonyms: suspect |
| surmount | (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, overcome, subdue |
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| (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass |
| (verb) reach the highest point of | Synonyms: scale |
| (verb) be on top of | - |
| surpass | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount |
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| (verb) move past | Synonyms: go by, go past, pass, pass by, travel by |
| (verb) distinguish oneself | Synonyms: excel, stand out |
| (verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, transcend |
| surprise | (verb) cause to be surprised | - |
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| (verb) attack by storm; attack suddenly | Synonyms: storm |
| (verb) come upon or take unawares | - |
| surrender | (verb) give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another | Synonyms: give up |
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| (verb) relinquish possession or control over | Synonyms: cede, deliver, give up |
| surround | (verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in |
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| (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence, fence in, palisade, wall |
| (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, environ, ring, skirt |
| (verb) envelop completely | Synonyms: smother |
| surtax | (verb) levy an extra tax on | - |
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| surveil | (verb) keep under surveillance | Synonyms: follow, survey |
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| survey | (verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: appraise |
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| (verb) plot a map of (land) | - |
| (verb) make a survey of; for statistical purposes | - |
| (verb) hold a review (of troops) | Synonyms: go over, review |
| (verb) look over carefully or inspect | - |
| (verb) keep under surveillance | Synonyms: follow, surveil |
| survive | (verb) support oneself | Synonyms: exist, live, subsist |
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| (verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on |
| (verb) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) | Synonyms: come through, make it, pull round, pull through |
| (verb) live longer than | Synonyms: outlast, outlive |
| suspect | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, mistrust |
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| (verb) imagine to be the case or true or probable | Synonyms: surmise |
| (verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty | - |
| suspend | (verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it | Synonyms: freeze |
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| (verb) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid | - |
| (verb) make inoperative or stop | Synonyms: set aside |
| (verb) hang freely | - |
| (verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. | Synonyms: debar |
| (verb) render temporarily ineffective | - |
| suspire | (verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs | Synonyms: breathe, respire, take a breath |
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| (verb) heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily | Synonyms: sigh |
| sustain | (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, have, suffer |
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| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support |
| (verb) admit as valid | - |
| (verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
| (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nourish, nurture |
| (verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold, hold up, support |
| (verb) lengthen or extend in duration or space | Synonyms: keep up, prolong |
| susurrate | (verb) issue soft noises | - |
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| suture | (verb) join with a suture | - |
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| tissue | (verb) create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton | Synonyms: weave |
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| tonsure | (verb) shave the head of a newly inducted monk | - |
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| transubstantiate | (verb) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | Synonyms: transform, transmute |
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| (verb) change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ | - |
| transude | (verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities | Synonyms: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out |
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| treasure | (verb) be fond of; be attached to | Synonyms: care for, cherish, hold dear |
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| (verb) hold dear | Synonyms: appreciate, prize, value |
| unsubstantialise | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialize |
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| unsubstantialize | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise |
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| usurp | (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, assume, seize, take over |
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| (verb) take the place of | - |
| visualise | (verb) make visible | Synonyms: visualize |
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| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualize |
| (verb) form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract | Synonyms: visualize |
| (verb) view the outline of by means of an X-ray | Synonyms: visualize |
| visualize | (verb) make visible | Synonyms: visualise |
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| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise |
| (verb) form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract | Synonyms: visualise |
| (verb) view the outline of by means of an X-ray | Synonyms: visualise |
| windsurf | (verb) ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water | - |
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