| snitcher | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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| (noun) a thief who steals without using violence | Synonyms: pilferer, sneak thief |
| snivel | (noun) whining in a tearful manner | Synonyms: sniveling |
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| (noun) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) | Synonyms: sniffle, snuffle |
| (verb) snuff up mucus through the nose | Synonyms: snuffle |
| (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, blubber, sniffle, snuffle |
| (verb) talk in a tearful manner | Synonyms: whine |
| sniveler | (noun) a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose | Synonyms: sniffler |
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| sniveling | (noun) whining in a tearful manner | Synonyms: snivel |
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| sniveller | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: bellyacher, complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, squawker, whiner |
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| snob | (noun) a person regarded as arrogant and annoying | Synonyms: prig, snoot, snot |
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| snobbery | (noun) the trait of condescending to those of lower social status | Synonyms: snobbishness, snobbism |
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| snobbish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobby |
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| snobbishly | (adverb) in a snobbish manner | Synonyms: snootily, uppishly |
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| snobbishness | (noun) the trait of condescending to those of lower social status | Synonyms: snobbery, snobbism |
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| snobbism | (noun) the trait of condescending to those of lower social status | Synonyms: snobbery, snobbishness |
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| snobby | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish |
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| snoek | (noun) a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa | Synonyms: barracouta |
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| snog | (verb) touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. | Synonyms: buss, kiss, osculate |
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| snogging | (noun) (British informal) cuddle and kiss | - |
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| snood | (noun) an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head | - |
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| snook | (noun) large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike | - |
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| snooker | (noun) a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball | - |
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| (verb) leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot | - |
| (verb) fool or dupe | - |
| snoop | (noun) a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others | Synonyms: snooper |
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| (verb) watch, observe, or inquire secretly | Synonyms: sleuth, spy, stag |
| snooper | (noun) a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others | Synonyms: snoop |
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| snoopiness | (noun) offensive inquisitiveness | Synonyms: nosiness, prying |
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| snoopy | (adjective) offensively curious or inquisitive | Synonyms: nosey, nosy, prying |
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| snoot | (noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snout |
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| (noun) a person regarded as arrogant and annoying | Synonyms: prig, snob, snot |
| snootily | (adverb) in a snobbish manner | Synonyms: snobbishly, uppishly |
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| snootiness | (noun) the quality of being snooty | - |
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| snooty | (adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: bigheaded, persnickety, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish |
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| snooze | (noun) sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) | Synonyms: catnap, forty winks, light sleep, nap, short sleep |
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| (verb) sleep lightly or for a short period of time | Synonyms: doze, drowse |
| snore | (noun) the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound | Synonyms: snoring, stertor |
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| (noun) the rattling noise produced when snoring | - |
| (verb) breathe noisily during one's sleep | Synonyms: saw logs, saw wood |
| snorer | (noun) someone who snores while sleeping | - |
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| snoring | (noun) the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound | Synonyms: snore, stertor |
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| snorkel | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: breather, schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel breather |
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| (noun) breathing device consisting of a bent tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface; allows swimmer to breathe while face down in the water | - |
| (verb) dive with a snorkel | - |
| snorkeling | (noun) skin diving with a snorkel | Synonyms: snorkel diving |
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| snort | (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing |
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| (noun) a disrespectful laugh | Synonyms: snicker, snigger |
| (verb) make a snorting sound by exhaling hard | - |
| (verb) indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose | - |
| (verb) inhale through the nose | Synonyms: take a hit |
| (verb) inhale recreational drugs | Synonyms: huff |
| snorter | (noun) something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent | - |
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| (noun) something outstandingly difficult | - |
| (noun) someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound | - |
| snorting | (noun) an act of forcible exhalation | Synonyms: huffing, puffing |
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| snorty | (adjective) (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed | Synonyms: shirty |
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| snot | (noun) nasal mucus | - |
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| (noun) a person regarded as arrogant and annoying | Synonyms: prig, snob, snoot |
| snotty | (adjective) dirty with nasal discharge | Synonyms: snot-nosed |
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| (adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish |
| snout | (noun) a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose | Synonyms: neb |
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| (noun) beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils | Synonyms: rostrum |
| (noun) informal terms for the nose | Synonyms: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot |
| snow | (noun) street names for cocaine | Synonyms: blow, C, coke, nose candy |
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| (noun) precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | Synonyms: snowfall |
| (noun) a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground | - |
| (verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | Synonyms: bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes |
| (verb) fall as snow | - |
| snowball | (noun) snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) | - |
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| (noun) ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup | - |
| (noun) ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce | - |
| (noun) plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions | Synonyms: Abronia elliptica, sweet sand verbena |
| (verb) increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate | - |
| (verb) throw snowballs at | - |
| snowbank | (noun) a mound or heap of snow | Synonyms: snow bank |
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| snowbell | (noun) small tree native to Japan | Synonyms: Styrax obassia |
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| snowberry | (noun) deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries | Synonyms: common snowberry, Symphoricarpos alba, waxberry |
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| snowbird | (noun) white Arctic bunting | Synonyms: Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowflake |
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| (noun) small North American finch seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: junco |
| (noun) medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter | Synonyms: fieldfare, Turdus pilaris |
| snowblindness | (noun) temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice | Synonyms: snow-blindness |
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| snowboard | (noun) a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopes | - |
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| (verb) glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board | - |
| snowboarder | (noun) someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard | - |
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| snowboarding | (noun) the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard | - |
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| snowbound | (adjective) confined or shut in by heavy snow | - |
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| snowcap | (noun) a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak) | - |
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| snowdrift | (noun) a mass of snow heaped up by the wind | - |
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| snowdrop | (noun) common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers | Synonyms: Anemone quinquefolia, wood anemone |
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| snowfall | (noun) precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | Synonyms: snow |
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| snowfield | (noun) a permanent wide expanse of snow | - |
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| snowflake | (noun) white Arctic bunting | Synonyms: Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowbird |
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| (noun) a crystal of snow | Synonyms: flake |
| snowiness | (noun) The property or condition of being marked by or covered with snow. | - |
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| snowman | (noun) a figure of a person made of packed snow | - |
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| snowmobile | (noun) tracked vehicle for travel on snow having skis in front | - |
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| (verb) ride a snowmobile | - |
| snowplough | (noun) a vehicle used to push snow from roads | Synonyms: snowplow |
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| snowplow | (noun) a vehicle used to push snow from roads | Synonyms: snowplough |
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| snowshoe | (noun) a device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot | - |
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| (verb) travel on snowshoes | - |
| snowstorm | (noun) a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds | Synonyms: blizzard |
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| snowsuit | (noun) a child's overgarment for cold weather | - |
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| snowy | (adjective) of the white color of snow | Synonyms: snow-white |
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| (adjective) covered with snow | Synonyms: snow-clad, snow-covered |
| (adjective) marked by the presence of snow | Synonyms: white |
| snub | (adjective) unusually short | - |
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| (noun) a refusal to recognize someone you know | Synonyms: cold shoulder, cut |
| (noun) an instance of driving away or warding off | Synonyms: rebuff, repulse |
| (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: rebuff, repel |
| (verb) refuse to acknowledge | Synonyms: cut, disregard, ignore |
| snuff | (adjective) snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown | Synonyms: chukker-brown, mummy-brown, snuff-brown |
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| (noun) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
| (noun) finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose | - |
| (noun) a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time | - |
| (noun) the charred portion of a candlewick | - |
| (verb) inhale (something) through the nose | - |
| (verb) sniff or smell inquiringly | Synonyms: snuffle |
| snuffbox | (noun) a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket | - |
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| snuffer | (noun) a cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles | - |
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| (noun) a person who uses snuff | Synonyms: snuff user |
| (noun) a person who snuffs out candles | - |
| snuffers | (noun) scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick | - |
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| snuffle | (noun) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) | Synonyms: sniffle, snivel |
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| (verb) snuff up mucus through the nose | Synonyms: snivel |
| (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, blubber, sniffle, snivel |
| (verb) sniff or smell inquiringly | Synonyms: snuff |
| snuffler | (noun) a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus) | - |
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| snuffling | (adjective) liable to sniffle | Synonyms: sniffly, snuffly |
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| snuffly | (adjective) liable to sniffle | Synonyms: sniffly, snuffling |
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| snug | (adjective) enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space | Synonyms: cosy, cozy |
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| (adjective) offering safety; well protected or concealed | - |
| (adjective) fitting closely but comfortably | Synonyms: close-fitting, close |
| (adjective) well and tightly constructed | - |
| (noun) a small secluded room | Synonyms: cubby, cubbyhole, snuggery |
| snuggery | (noun) a small secluded room | Synonyms: cubby, cubbyhole, snug |
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| snuggle | (noun) a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace | Synonyms: cuddle, nestle |
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| (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle |
| (verb) position comfortably | Synonyms: nestle |
| snuggled | (adjective) drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection | Synonyms: nestled |
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| snuggling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching |
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| snugly | (adverb) fitting closely | - |
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| (adverb) safely protected | - |
| (adverb) warmly and comfortably sheltered | - |
| snugness | (noun) a state of warm snug comfort | Synonyms: cosiness, coziness |
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| solicitousness | (noun) a feeling of excessive concern | Synonyms: solicitude |
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| sonorousness | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonority, vibrancy |
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| soundlessness | (noun) the property of making no sound | Synonyms: quietness |
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| spaciousness | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: capaciousness, commodiousness, roominess |
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| speciousness | (noun) an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility | Synonyms: meretriciousness |
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| speechlessness | (noun) the property of being speechless | - |
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| spinelessness | (noun) the quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition | - |
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| spiritlessness | (noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally | Synonyms: apathy, indifference, numbness |
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| spontaneousness | (noun) the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint | Synonyms: spontaneity |
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| spotlessness | (noun) the state of being spotlessly clean | Synonyms: immaculateness |
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| spuriousness | (noun) state of lacking genuineness | - |
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| starlessness | (noun) The state of being without visible stars. | - |
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| strenuousness | (noun) extreme effortfulness | Synonyms: arduousness |
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| studiousness | (noun) diligent study | - |
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| subconsciousness | (noun) a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness | - |
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| sumptuousness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive | Synonyms: lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity |
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| (noun) wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living | Synonyms: luxuriousness, luxury, opulence |
| superciliousness | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: condescension, disdainfulness |
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| suspiciousness | (noun) being of a suspicious nature | Synonyms: suspicion |
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| synonymousness | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymy |
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