| susurrant | (adjective) making a low continuous indistinct sound | Synonyms: murmuring, whispering |
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| susurrate | (verb) issue soft noises | - |
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| susurration | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: voicelessness, whisper, whispering |
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| (noun) the indistinct sound of people whispering | Synonyms: susurrus |
| susurrous | (adjective) characterized by soft sounds | Synonyms: murmurous, rustling, soughing |
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| susurrus | (noun) the indistinct sound of people whispering | Synonyms: susurration |
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| unusual | (adjective) not usual or common or ordinary | - |
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| (adjective) being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird | Synonyms: strange |
| (adjective) not commonly encountered | - |
| unusually | (adverb) to a remarkable degree or extent | Synonyms: notably, remarkably, unco |
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| unusualness | (noun) uncommonness by virtue of being unusual | - |
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| usual | (adjective) occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure | - |
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| (adjective) commonly encountered | Synonyms: common |
| usually | (adverb) under normal conditions | Synonyms: commonly, normally, ordinarily, unremarkably |
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| usualness | (noun) commonness by virtue of not being unusual | - |
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| usufruct | (noun) a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way | - |
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| usufructuary | (adjective) of or relating to the nature of a usufruct | - |
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| (noun) someone who holds property by usufruct | - |
| usurer | (noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | Synonyms: loan shark, moneylender, shylock |
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| usurious | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable |
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| usuriously | (adverb) to an exorbitant degree | Synonyms: exorbitantly, extortionately |
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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 | - |
| usurpation | (noun) wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) | - |
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| (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, trespass, violation |
| usurper | (noun) one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another | Synonyms: supplanter |
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| usury | (noun) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest | - |
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| (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | Synonyms: vigorish |