| activewear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: athletic wear, sportswear |
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| aweary | (adjective) physically and mentally fatigued | Synonyms: weary |
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| basketweaver | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketmaker |
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| beachwear | (noun) clothing to be worn at a beach | - |
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| bioweapon | (noun) any weapon usable in biological warfare | Synonyms: bioarm, biological weapon |
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| commonweal | (noun) the good of a community | Synonyms: common good |
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| commonwealth | (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state |
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| (noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: democracy, republic |
| (noun) a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | - |
| (noun) the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) | - |
| eveningwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, formalwear |
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| footwear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footgear |
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| (noun) clothing worn on a person's feet | - |
| foreswear | (verb) turn away from; give up | Synonyms: quit, relinquish, renounce |
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| (verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to | Synonyms: dispense with, forego, forgo, relinquish, waive |
| formalwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear |
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| forswear | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, recant, resile, retract |
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| forswearing | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forgoing, renunciation |
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| hairweaving | (noun) the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair | - |
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| handwear | (noun) clothing for the hands | Synonyms: hand wear |
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| interweave | (verb) interlace by or as if by weaving | Synonyms: weave |
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| inweave | (verb) weave together into a fabric or design | - |
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| knitwear | (noun) knitted clothing | - |
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| loungewear | (noun) clothing suitable for relaxation | - |
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| neckwear | (noun) articles of clothing worn about the neck | - |
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| nightwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, sleepwear |
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| outerwear | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: overclothes |
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| outwear | (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
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| (verb) last longer than others | - |
| overweary | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overfatigue, overtire |
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| sleepwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, nightwear |
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| sportswear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: activewear, athletic wear |
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| swear | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely |
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| (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depone, depose |
| (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, imprecate |
| (verb) promise solemnly; take an oath | - |
| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, verify |
| 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 |
| (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Synonyms: perspire, sudate |
| 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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| swimwear | (noun) tight fitting garment worn for swimming | Synonyms: bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit |
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| tweak | (noun) a squeeze with the fingers | Synonyms: pinch |
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| (verb) adjust finely | Synonyms: fine-tune |
| (verb) to be under the influence of methamphetamine | - |
| (verb) pull or pull out sharply | Synonyms: pick off, pluck, pull off |
| (verb) pinch or squeeze sharply | - |
| underwear | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothes, underclothing |
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| unweaned | (adjective) not weaned | - |
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| unwearable | (adjective) not suitable for wear or able to be worn | - |
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| unwearied | (adjective) with unreduced energy | Synonyms: untired, unweary |
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| unweary | (adjective) with unreduced energy | Synonyms: untired, unwearied |
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| unwearying | (adjective) showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality | Synonyms: indefatigable, tireless, unflagging |
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| unweathered | (adjective) not worn by exposure to the weather | - |
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| unweave | (verb) undo strands that have been woven together | - |
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| weak | (adjective) wanting in physical strength | - |
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| (adjective) overly diluted; thin and insipid | Synonyms: washy, watery |
| (adjective) tending downward in price | - |
| (adjective) likely to fail under stress or pressure | - |
| (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly |
| (adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: fallible, frail, imperfect |
| (adjective) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc | Synonyms: faint |
| (adjective) not having authority, political strength, or governing power | - |
| (adjective) (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection | - |
| (adjective) deficient in intelligence or mental power | - |
| (adjective) deficient or lacking in some skill | - |
| (adjective) (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress | Synonyms: light, unaccented |
| weaken | (verb) become weaker | - |
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| (verb) lessen the strength of | - |
| (verb) reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of | Synonyms: de-escalate, step down |
| (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, soften |
| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine |
| weakened | (adjective) damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value | Synonyms: hurt |
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| (adjective) reduced in strength | Synonyms: attenuate, attenuated, faded |
| (adjective) mixed with water | Synonyms: cut, thinned |
| (adjective) impaired by diminution | Synonyms: diminished, lessened, vitiated |
| (adjective) made weak or weaker | - |
| weakener | (noun) that which weakens or causes a loss of strength | - |
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| weakening | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, enfeebling |
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| (adjective) moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker | - |
| (noun) the act of reducing the strength of something | - |
| (noun) becoming weaker | - |
| weakfish | (noun) food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out | Synonyms: Cynoscion regalis |
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| (noun) lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
| weakling | (noun) a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | Synonyms: doormat, wuss |
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| weakly | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak |
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| (adverb) in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree | - |
| weakness | (noun) the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain | - |
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| (noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act | Synonyms: helplessness, impuissance |
| (noun) a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you | - |
| (noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: failing |
| (noun) the condition of being financially weak | - |
| weal | (noun) a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | Synonyms: wale, welt, wheal |
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| weald | (noun) an area of open or forested country | - |
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| wealth | (noun) the quality of profuse abundance | - |
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| (noun) property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value | - |
| (noun) an abundance of material possessions and resources | Synonyms: riches |
| (noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealthiness |
| wealthily | (adverb) with riches | - |
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| wealthiness | (noun) the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money | Synonyms: wealth |
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| wealthy | (adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | Synonyms: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, substantial |
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| wean | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: ablactate |
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| (verb) detach the affections of | - |
| weaned | (adjective) freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk | - |
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| weaning | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: ablactation |
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| weapon | (noun) any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting | Synonyms: arm, weapon system |
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| (noun) a means of persuading or arguing | Synonyms: artillery |
| weaponed | (adjective) carrying weapons | Synonyms: equipped |
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| weaponize | (verb) make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon | - |
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| weaponless | (adjective) without a weapon | - |
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| weaponry | (noun) weapons considered collectively | Synonyms: arms, implements of war, munition, weapons system |
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| wear | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wearing |
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| (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wearable |
| (noun) impairment resulting from long use | - |
| (verb) be dressed in | Synonyms: have on |
| (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on |
| (verb) have or show an appearance of | - |
| (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
| (verb) have on one's person | Synonyms: bear |
| (verb) deteriorate through use or stress | Synonyms: wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin |
| (verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear out |
| (verb) last and be usable | Synonyms: endure, hold out |
| (verb) have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality | - |
| wearable | (adjective) suitable for wear or able to be worn | - |
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| (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear |
| wearer | (noun) a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory | - |
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| wearied | (adjective) exhausted | Synonyms: jaded |
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| wearily | (adverb) in a weary manner | Synonyms: tiredly |
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| weariness | (noun) temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work | Synonyms: fatigue, tiredness |
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| wearing | (adjective) producing exhaustion | Synonyms: exhausting, tiring, wearying |
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| (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wear |
| (noun) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively | Synonyms: eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing away |
| wearisome | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome |
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| weary | (adjective) physically and mentally fatigued | Synonyms: aweary |
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| (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon |
| (verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: fatigue, jade, pall, tire |
| wearying | (adjective) producing exhaustion | Synonyms: exhausting, tiring, wearing |
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| weasel | (noun) small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck | - |
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| (noun) a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky | - |
| weather | (adjective) towards the side exposed to wind | Synonyms: upwind |
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| (noun) the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation | Synonyms: atmospheric condition, conditions, weather condition |
| (verb) change under the action or influence of the weather | - |
| (verb) cause to slope | - |
| (verb) sail to the windward of | - |
| (verb) face and withstand with courage | Synonyms: brave, brave out, endure |
| weatherboard | (noun) the side toward the wind | Synonyms: weather side, windward side |
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| (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboarding |
| weatherboarding | (noun) a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below | Synonyms: clapboard, weatherboard |
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| weathercock | (noun) weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster | - |
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| weathered | (adjective) worn by exposure to the weather | Synonyms: weather-beaten, weatherworn |
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| weatherglass | (noun) a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure | - |
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| weatherliness | (noun) (of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind) | - |
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| weatherly | (adjective) (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled | - |
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| weatherman | (noun) predicts the weather | Synonyms: weather forecaster |
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| weatherproof | (adjective) able to withstand exposure to weather without damage | - |
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| (verb) make resistant to bad weather | - |
| weatherstrip | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstripping |
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| (verb) provide with weatherstripping | - |
| weatherstripping | (noun) a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold | Synonyms: weather strip, weather stripping, weatherstrip |
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| weathervane | (noun) mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: vane, weather vane, wind vane |
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| weatherworn | (adjective) worn by exposure to the weather | Synonyms: weather-beaten, weathered |
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| weave | (noun) pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric | - |
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| (verb) interlace by or as if by weaving | Synonyms: interweave |
| (verb) create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton | Synonyms: tissue |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, wind |
| (verb) sway from side to side | Synonyms: waver |
| weaver | (noun) finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests | Synonyms: weaver finch, weaverbird |
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| (noun) a craftsman who weaves cloth | - |