| sham | (adjective) adopted in order to deceive | Synonyms: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on |
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| (noun) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be | Synonyms: fake, postiche |
| (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, shammer |
| (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: affect, dissemble, feign, pretend |
| (verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: assume, feign, simulate |
| shaman | (noun) in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination | Synonyms: priest-doctor |
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| shamanise | (verb) practice shamanism | Synonyms: shamanize |
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| shamanism | (noun) an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans | Synonyms: Asian shamanism |
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| (noun) any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) | - |
| shamanist | (adjective) of or relating to shamanism | Synonyms: shamanistic |
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| shamanistic | (adjective) of or relating to shamanism | Synonyms: shamanist |
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| shamanize | (verb) practice shamanism | Synonyms: shamanise |
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| shamble | (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shambling, shuffle, shuffling |
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| (verb) walk by dragging one's feet | Synonyms: scuffle, shuffle |
| shambles | (noun) a building where animals are butchered | Synonyms: abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse |
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| (noun) a condition of great disorder | - |
| shambling | (noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | Synonyms: shamble, shuffle, shuffling |
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| shambolic | (adjective) (British slang) disorderly or chaotic | - |
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| shambolically | (adverb) in a shambolic manner | - |
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| shame | (noun) an unfortunate development | Synonyms: pity |
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| (noun) a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt | - |
| (noun) a state of dishonor | Synonyms: disgrace, ignominy |
| (verb) surpass or beat by a wide margin | - |
| (verb) cause to be ashamed | - |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour |
| (verb) compel through a sense of shame | - |
| shamed | (adjective) suffering shame | Synonyms: discredited, disgraced, dishonored |
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| (adjective) showing a sense of guilt | Synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamefaced |
| shamefaced | (adjective) extremely modest or shy | - |
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| (adjective) showing a sense of shame | Synonyms: sheepish |
| (adjective) showing a sense of guilt | Synonyms: guilty, hangdog, shamed |
| shamefacedly | (adverb) in a shamefaced manner | - |
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| shamefacedness | (noun) feeling embarrassed about yourself | Synonyms: sheepishness |
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| shameful | (adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | Synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious |
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| (adjective) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | Synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shocking |
| shamefully | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously |
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| shamefulness | (noun) unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | Synonyms: disgracefulness, ignominiousness |
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| shameless | (adjective) feeling no shame | Synonyms: unblushing |
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| shamelessly | (adverb) without shame | Synonyms: barefacedly, unashamedly |
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| shamelessness | (noun) behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame | Synonyms: brazenness |
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| shamisen | (noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum | Synonyms: samisen |
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| shammer | (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham |
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| (noun) someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity | Synonyms: malingerer, skulker |
| shammy | (noun) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin | Synonyms: chammy, chammy leather, chamois, chamois leather, shammy leather |
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| shampoo | (noun) the act of washing your hair with shampoo | - |
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| (noun) cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair | - |
| (verb) use shampoo on (hair) | - |
| shamrock | (noun) clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock | Synonyms: hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, Trifolium dubium |
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| (noun) creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage | Synonyms: dutch clover, Trifolium repens, white clover |
| (noun) Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers | Synonyms: common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, Oxalis acetosella |
| shamus | (noun) someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations | Synonyms: operative, PI, private detective, private eye, private investigator, sherlock |
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