| shred | (noun) a small piece of cloth | Synonyms: rag, tag, tag end, tatter |
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| (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit |
| (verb) tear into shreds | Synonyms: rip up, tear up |
| shredded | (adjective) prepared by cutting | Synonyms: chopped, sliced |
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| shredder | (noun) a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them) | - |
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| shrew | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrewmouse |
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| (noun) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman | Synonyms: termagant |
| shrewd | (adjective) acting with a specific goal | Synonyms: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming |
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| (adjective) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence | Synonyms: astute, sharp |
| shrewdly | (adverb) in a shrewd manner | Synonyms: acutely, astutely, sagaciously, sapiently |
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| shrewdness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity |
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| shrewish | (adjective) continually complaining or faultfinding | Synonyms: nagging |
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| shrewishly | (adverb) in a shrewish manner | - |
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| shrewishness | (noun) a nature given to nagging or scolding | - |
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| shrewmouse | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrew |
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