English words: S

2316 words under S; 1201–1300 on this page.

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• sober adjective (sober, soberer, soberest); verb (sober up)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Sober means not drunk, not affected by alcohol.
• sobriety noun (no plural)
  The state of not being drunk.
• soccer noun (soccer — uncountable)
  A game played by two teams of eleven players who kick a round ball and try to score goals; players other than the goalkeeper may not use…
• sociable adjective (sociable, more sociable, most sociable)
  Liking to meet and talk with other people; friendly.
• social adjective (social; more social); noun…
  Social means about people and how they live, meet and get on together in groups.
• socialisation noun…
  Socialisation is the way a child learns how to behave with other people and fit into their family, school and society: sharing, manners…
• socialist noun (a socialist, socialists); adjective (socialist)
  A person who believes in socialism, the idea that a country's important businesses, land and wealth should be shared or controlled by the…
• society noun (society, a society, societies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Society is all the people living together in a country or the world, with their ways of life, rules and customs.
• sock noun (sock, socks)
  A sock is a soft piece of clothing worn on the foot inside a shoe.
• socket noun (a socket, sockets)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A socket is a hole in a wall or device where you push in a plug to get electricity; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ often called a…
• sod noun (sod, sods); verb (sod off, sod it — rude)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A piece of grass with the earth and roots under it; turf.
• soda noun (soda, sodas)
  Soda is a sweet fizzy drink, like cola or lemonade (also called pop or soft drink).
• sodden adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Cooked by boiling, or soaked through with water.
• sodium noun (sodium, uncountable)
  Sodium is a soft, silvery-white metal element with the symbol Na; it is so reactive that it reacts strongly with water, sometimes fizzing…
• sodom proper nounJewish tradition
  A city of ancient Canaan near the Dead Sea, destroyed with its neighbours by fire from heaven.
• sodomite nounJewish tradition
  A person from Sodom, or in old translations a man who served as a temple prostitute.
• sofa noun (a sofa, sofas)
  A sofa is a long, soft seat with a back and arms, for two or more people.
• soft adjective (soft, softer, softest); adverb softlyeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Not hard or firm; easy to press or bend: a soft pillow.
• softball noun (softball, uncountable; a softball, softballs)
  Softball is a team game like baseball, played on a smaller field with a bigger ball that is pitched underarm.
• soften verb (soften, softens, softened, softening)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To soften means to become softer or to make something softer («soften the butter»).
• softhearted adjective (softhearted, more softhearted, most softhearted)
  A softhearted person is kind, gentle and easily feels sorry for others.
• softie noun (a softie, softies; also softy) — informal
  A softie is a kind, gentle person who is easily moved, often showing feelings openly.
• softly adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Softly means quietly, not loudly.
• softness noun (softness — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Softness is being soft to touch: easy to press, smooth and gentle, like a pillow or a kitten's fur.
• software noun (software — uncountable)
  Software is the programs and apps that tell a computer, phone or other device what to do.
• softy noun (a softy, softies — also spelled softie)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A kind, gentle person who is easily moved or who can't be strict.
• soggy adjective (soggy, soggier, soggiest)
  Soggy means very wet and soft, often in an unpleasant way, like soggy cereal or soggy grass.
• soh noun (soh — music; also spelled so, sol); abbreviation…
  The fifth note of the do-re-mi (tonic sol-fa) scale: do, re, mi, fa, soh, la, ti, do.
• soil noun (soil — uncountable; soils — kinds of soil); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The top layer of the ground in which plants grow, made of tiny bits of rock, dead plants and animals, water and air.
• sojourn noun (a sojourn, sojourns); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A sojourn is a short stay in a place that is not your home (formal).
• sojourner nounJewish tradition
  A person who stays in a place for a time without being a full citizen, a temporary resident or stranger.
• sol noun…
  Sol is a name for our Sun, from Latin.
• solace noun (solaces)Jewish tradition
  Comfort in sadness or trouble.
• solar adjective (solar)
  Solar means to do with the Sun or coming from the Sun.
• solder noun (solder — uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Solder is a soft metal mixture that melts at a low temperature and is used to join pieces of metal or wires together.
• soldier noun (a soldier, soldiers); verb (soldier on)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A soldier is a person who is a member of an army and is trained to fight for their country.
• sole noun (a sole, soles); adjective (sole)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The bottom of your foot.
• solely adverb
  Only; not involving anyone or anything else.
• solemn adjective (solemn, more solemn)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Solemn means very serious and not happy or joking, often in an important or sad moment.
• solemnisation noun (solemnisation, solemnisations); US spelling…
  The act of performing a ceremony, especially a wedding, in a serious, official way.
• solemnity noun (no plural)
  Great seriousness, a grave and formal feeling.
• solemnize verb…
  To hold a formal ceremony for something such as a wedding or a funeral.
• solemnly adverb (solemnly, more solemnly)
  Solemnly means in a very serious way, without smiling or joking.
• solicit verb (solicit, solicits, solicited, soliciting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To ask for something such as money, help or opinions, especially politely or officially.
• solicitation noun (a solicitation, solicitations; also uncountable)
  A solicitation is a request asking someone for money, help, business or support (formal).
• solicitor noun (a solicitor, solicitors)
  A solicitor is a lawyer who gives people legal advice, writes papers like wills and house contracts, and may speak for them in lower courts.
• solicitous adjective (solicitous, more solicitous); adverb solicitously
  Caring and anxious about someone's health, comfort or happiness; very attentive.
• solid adjective (solid, more solid, most solid); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A solid is something hard or firm that keeps its own shape, like ice, wood or stone; one of the states of matter.
• solidarity noun (solidarity — uncountable)
  Standing together and supporting each other because you share the same goals, problems or feelings.
• solidification noun (solidification — uncountable)
  The change of a liquid into a solid, such as water turning into ice or melted wax hardening.
• solidified verb form (solidify, solidifies, solidified, solidifying)…
  Solidified means turned from a liquid or gas into a solid, often by cooling: solidified lava.
• solidify verb (solidify, solidifies, solidified, solidifying)
  To solidify is to become solid, or to make something become solid, usually when a liquid cools or freezes.
• solitarily adverbJewish tradition
  In a lonely, alone way.
• solitary adjective (solitary); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Solitary means alone, with no one else; a solitary animal lives on its own.
• solitude noun (solitude — usually uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Solitude is being alone, usually in a quiet, peaceful way that you have chosen.
• solo noun (a solo, solos); adjective (a solo flight); adverb…
  A piece of music, dance or a performance done by one person alone.
• solstice noun (a solstice, solstices)
  A solstice is one of the two days each year when the Sun is at its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon.
• soluble adjective (soluble; also less soluble, more soluble)
  Able to dissolve in a liquid, especially water, like sugar or salt.
• solution noun (a solution, solutions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A solution is a way to solve a problem or deal with a difficult situation.
• solve verb (solve, solves, solved, solving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To solve a problem is to find the answer to it or the way to make it right.
• solved verb form, adjective (solved; from solve)
  Solved is the past form of solve: found the answer to a problem or puzzle.
• solvent noun (a solvent, solvents); adjective (solvent)
  A solvent is a liquid that dissolves another substance; water is the most common solvent.
• solver noun (a solver, solvers)
  A solver is a person who solves something, like a problem, puzzle or crime: a problem solver.
• som noun (som — money); fragment; (Ukrainian) noun (som)
  The som is the money (currency) of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan (money).
• somali adjective (Somali); noun…
  To do with Somalia, a country in the Horn of East Africa, or its people.
• sombre adjective (sombrer, sombrest; US spelling somber)
  Dark and gloomy in colour or light.
• some determiner, pronoun; adverb (some 20 people — about)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Some means a part of a group, not all of it: Some birds can't fly.
• somebody pronoun (somebody); noun (a somebody — an important person)
  Somebody means a person, but we do not know or do not say who.
• someday adverb (someday; also some day)
  Someday means at some time in the future that is not known yet: "Someday I'll go to Japan." It often expresses a hope or dream.
• somehow adverb (somehow — no other forms)
  Somehow means in some way, although you do not know how or it is hard to explain.
• someone pronoun (someone; someone's)
  Someone means a person, but we do not say who.
• somersault noun (a somersault, somersaults); verb…
  A movement where you roll or flip your whole body head over heels, forwards or backwards, on the ground or in the air.
• somerset noun (Somerset)
  Somerset is a county in the south-west of England, famous for farms, apples and cider, Cheddar cheese, the Somerset Levels and the city of…
• sometime adverb, adjective (sometime)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Sometime means at a time that is not said exactly: come and visit sometime.
• somewhat adverb; pronoun (rare, old: «somewhat of»)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A little, to some degree, rather — not very much and not completely.
• somewhere adverb; pronouneveryday · Jewish tradition
  Somewhere means in, at or to a place, without saying exactly which one.
• somnambulist noun (a somnambulist, somnambulists)
  A person who walks in their sleep; a sleepwalker.
• somnolence noun (somnolence — uncountable)
  Sleepiness; the feeling of being drowsy and heavy, ready to fall asleep.
• son noun (son, sons)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A son is a boy or man who is someone's child.
• sonar noun (sonar; uncountable)
  Sonar is a way of finding things under water by sending out sound waves and listening for their echoes.
• song noun (a song, songs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A song is a short piece of music with words that you sing.
• songbird noun (a songbird, songbirds)
  A songbird is a small bird that sings tuneful songs, such as a robin, blackbird, thrush, nightingale or wren.
• songster noun (songsters)
  A bird that sings well.
• songwriter noun (a songwriter, songwriters)
  A songwriter is a person who writes songs: the words, the tune, or both.
• sonic adjective (sonic)
  Sonic means to do with sound or sound waves, as in «a sonic boom».
• sonny noun (sonny — a form of address)
  A friendly or slightly bossy way an older person speaks to a boy or young man: «Listen, sonny».
• soon adverb (soon, sooner, soonest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Soon means in a short time from now or from then.
• sooner adverb (soon, sooner, soonest); phrases…
  Sooner means earlier or in less time than something else.
• soot noun (soot, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Soot is the black powder that smoke leaves behind when wood, coal, oil or candles burn.
• sooth noun (old use, in fairy tales)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Truth.
• soothe verb (soothe, soothes, soothed, soothing)
  To soothe someone is to make them calm when they are upset, angry or worried.
• soothingly adverb (soothingly)
  In a calm, gentle way that makes someone feel less upset, worried or in pain.
• soothsayer noun (soothsayers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who claims to foretell what will happen in the future.
• soothsaying noun (no plural)Jewish tradition
  The act of foretelling what will happen in the future.
• sooty adjective (sooty, sootier, sootiest); proper noun…
  Sooty means covered with soot, the black powder left by smoke from burning coal, wood or oil.
• sop noun (a sop, sops); verb (sop, sops, sopped, sopping — rare)
  A sop is something small given to someone to calm them down or keep them quiet, without really fixing the problem: a sop to the angry fans.
• sophistical adjectiveJewish tradition
  Using clever but false arguments that seem true but are not.
• soppy adjective (soppy, soppier, soppiest)
  Soppy means too soft and sentimental, full of love-talk or easy tears, in a way that some people find silly.
• soprano noun (a soprano, sopranos or soprani); adjective (soprano)
  A soprano is the highest singing voice, usually of women and girls, and also of boys before their voices break.
• sorcerer noun (sorcerers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who uses magic; a wizard.

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