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# English words: S

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · **S** · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

2316 words under S; 1901–2000 on this page.

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- [struggle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/struggle/) — To struggle means to try very hard to do something difficult. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [struggling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/struggling/) — Struggling means trying very hard to do something that is difficult («struggling with maths»).
- [strum](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/strum/) — To strum is to play a guitar, ukulele or similar instrument by brushing your fingers or a pick across the strings.
- [strung](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/strung/) — Strung is a form of «string».
- [strut](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/strut/) — To strut is to walk in a proud, stiff way, with your chest out and head up, to show off.
- [stuart](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stuart/) — Stuart is a boy's first name and also a surname, used especially in Scotland, England and other English-speaking countries.
- [stub](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stub/) — The short end left after most of something has been used, like a pencil stub or a candle stub.
- [stubble](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stubble/) — Stubble is the short, rough hairs that grow on a man's face when he has not shaved for a day or a few days. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stubbly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stubbly/) — Stubbly means covered with short, rough hairs, like a man's chin when he has not shaved.
- [stubborn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stubborn/) — Not willing to change your mind or do what others want, even when you should. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stubbornly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stubbornly/) — In a way that refuses to change your mind or do what others want.
- [stubbornness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stubbornness/) — Stubbornness is refusing to change your mind or do what others want, even when there are good reasons. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stubby](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stubby/) — Short and thick: stubby fingers, a stubby pencil.
- [stuck](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stuck/) — Stuck is the past form of stick: she stuck the stamp on. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stud](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stud/) — A stud is a small piece of metal or plastic sticking out of a surface, like the studs on football boots or on a jacket. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [studbook](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/studbook/) — A studbook is an official record book listing the parents, grandparents and births of animals of a particular breed, especially horses…
- [studded](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/studded/) — Studded means covered with small bits set into the surface, such as nails, spikes or jewels.
- [student](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/student/) — A student is a person who learns at a school, college or university. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [studied](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/studied/) — Studied is the past of study: learned about something, read or practised to learn it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [studio](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/studio/) — A studio is a room where an artist, photographer or dancer works.
- [study](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/study/) — To study is to spend time learning about something, by reading, practising and thinking. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [studying](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/studying/) — Spending time learning about a subject by reading, practising or going to lessons. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stuff](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stuff/) — Things in general, when you do not need to name them: "Put your stuff in your bag.". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stuffy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stuffy/) — A stuffy room has warm, stale air with not enough fresh air.
- [stumble](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stumble/) — To stumble is to trip and almost fall when walking or running. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stumblest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stumblest/) — «stumblest» means «you stumble», a form of «stumble»: To stumble is to trip and almost fall when walking or running.
- [stump](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stump/) — A stump is the short part of a tree trunk left in the ground after the tree is cut down. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stumpy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stumpy/) — Stumpy means short and thick, like a tree stump.
- [stun](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stun/) — To hit or shock a person or animal so they are dizzy or knocked out for a short time.
- [stung](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stung/) — Hurt by an insect, plant or animal that pushes a sharp point or poison into the skin: stung by a bee, a wasp, a nettle or a jellyfish.
- [stunned](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stunned/) — Stunned means very surprised or shocked, so that you can hardly speak or move.
- [stunt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stunt/) — A stunt is a daring or dangerous action, often done in a film or show, such as jumping a car or falling from a building.
- [stunted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stunted/) — Stunted means smaller or shorter than normal because growth has been stopped or slowed, often by poor food, illness or a hard place to live.
- [stunting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stunting/) — Stunting is when something, especially a child or a plant, does not grow as tall or as well as it should, often because of poor food…
- [stupefied](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stupefied/) — Stupefied means so shocked, tired or dazed that you cannot think or act clearly.
- [stupefy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stupefy/) — To make someone dull, dazed or unable to think clearly. — Jewish tradition
- [stupendous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stupendous/) — Stupendous means huge or amazing, astonishing in size, strength or power.
- [stupid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stupid/) — Stupid means not clever or not sensible: a stupid mistake. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stupidity](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stupidity/) — Stupidity is being stupid: not thinking well or not understanding. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stupidly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stupidly/) — Stupidly means in a silly or unwise way, without thinking first: «I stupidly left my coat at school».
- [stupor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stupor/) — A stupor is a dazed state in which you cannot think or feel properly, as after shock, a spell, drink or sleep.
- [sturdy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sturdy/) — Strong and solid, not easy to break or knock over: "a sturdy table". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [sturgeon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sturgeon/) — A sturgeon is a very large, old kind of fish with a long nose and rows of bony plates instead of normal scales, living in rivers and seas…
- [stutter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stutter/) — To stutter is to speak with sudden stops or by repeating the first sounds of words, like «b-b-ball», without meaning to.
- [sty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sty/) — A sty, or pigsty, is a pen or small building where pigs are kept.
- [style](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/style/) — A style is a particular way of doing, making or saying something: a style of writing, swimming or painting. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [stylish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stylish/) — Fashionable and good-looking, in a smart, attractive way.
- [sub](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sub/) — A sub is a substitute, a player who comes on to replace another in a match.
- [subcontinent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subcontinent/) — A subcontinent is a very large piece of land that is part of a continent but is separate in some way, by mountains, sea or history.
- [subdivide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subdivide/) — To subdivide is to divide something that has already been divided into even smaller parts.
- [subdivision](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subdivision/) — A subdivision is a smaller part made when something already divided is divided again. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [subduction](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subduction/) — Subduction is when one of the Earth's tectonic plates slides down underneath another plate and sinks into the hot mantle.
- [subdue](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subdue/) — To subdue is to get control over a person, group or country, usually by force: «The army subdued the rebels». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [subdued](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subdued/) — Subdued means quiet and a little sad or tired, not lively as usual: «You seem subdued today». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [subheading](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subheading/) — A subheading is a smaller heading under the main heading of a text, telling you what one section is about.
- [subject](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subject/) — Something you learn at school, such as maths, English or science. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [subjection](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subjection/) — Subjection is being under the control of another person or power and having to obey. — Jewish tradition
- [subjective](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subjective/) — Subjective means based on someone's own feelings, tastes or opinions rather than on facts that everyone can check: "Which song is best is…
- [subjugate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subjugate/) — To subjugate people or a country is to defeat them and take control so they must obey, often taking away their freedom.
- [sublime](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sublime/) — Sublime means so grand, great and beautiful that it fills you with wonder. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [submarine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/submarine/) — A submarine is a ship that can travel under the water as well as on top of it.
- [submerge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/submerge/) — To submerge is to go under water, or to put something completely under water or another liquid.
- [submerged](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/submerged/) — Submerged means under water or under the surface of a liquid.
- [submersible](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/submersible/) — A submersible is a small underwater vehicle used to explore the deep sea, often with a crew of one to three people or controlled by remote…
- [submersion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/submersion/) — Submersion is being completely under water or another liquid.
- [submission](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/submission/) — A submission is something you hand in to be judged or checked, like a piece of homework, a competition entry or a form.
- [submissive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/submissive/) — Willing to obey others and do what they want without arguing or standing up for yourself.
- [submit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/submit/) — To submit something is to hand it in or send it so it can be checked or judged, like homework or a form. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [suboptimal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/suboptimal/) — not as good as it could be; in plain words, poor or bad.
- [subordinate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subordinate/) — In grammar, a subordinate clause is a part of a sentence that has a verb but cannot stand alone, like «because it was raining».
- [subordinating](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subordinating/) — A subordinating conjunction is a joining word such as because, when, if, although, while, since, before or until that starts a subordinate…
- [subordination](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subordination/) — Subordination is being under someone else's control or authority, or putting someone or something in a lower, less important place.
- [subscribe](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subscribe/) — To pay regularly to get something, such as a magazine, a streaming service or a newspaper. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [subscriber](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subscriber/) — A person who pays regularly to receive something, such as a magazine, a streaming service or a phone plan.
- [subscription](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subscription/) — Money you pay regularly, every month or year, to get something, like a magazine, a streaming service or a club membership.
- [subsequent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subsequent/) — Coming after something else in time or order; following; later. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [subsequently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subsequently/) — Afterwards; later; after something that has just been mentioned. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [subside](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subside/) — To subside is to become weaker, calmer or less strong: the storm subsided, the pain subsided.
- [subsidence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subsidence/) — Subsidence is when the ground slowly sinks lower, which can crack buildings, roads and walls.
- [subsist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subsist/) — To subsist is to stay alive, often with very little food or money: they subsisted on bread and water. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [subsistence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subsistence/) — Subsistence is having just enough food, water and money to stay alive, with nothing extra.
- [subsoil](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subsoil/) — Subsoil is the layer of soil under the top layer (topsoil); it has less humus, is often harder, and lies above the rock.
- [substance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/substance/) — A material or kind of matter with particular qualities, like a sticky substance, or a chemical substance such as water, salt or iron. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [substantial](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/substantial/) — Large in amount, size or importance. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [substantially](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/substantially/) — Substantially means by a large amount, a lot: prices rose substantially.
- [substantiating](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/substantiating/) — Substantiating means proving that something is true by giving facts or evidence (formal).
- [substation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/substation/) — A substation is a place, often fenced in, with large electrical equipment that changes electricity so it can be sent to homes, schools and…
- [substitute](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/substitute/) — A substitute is a person or thing used instead of another. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [substitution](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/substitution/) — A substitution is putting one person or thing in the place of another. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [substrate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/substrate/) — A substrate is the surface or material that something grows on or lives on, such as soil, sand, rock or a fish tank's gravel.
- [subsurface](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subsurface/) — Subsurface means lying or happening just below a surface, such as under the ground, the sea or the skin.
- [subterranean](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subterranean/) — Subterranean means underground, below the surface of the earth.
- [subtitle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subtitle/) — Subtitles are words shown at the bottom of a film or TV screen to translate what people say or to write it down for people who cannot hear…
- [subtle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subtle/) — Subtle means very small, delicate or hard to notice. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [subtlety](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subtlety/) — Subtlety is cleverness in planning tricks that are hard to see. — Jewish tradition
- [subtly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subtly/) — In a sly, clever, hidden way. — Jewish tradition
- [subtract](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subtract/) — To subtract is to take one number away from another to find what is left or the difference.
- [subtraction](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/subtraction/) — Subtraction is taking one number away from another to find what is left or the difference.
- [suburb](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/suburb/) — A suburb is an area where people live on the edge of a city or town, mostly with houses, schools and shops rather than big offices or…
- [suburban](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/suburban/) — Suburban means of or in the outer parts of a town or city, where there are houses and gardens, away from the centre.