Discover a variety of words that start with the letter “S” to enrich your vocabulary and enhance your writing skills.
- Saga- A long, involved story, typically a historical or fictional narrative.
- Salient- Prominent or conspicuous.
- Salubrious- Health-giving or healthy.
- Sanctimonious- Making a show of being morally superior.
- Sanction- A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.
- Sanguine- Optimistic or positive, especially in difficult situations.
- Sapid- Having a strong, pleasant taste.
- Sardonic- Grimly mocking or cynical.
- Satiate- Satisfied to the full.
- Savant- A person of learning, especially one with detailed knowledge in some specialized field.
- Scintillate- To emit sparks or flash.
- Scurrilous- Making scandalous claims with the aim of damaging someone’s reputation.
- Sedulous- Showing dedication and diligence.
- Sempiternal- Eternal and unchanging; everlasting.
- Sequester- Isolate or hide away.
- Serendipity- The occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
- Serene- Calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
- Serrated- Having a saw-toothed or notched edge.
- Shambolic- Chaotic, disorganized, or confused.
- Shenanigans- Secret or dishonest activities, usually playful mischief.
- Simulacrum- An image or representation of someone or something.
- Sinuous- Having many curves and turns.
- Skullduggery- Underhand, unscrupulous behavior.
- Slapdash- Done too hurriedly and carelessly.
- Sobriquet- A person’s nickname.
- Soliloquy- Speaking one’s thoughts aloud when alone or regardless of any hearers.
- Somnolent- Sleepy, drowsy.
- Soporific- Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.
- Spartan- Showing the indifference to comfort or luxury associated with ancient Sparta.
- Specious- Superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
- Splenetic- Bad-tempered, irritable.
- Spurious- Not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
- Squabble- A noisy quarrel about something trivial.
- Stalwart- Loyal, reliable, and hardworking.
- Stentorian- Loud and powerful (voice).
- Stoic- A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing feelings or complaining.
- Strident- Loud and harsh; grating.
- Stymie- Prevent or hinder the progress of.
- Subjugate- Bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.
- Sublime- Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe.
- Succinct- Briefly and clearly expressed.
- Sundry- Of various kinds; several.
- Supercilious- Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.
- Supine- Lying face upwards.
- Surfeit- An excessive amount of something.
- Surly- Bad-tempered and unfriendly.
- Surreptitious- Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
- Svelte- Slender and elegant.
- Swanky- Stylishly luxurious and expensive.
- Sybarite- A person who is fond of sensuous luxury or indulgence.
- Sycophant- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important to gain advantage.
- Sylvan- Consisting of or associated with woods; wooded.
- Symposium- A conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject.
- Synoptic- Relating to a synopsis or summary; giving a general view.
- Syntax- The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences.
- Synthesis- The combination of ideas to form a theory or system.
- Sartorial- Related to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.
- Satyr- A class of lustful, drunken woodland gods in Greek mythology.
- Scapegoat- A person or group made to bear the blame for others.
- Scintilla- A tiny trace or spark of an amount.
- Script- The written text of a play, movie, or broadcast.
- Scrupulous- Diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.
- Seismic- Relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth.
- Semantic- Relating to meaning in language or logic.
- Senescent- Aging or growing old.
- Serpentine- Twisting and turning.
- Sibylline- Relating to the prophetic or mysterious.
- Solecism- A grammatical mistake.
- Solstice- When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon.
- Sommelier- A wine steward.
- Sophomoric- Pretentious or juvenile.
- Sorority- A society for female students in a university or college.
- Spangle- A small thin piece of glittering material.
- Specter- A ghost.
- Spectrum- A range of different positions, opinions, etc., between two extreme points.
- Speculate- Formulating theories or conjectures without firm evidence.
- Sphinx- A mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
- Splenectomy- Surgical removal of the spleen.
- Squander- Waste (something, especially money or time) recklessly.
- Staccato- Each sound or note sharply separated from the others.
- Stalactite- A tapering structure hanging from the ceiling of a cave.
- Stanza- A group of lines forming a unit in a poem.
- Stellar- Exceptionally good; outstanding.
- Stenography- Shorthand.
- Sterling- British money; excellent quality.
- Stratagem- A plan or scheme to outwit an opponent.
- Subpoena- A legal document ordering someone to attend a court.
- Subterfuge- Deceit used to achieve one’s goal.
- Succor- Assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.
- Suffragist- A person advocating the extension of suffrage.
- Sullied- Damage the purity or integrity of something.
- Sumptuous- Splendid and expensive-looking.
- Superfluous- Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.
- Supplant- Supersede and replace.
- Surmount- Overcome a difficulty or obstacle.
- Surrogate- A substitute, especially a person deputizing for another.
- Susceptible- Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
- Svelte- Slender and elegant.
- Swelter- Be uncomfortably hot.
- Synergy- The interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect greater than the sum of the individual elements.