7 Letter Words That Start With S

snicker

Noun : A stifled or broken laugh.

Verb : (intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.

Verb : (transitive) To utter through a laugh of this kind.

salient

Adjective : Prominent; conspicuous.

Adjective : Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.

Noun : (military) An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.

saunter

Verb : (intransitive) To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.

Noun : A leisurely walk or stroll.

Noun : A leisurely, easy pace.

stygian

Adjective : (figuratively, literary) Dark and gloomy.

Adjective : (figuratively, literary) Infernal or hellish.

Adjective : (color theory, of a perceived color) Having a luminosity below 0%.

subdued

Adjective : Reduced in intensity or strength; toned down.

Adjective : Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.

Adjective : Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive.

snigger

Noun : (chiefly UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh.

Noun : (chiefly UK, Ireland) A sly or snide laugh.

Verb : (intransitive, chiefly UK, Ireland) To emit a snigger.

surmise

Verb : (intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.

Noun : Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.

Noun : Reflection; thought; posit.

scourge

Noun : (figurative) A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.

Verb : (figurative) To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.

Noun : (figurative) A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.

sustain

Verb : (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.

Verb : (transitive) To provide for or nourish.

Verb : (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.

steward

Noun : A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.

Noun : (nautical) A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.

Noun : A flight attendant, especially male.

specter

Noun : A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]

Noun : (figuratively) A threatening mental image; an unpleasant prospect [from 18th c.]

Noun : (entomology) Any of certain species of dragonfly of the genus Boyeria, family Aeshnidae. [from 20th c.]

support

Verb : (transitive) To help keep from falling.

Verb : (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:

Verb : (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.

smitten

Adjective : In love.

Adjective : Made irrationally enthusiastic.

Adjective : Affected by an act of smiting.

sublime

Verb : (transitive) (chemistry) Synonym of sublimate.

Verb : (transitive) To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container; (generally) to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.

Verb : (transitive) (by extension, figurative) To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt.

synergy

Noun : (figurative) Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes.

Noun : (physiology) The cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc.

Noun : (pharmacology) The combined action of two or more drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum.

subject

Noun : The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.

Noun : (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.

Noun : A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.

staunch

Adjective : (figuratively) Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.

Adjective : (figuratively) Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.

Adjective : Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.

shuffle

Verb : (ambitransitive) To put in a random order.

Noun : The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.

Noun : The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.

stellar

Adjective : (by extension) Exceptional, exceptionally good.

Adjective : (astronomy, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

Adjective : Heavenly.

stagger

Noun : An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.

Verb : To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

Verb : (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.

sensual

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

Adjective : Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.

Adjective : Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.

solicit

Verb : (transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.

Verb : (transitive) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.

Verb : (transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.

sojourn

Verb : (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.

Noun : A short stay somewhere.

Noun : A temporary residence.

sapless

Adjective : (of a plant) Lacking in sap.

Adjective : (figuratively, of a person etc.) Lacking vivacity.

serious

Adjective : Important; weighty; not insignificant.

Adjective : Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving.

Adjective : Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition.

strange

Adjective : Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

Adjective : Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

Adjective : (slang, of sex, genitals, etc) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.

sincere

Adjective : Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.

Adjective : Meant truly or earnestly.

Adjective : (archaic) clean; pure

stunned

Adjective : Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.

succour

Verb : (transitive) To give aid, assistance, or help.

Noun : (uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.

Noun : (uncountable, military) Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.

stumble

Verb : (intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.

Noun : A fall, trip or substantial misstep.

squelch

Verb : (intransitive, British) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.

Verb : (intransitive, British) To walk or step through a substance such as mud.

Verb : (transitive, US) To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.

skilled

Adjective : Having or showing skill; skillful.

Adjective : Requiring special abilities or training.

slender

Adjective : Thin; slim.

Adjective : (figurative) Meagre; deficient.

Adjective : (Gaelic languages) Palatalized.

sapient

Adjective : (by extension) (chiefly science fiction) Of a lifeform or species: possessing intelligence or a high degree of self-awareness.

Adjective : (anthropology) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Homo sapiens (modern human beings).

Noun : (anthropology) A human being of the species Homo sapiens.

stately

Adjective : Grand; impressive; imposing.

Adjective : (of people) Worthy of respect; dignified, regal.

Adjective : (of movement) Deliberate, unhurried; dignified.

swiftly

Verb : In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.

shallow

Adjective : Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

Adjective : Extending not far downward.

Adjective : Concerned mainly with superficial matters.

surfeit

Noun : (countable) An excessive amount of something.

Noun : (uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.

Noun : Disgust caused by excess; satiety.

somatic

Adjective : Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.

Adjective : Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.

Adjective : Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.

scamper

Verb : (intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.

Noun : A quick, light run.

Noun : One who skimps or does slipshod work.

spectre

Noun : British standard spelling of specter.

subvert

Verb : (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

Verb : (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

Verb : (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

scowled

Verb : (intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

Noun : The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

Verb : (transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

scuttle

Verb : (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.

Verb : (transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.

Verb : (transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.

scholar

Noun : A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.

Noun : A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.

Noun : A learned person; a bookman.

subsist

Verb : To survive on a minimum of resources.

Verb : To retain a certain state; to continue.

Verb : (chiefly philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist.

skitter

Verb : (intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.

Verb : (transitive) To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.

spurred

Adjective : Wearing spurs.

Adjective : Furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.

Adjective : Affected with spur, or ergot.

sullied

Adjective : defiled or tainted, soiled or stained.

society

Noun : (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.

Noun : (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.

Noun : (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.

sterile

Adjective : Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.

Adjective : (not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate).

Adjective : Permanently uninhabitable (as in a planet like Earth) to all life, including even microbes.

scuffle

Verb : (intransitive) To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters.

Noun : A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.

Verb : (slang) To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially.

sinuous

Adjective : Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

Adjective : Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.

Adjective : (figurative) Morally crooked; shifty.

succumb

Verb : (intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

Verb : (intransitive) To give up, or give in.

Verb : (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.

sputter

Verb : (intransitive) To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To speak so rapidly as to emit saliva; to utter words hastily and indistinctly, with a spluttering sound, as in rage.

Noun : Confused and hasty speech.

salvage

Noun : The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

Noun : The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.

Noun : The compensation paid to the rescuers.

slander

Noun : A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

Verb : To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of; to wrong.

suspect

Verb : (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

Verb : (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

Verb : (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

shudder

Verb : (intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.

Noun : A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.

Noun : A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.

servile

Adjective : Excessively eager to please; obsequious.

Adjective : Slavish or submissive.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a slave.

swarthy

Adjective : Tawny, dusky, dark.

Adjective : (somewhat derogatory) Dark-skinned; black.

Adjective : Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.

scumbag

Noun : (informal, mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife.

Noun : (slang, vulgar, dated) A condom.

sneered

Noun : A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.

Noun : A display of contempt; scorn.

Verb : (intransitive) To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.

squeeze

Verb : (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.

Verb : (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.

swagger

Verb : To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.

Verb : To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully.

Noun : Confidence, pride.

sanctum

Noun : A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.

shadowy

Adjective : In shadow; darkened by shadows.

Adjective : (of character) Dark, obscure.

Adjective : (figurative) Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.

surreal

Adjective : Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.

Noun : (mathematics) surreal number

scorned

Adjective : Hated, despised, or avoided.

secular

Adjective : Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.

Adjective : Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.

Adjective : (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a religious order.

spartan

Adjective : Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.

Adjective : Lacking in decoration and luxury.

Adjective : Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.

snarled

Adjective : tangled in knots or snarl

surplus

Noun : That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.

Adjective : Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.

Noun : Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.

stammer

Verb : (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.

Noun : A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer

Noun : The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

special

Adjective : Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.

Adjective : Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.

Adjective : (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.

syncope

Noun : (biology, medicine) A loss of consciousness when fainting.

Noun : (linguistics, phonology, prosody) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.

Noun : (music) A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

seminal

Adjective : Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.

Adjective : Creative or having the power to originate.

Adjective : Of or relating to seed or semen.

several

Adjective : A number of different; various.

Verb : By itself; severally.

Adjective : (law) Separable, capable of being treated separately.

scandal

Noun : An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.

Noun : Damage to one's reputation.

Noun : Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.

satiate

Verb : (transitive) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.

Verb : (transitive) To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.

Adjective : (rare) Filled to satisfaction or to excess; satiated, satisfied.

swindle

Verb : (ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

Verb : (transitive) To defraud.

Noun : An instance of swindling.

surpass

Verb : (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

searing

Noun : cooking food quickly at high temperature

Adjective : very hot; blistering or boiling

Adjective : (of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat

snickle

Noun : (dialect) Suppressed or sly laughter; snigger.

Verb : (intransitive, dialect) To laugh at someone or something

Noun : (dialect) A noose or snare made using a slip knot.

spindle

Noun : (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

Noun : A rod which turns, or on which something turns.

Noun : A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.

setback

Noun : An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).

Noun : (by extension) Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.

Noun : (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.

stridor

Noun : (medicine) A high-pitched sound heard on inspiration resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway usually indicative of serious airway obstruction.

Noun : A harsh, shrill, unpleasant noise.

squinch

Verb : (transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).

Noun : (architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.

stylish

Adjective : Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.

Adjective : Having style.

Adjective : (film) Having a particular directing style or cinematography.

scraggy

Adjective : Lean or thin, scrawny.

Adjective : Rough and irregular; jagged.

snapped

Noun : an American true crime television series produced by Jupiter Entertainment which depicts high profile or bizarre cases of women accused of murder.

service

Noun : An act of being of assistance to someone.

Noun : The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.

Noun : (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.

soldier

Noun : A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

Noun : An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.

Noun : (by extension, nonstandard) Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.

summary

Adjective : Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.

Noun : An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

Adjective : Performed speedily, without formal ceremony, and (especially) without regard to legality.

similar

Adjective : Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.

Noun : That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

Adjective : (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.

succeed

Verb : (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.

Verb : (intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.

Verb : (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).

shelter

Noun : (countable) Somewhere one can find protection.

Noun : A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).

Noun : A refuge, sanctuary, or (by metonymy) institution that provides temporary housing or a place to sleep for those in need or in danger.

supreme

Adjective : (sometimes postpositive) Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.

Adjective : Dominant, having power over all others.

Noun : The highest point.

startle

Verb : (transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.

Verb : (intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.

Noun : A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.

sophist

Noun : (figurative) A teacher who uses plausible but fallacious reasoning.

Noun : (figurative, by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.

Noun : One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.

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