A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology

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~Summary~, _a._ Short, brief, concise, compendious, synoptical, succinct, laconic, curt, terse, pithy, compact, condensed.

~Summary~, _n._ Abridgment, compend, compendium, abstract, epitome, digest, synopsis, syllabus, conspectus, RESUMÉ, sum and substance, the short and the long.

~Summer-duck~, _n._ Wood-duck (_Anas sponsa_ or _Dendronessa sponsa_).

~Summersault~, _n._ SUMMERSET.

~Summerset~, _n._ Somerset, somersault, summersault.

~Summit~, _n._ Top, apex, vertex, acme, pinnacle, zenith, utmost height, culminating point.

~Summon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bid, cite, call, call for, send for, order to appear, notify to appear.

~2.~ (_Mil._) Demand the surrender of.

~Summons~, _n._ Citation, official call or notice.

~Summon up~, Raise, rouse, arouse, call up, excite, pluck up, call into action.

~Summum bonum~, [L.] Greatest or highest good, supreme good.

~Sumptuous~, _a._ ~1.~ Costly, expensive, dear.

~2.~ Magnificent, splendid, gorgeous, stately, rich, superb, grand, showy.

~Sum up~, ~1.~ Add, compute, cast up, add together.

~2.~ Condense, epitomize, comprise in a few words, put in a nutshell.

~Sun~, _n._ Day-Star, orb of day.

~Sun-burnt~, _a._ Tanned, blowzy, ruddy, blowzed, ruddy-faced.

~Sunday~, _n._ The Sabbath, the Lord's day, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest.

~Sunder~, _v. a._ Disunite, disjoin, dispart, disconnect, part, separate, dissociate, divide, sever, dissever, break, part, tear asunder.

~Sundog~, _n._ Parhelion, mock-sun.

~Sundown~, _n._ Sunset.

~Sundry~, _a._ Several, divers, more than one or two, not a great many.

~Sunless~, _a._ Rayless, beamless, dark, darksome, black, dismal, pitchy, Cimmerian.

~Sunlight~, _n._ Daylight, sunshine, day, light of day, light of heaven.

~Sunny~, _a._ ~1.~ Bright, shining, brilliant, clear, unclouded, fine, sunshiny.

~2.~ Warm, mild, genial, pleasant.

~3.~ Cheerful, joyful, happy.

~Sun-picture~, _n._ Photograph.

~Sunset~, _n._ Evening, sundown, close of the day.

~Sunshiny~, _a._ Bright, SUNNY.

~Sunstroke~, _n._ Insolation, SIRIASIS, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.

~Sup~, _v. n._ Take supper.

~Sup~, _v. a._ Drink (_a little at a time_), sip.

~Sup~, _n._ Sip, taste.

~Supawn~, _n._ [_Indian word_, _Local U. S._] Mush, hasty-pudding (_made of Indian meal_).

~Superable~, _n._ Surmountable, conquerable, that may be overcome.

~Superabound~, _v. n._ Be very abundant, be exuberant.

~Superabundance~, _n._ Excess, overflow, exuberance, luxuriance, superfluity, redundance, plethora, surfeit.

~Superabundant~, _a._ Exuberant, superfluous, excessive.

~Superadd~, _v. a._ Add (_over and above_), superinduce.

~Superannuated~, _a._ Decrepit, anile, aged, imbecile, doting, old- womanish, effete, rusty, time-worn, unfit for service, on the retired list, on the pension list.

~Superb~, _a._ ~1.~ Grand, stately, august, majestic, noble, magnificent, sumptuous, rich, splendid, showy, pompous.

~2.~ Elegant, beautiful, exquisite.

~Supercilious~, _a._ Haughty, disdainful, contemptuous, overbearing, domineering, dictatorial, arrogant, proud, high, lofty, overweening, consequential, lordly, intolerant.

~Supereminence~, _n._ Pre-eminence, transcendence, marked superiority.

~Supereminent~, _a._ Pre-eminent, transcendent.

~Superficial~, _a._ ~1.~ External, exterior, outer, on the surface.

~2.~ Shallow, slight, smattering, not deep, not thorough, not profound.

~Superficies~, _n._ Surface, exterior, outside.

~Superfine~, _a._ Excellent, choice, prime, first-rate, very good, very fine.

~Superfluity~, _n._ Superabundance, excess, redundance, redundancy, exuberance, surfeit, more than enough, enough and to spare.

~Superfluous~, _a._ Excessive, superabundant, redundant, exuberant, unnecessary, needless, useless, expletive, more than enough.

~Superimpose~, _v. a._ Superpose.

~Superinduce~, _v. a._ Superadd, bring on.

~Superintend~, _v. a._ Supervise, oversee, overlook, direct, conduct, manage, control, administer, boss, have charge of, have the direction of, have the oversight of, preside over.

~Superintendence~, _n._ Supervision, inspection oversight, care, direction, control, charge, management, SURVEILLANCE.

~Superintendency~, _n._ Supervision, inspection oversight, care, direction, control, charge, management, SURVEILLANCE.

~Superintendent~, _n._ Overseer, supervisor, master, conductor, inspector, curator, warden, guardian, custodian, intendant, BOSS.

~Superior~, _a._ ~1.~ High, higher, upper, paramount, more elevated.

~2.~ Of higher rank, more exalted, more dignified.

~3.~ Surpassing, noble, more eminent, more excellent.

~4.~ Predominant, prevalent.

~Superiority~, _n._ ~1.~ Pre-eminence, ascendency, predominance, supremacy, preponderance, advantage.

~2.~ Excellence, worthiness, nobility.

~Superior to~, Above, beyond the influence of, unaffected by.

~Superlative~, _a._ Supreme, most eminent, greatest, most excellent.

~Supernal~, _a._ Heavenly, celestial.

~Supernatural~, _a._ Miraculous, above nature, beyond the powers of nature, that exceeds the laws of nature.

~Supernumerary~, _a._ Odd, redundant, in excess, above the regular number, left over (_from a specified number_).

~Superpose~, _v. a._ Superimpose.

~Supersede~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Suspend, annul, overrule, set aside, make void.

~2.~ Displace, replace, supplant.

~Superstition~, _n._ ~1.~ False religion, worship of false gods, irrational worship.

~2.~ Belief in omens.

~Supervene~, _v. n._ Occur (_with reference to something that precedes_), happen, take place, be added, come as an accessory.

~Supervisal~, _n._ SUPERINTENDENCE.

~Supervise~, _v. a._ SUPERINTEND.

~Supervision~, _n._ SUPERINTENDENCE.

~Supervisor~, _n._ SUPERINTENDENT.

~Supine~, _a._ ~1.~ On the back.

~2.~ Indolent, sluggish, lazy, slothful, inert, torpid, languid, dull, lumpish, listless, careless, thoughtless, inattentive.

~Supper~, _n._ Tea, evening meal.

~Supplant~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Undermine, overthrow.

~2.~ Displace (_by stratagem_), replace, remove, supersede.

~Supple~, _a._ ~1.~ Pliant, flexible, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent.

~2.~ Yielding, compliant, submissive, humble, not obstinate.

~3.~ Servile, obsequious, cringing, slavish, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic.

~Supplement~, _n._ ~1.~ Addition (_to supply something wanting_), appendix, postscript, continuation, CODICIL.

~2.~ Counterpart, correlative, complement.

~Supplement~, _v. a._ Supply, add to.

~Supplemental~, _a._ SUPPLEMENTARY.

~Supplementary~, _a._ Additional, supplemental.

~Suppliant~, _a._ Supplicating, beseeching, entreating, imploring, begging, praying.

~Suppliant~, _n._ Petitioner, supplicant, applicant, solicitor, suitor.

~Supplicant~, _n._ SUPPLIANT.

~Supplicate~, _v. a._ Beg, implore, pray, invoke, entreat, beseech, importune, solicit, conjure, ADJURE, obtest, call upon, pray to, appeal to, prefer a request to.

~Supplicate~, _v. n._ Entreat, beg, pray, petition, sue, implore, put up a prayer, prefer a request or petition.

~Supplication~, _n._ Entreaty, petition, solicitation, prayer, invocation, orison.

~Supplicatory~, _a._ Petitionary.

~Supply~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Provide, furnish, minister, replenish, stock, store, endue, endow, invest.

~2.~ Give, grant, afford, accommodate with.

~3.~ Serve instead of, take the place of.

~Supply~, _n._ Stock, store, reserve, provision, hoard.

~Support~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sustain, uphold, prop, brace, bear up, hold up, shore up.

~2.~ Endure, bear, undergo, suffer, tolerate, put up with, go through.

~3.~ Cherish, nourish, maintain, provide for.

~4.~ Have, hold, keep up.

~5.~ Perform, play, act, take the part of.

~6.~ Substantiate, confirm, make good, verify.

~7.~ Assist, aid, help, second, patronize, abet, befriend, back, countenance, encourage, back up.

~8.~ Further, forward, advocate, vindicate.

~9.~ Accompany (_as an assistant_), attend, act as aid to.

~Support~, _n._ ~1.~ Prop, stay, shore, supporter, brace, hold.

~2.~ Base, basis, bed, foundation.

~3.~ Sustenance, maintenance, FEED, subsistence, livelihood, living, keeping.

~4.~ Aid, help, assistance, succor, favor, countenance, encouragement, patronage, comfort.

~Supportable~, _a._ Endurable, tolerable.

~Supporter~, _n._ ~1.~ Prop, stay, support, shore, brace.

~2.~ Sustainer, comforter.

~3.~ Maintainer, defender, aider, assistant, partisan, adherent, follower.

~Suppose~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Presume, conceive, apprehend, believe, imagine, consider, deem, think, judge, presuppose, conjecture, guess.

~2.~ Imply, assume, presuppose, take for granted.

~Suppose~, _v. n._ Think, imagine, fancy, believe, surmise, conjecture, divine, guess, suspect, presume, OPINE, WEEN, RECKON.

~Supposition~, _n._ ~1.~ Surmise, conjecture, guess, presumption.

~2.~ Hypothesis, postulate, assumed position.

~Supposititious~, _a._ Spurious, counterfeit, sham, mock, false, not genuine, foisted in.

~Suppress~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crush, overpower, subdue, quell, overthrow, stifle, choke, smother, put down.

~2.~ Restrain, repress, keep back, stop, check.

~3.~ Conceal, keep secret, not tell, not reveal.

~Suppression~, _n._ ~1.~ Overthrow, crushing, quelling.

~2.~ Restraint, repression, check, stoppage.

~3.~ Concealment.

~4.~ (_Gram._ & _Rhet._) Omission (_as of a letter or a word_).

~Suppurate~, _v. n._ Fester, maturate, discharge pus.

~Suppuration~, _n._ Festering, maturation, discharge of pus.

~Supremacy~, _n._ Domination, predominance, predominancy, lordship, mastership, mastery, sovereignty, supreme authority, upper hand.

~Supreme~, _a._ Highest, greatest, paramount, predominant, principal, chief, leading, first.

~Supreme good~, SUMMUM BONUM.

~Surcharge~, _v. a._ Overload, overburden, overcharge.

~Surcharged~, _a._ Overcharged, overloaded, overburdened, surfeited, plethoric, over-full.

~Surcingle~, _n._ Girth, girt, girdle, belt.

~Surd~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Math._) Radical, incommensurable.

~2.~ (_Orthoëpy._) Aspirate, toneless, unintonated, atonic, not sonant, not vocal, without vocality, pronounced with a simple breathing.

~Sure~, _a._ ~1.~ Certain, confident, positive, assured, fully convinced.

~2.~ Safe, secure, stable, firm, steady, trustworthy.

~3.~ Infallible, unfailing, never-failing.

~Sure~, _ad._ Certainly, SURELY.

~Surely~, _ad._ ~1.~ Certainly, undoubtedly, assuredly, sure, without doubt.

~2.~ Safely, securely, firmly.

~Surety~, _n._ ~1.~ Certainty, indubitableness.

~2.~ Safety, security.

~3.~ Guaranty, pledge.

~4.~ Bondsman.

~Surf~, _n._ Breakers, breaking waves.

~Surface~, _n._ Superficies, exterior, outside, external part.

~Surfeit~, _v. a._ Satiate, glut, gorge, sate, cloy, pall, overfeed.

~Surfeit~, _v. n._ Be surfeited, feed to satiety.

~Surfeit~, _n._ Repletion, glut, fulness, satiety, plethora, excess, superabundance, redundance, superfluity.

~Surge~, _n._ Wave, billow, breaker.

~Surge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Swell, rise high.

~2.~ (_Naut._) Slip back.

~Surge~, _v. a._ (_Naut._) Slack up suddenly (_as a rope round a pin_), let go.

~Surly~, _a._ Morose, cross, crabbed, testy, touchy, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, perverse, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, cynical, froward, uncivil, rude, rough, harsh, ill-tempered, ill- natured.

~Surmise~, _v. a._ Imagine, suspect, conjecture, suppose, guess, divine, fancy, believe, think, presume.

~Surmise~, _n._ Conjecture, suspicion, supposition, guess.

~Surmount~, _v. a._ Overcome, conquer, subdue, overpower, vanquish, master, triumph over, rise above, get the better of.

~Surmountable~, _a._ Conquerable, superable, that may be surmounted.

~Surname~, _n._ Cognomen, family name.

~Surpass~, _v. a._ Excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip, outrun, override, transcend, cap, overtop, beat, go beyond.

~Surplus~, _n._ Overplus, residue, excess, surplusage.

~Surplusage~, _n._ ~1.~ Excess, SURPLUS.

~2.~ Irrelevant matter.

~Surprise~, _n._ Wonder, astonishment, amazement, admiration.

~Surprise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take unawares, take by surprise, take off one's guard.

~2.~ Astonish, amaze, startle, strike with wonder, take aback.

~Surrender~, _v. a._ Relinquish, cede, yield, resign, forego, abdicate, abandon, give up, give over, deliver up, part with.

~Surrender~, _v. n._ Yield, CAPITULATE, give up, give over, give in, give one's self up, strike one's flag or colors, cry quarter, cry quits.

~Surrender~, _n._ Relinquishment, renunciation, cession, resignation, abandonment, CAPITULATION.

~Surreptitious~, _a._ Fraudulently introduced, foisted in, done by stealth.

~Surreptitiously~, _ad._ Fraudulently, by stealth, without authority.

~Surround~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Encircle, environ, encompass, enclose.

~2.~ (_Mil._) Invest, besiege, lay siege to.

~Surtout~, _n._ Overcoat.

~Surveillance~, _n._ [Fr.] Superintendence, inspection, oversight, supervision, care, charge, control, direction, management.

~Survey~, _v. a._ ~1.~ View, observe, overlook, take a view of.

~2.~ Inspect, examine, scrutinize.

~3.~ Measure and estimate (_as lands or buildings_).

~Survey~, _n._ ~1.~ View, sight, prospect.

~2.~ Inspection, examination, scrutiny.

~3.~ Mensuration (_to determine areas, contours, &c._), surveying.

~Surveying~, _n._ SURVEY.

~Survive~, _v. n._ Remain alive, continue to live, live on.

~Survive~, _v. a._ Outlive, live longer than.

~Susceptibility~, _n._ Sensitiveness, impressibility, susceptibleness, susceptivity, excitability.

~Susceptible~, _a._ Susceptive impressible, sensitive, excitable.

~Susceptibleness~, _n._ SUSCEPTIBILITY.

~Susceptive~, _a._ Susceptible.

~Susceptivity~, _n._ SUSCEPTIBILITY.

~Suspect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Surmise, imagine, fancy, believe, conjecture, guess, suppose, think.

~2.~ Distrust, mistrust, doubt, have no confidence in.

~3.~ Believe to be guilty.

~Suspect~, _v. n._ Be suspicious, have suspicion.

~Suspend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hang, SLING UP.

~2.~ Make to depend.

~3.~ Interrupt, intermit, stay, stop, discontinue, arrest, leave off, give over, break off.

~4.~ Defer, delay, postpone, withhold, lay over, stave off.

~5.~ Debar (_as from an office_) temporarily.

~Suspend~, _v. n._ Stop payment, become bankrupt, go into bankruptcy.

~Suspended~, _a._ Hanging, pendent, pendulous, pensile.

~Suspense~, _n._ ~1.~ Uncertainty, indetermination, incertitude.

~2.~ Hesitation, hesitancy, irresolution, doubt, indecision, vacillation, wavering, scruple, misgiving.

~3.~ Suspension, intermission, remission, interruption, cessation, stoppage, stop, respite, pause, rest, stay, quiescence.

~Suspension~, _n._ ~1.~ Hanging.

~2.~ Interruption, intermission, SUSPENSE.

~3.~ Delay, postponement.

~4.~ Temporary deprivation (_as of an office_).

~Suspicion~, _n._ ~1.~ Surmise, conjecture, supposition, guess.

~2.~ Distrust, mistrust, doubt, misgiving, want of confidence.

~Suspicious~, _a._ Distrustful, jealous, inclined to suspect, given to suspicion.

~Sustain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bear, support, uphold, preserve, hold up, keep from falling.

~2.~ Nourish, maintain, subsist, keep alive, supply with food.

~3.~ Suffer, undergo, endure.

~4.~ Sanction, approve, confirm, ratify.

~5.~ Justify, prove, establish, confirm.

~Sustenance~, _n._ ~1.~ Subsistence, support, maintenance.

~2.~ FOOD, victuals, provisions, BREAD.

~Suture~, _n._ Line of junction.

~Swab~, _n._ Mop.

~Swaddle~, _v. a._ Swathe.

~Swag~, _v. n._ Bend (_by force of gravity_), settle, sag, give way.

~Swagger~, _v. n._ Bluster, bully, vapor, brag, be insolent.

~Swaggerer~, _n._ Blusterer, bully, braggart, boaster, braggadocio, BLATHERSKITE.

~Swain~, _n._ Rustic, hind, peasant, countryman.

~Swale~, _v. n._ Melt (_as a candle_), waste, consume, sweal, waste away.

~Swallow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ GULP, GOBBLE, BOLT, take into the stomach, take down, get down.

~2.~ Absorb, engulf, destroy, devour, swallow up.

~3.~ Believe (_without scruple_), receive implicitly.

~4.~ Brook, stomach, pocket, endure, bear, put up with.

~5.~ Renounce, retract, recant, take back.

~6.~ Consume, exhaust, waste, use up.

~Swallow~, _n._ ~1.~ Throat, gullet, œsophagus.

~2.~ Voracity, gluttonous appetite.

~Swallow-tailed~, _a._ ~1.~ With pointed skirts.

~2.~ Dovetailed.

~Swallow up~, Absorb, engulf, destroy, swallow, suck in, suck up.

~Swamp~, _n._ Bog, fen, quagmire, morass, marsh, slough, spongy land, soft and wet ground.

~Swamp~, _v. a._ Ingulf, sink, whelm, swallow up.

~Swamp-cabbage~, _n._ Skunk-cabbage, skunk-weed (_Symplocarpus fœtidus_).

~Swamp-sassafras~, _n._ Sweet bay (_Magnolia glauca_).

~Swampy~, _a._ Boggy, fenny, marshy, undrained, wet and spongy.

~Swap~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._. Written also _Swop_.] Exchange, barter, trade.

~Swap~, _n._ Exchange, barter, barter-trade.

~Swape~, _n._ Sweep, swipe, well-sweep.

~Sward~, _n._ Turf, sod.

~Swarm~, _n._ Multitude (_especially of winged insects_), crowd, throng, concourse.

~Swarm~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Crowd, throng, gather in a swarm.

~2.~ Be crowded, be thronged, be filled.

~Swarthy~, _a._ Dark, tawny, black, of a dark complexion.

~Swathe~, _v. a._ Swaddle.

~Swathe~, _n._ Bandage.

~Sway~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Move, wield, swing, wave, brandish.

~2.~ Bias, prejudice, bend, turn, influence, persuade, prevail upon.

~3.~ Rule, govern, direct, guide, control.

~Sway~, _v. n._ Incline, lean.

~Sway~, _n._ Power, dominion, control, domination, command, rule, government, sovereignty, ascendancy, authority, predominance, mastership, mastery, supreme power.

~Sweal~, _v. n._ Melt (_as a candle_), SWALE.

~Swear~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Utter an oath, take oath, take an oath.

~2.~ Declare (_solemnly_), avow, affirm, depose, testify, state, say.

~3.~ Use profane language, take the name of God in vain.

~Swear~, _v. a._ Administer an oath to, put under oath.

~Sweat~, _n._ Perspiration, exudation, excretion, sweating.

~Sweat~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Perspire.

~2.~ Toll, labor, drudge.

~Sweat~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exude.

~2.~ Put into a perspiration.

~Sweating~, _n._ Exudation, SWEAT.

~Sweating-bath~, _n._ Sudatory, vapor-bath, hot-house, sweating-room.

~Sweating-room~, _n._ SWEATING-BATH.

~Sweep~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clean (_with a broom_).

~2.~ Graze, touch (_in passing_), brush, rub over.

~3.~ Traverse, pass over.

~4.~ Carry off, sweep off, sweep away.

~Sweep away~, ~1.~ Clear away (_by a broom_).

~2.~ Dislodge, remove, expel, drive off, sweep off.

~3.~ Destroy, overwhelm, carry off.

~Sweep~, _n._ ~1.~ Range, compass, scope.

~2.~ Swipe, swape, well-sweep.

~3.~ Destruction, havoc, ravage, devastation.

~Sweeping~, _a._ ~1.~ Destructive.

~2.~ Wholesale, extensive, broad.

~3.~ Unqualified, exaggerated.

~Sweepings~, _n. pl._ Refuse, offscourings, dirt, rubbish.

~Sweep off~, SWEEP AWAY.

~Sweepstakes~, _n._ ~1.~ Winner (_in gaming or in horse-racing_).

~2.~ Total stakes (_at a horse-race_).

~Sweet~, _a._ ~1.~ Sugary, honeyed, saccharine, luscious, not sour, not bitter.

~2.~ Redolent, fragrant, balmy, not fetid, not stinking.

~3.~ Soft, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, dulcet.

~4.~ Beautiful, fair, lovely.

~5.~ Delightful, agreeable, pleasant, charming, grateful, gratifying.

~6.~ Mild, gentle, engaging, winning, attractive, amiable, sweet, lovable.

~Sweet~, _n._ ~1.~ Sweetness, sweetest part.

~2.~ Dear, darling.

~Sweets~, _n. pl._ Saccharine substances.

~Sweet-bay~, _n._ ~1.~ Laurel (_Laurus nobilis_).

~2.~ Swamp-sassafras (_Magnolia glauca_).

~Sweet-bread~, _n._ Pancreas.

~Sweeten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make sweet.

~2.~ Soften, make mild, make tender.

~3.~ Give zest to, give a relish to.

~Sweeten~, _v. n._ Grow sweet, become sweet.

~Sweet-flag~, _n._ Sweet-rush (_Acorus calamus_).

~Sweet-gum~, _n._ Liquidambar (_Liquid-ambar styraciflua_).

~Sweetheart~, _n._ ~1.~ Lover, beau, wooer, admirer, CICISBEO.

~2.~ Flame, mistress, lady-love.

~Sweetmeat~, _n._ Confection, comfit, junket, sugar-plum.

~Sweetmeats~, _n. pl._ Confectionery.

~Sweetness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sweet.

~2.~ Agreeableness, pleasantness.

~3.~ Beauty, fairness, loveliness.

~4.~ Amiableness, gentleness, mildness, suavity.

~Sweet-oil~, _n._ Olive-oil.

~Sweet-potato~, _n._ Carolina potato (_Batatas edulis_ or _Convolvulus batatas_).

~Sweet-rush~, _n._ SWEET-FLAG.

~Sweet-scented~, _a._ Fragrant, redolent, balmy, sweet-smelling.

~Sweet-smelling~, _a._ Fragrant, SWEET-SCENTED.

~Sweet-sounding~, _a._ Melodious, harmonious, symphonious, tuneful, dulcet, musical.

~Sweet-toned~, _a._ Euphonious, euphonic, mellifluous.

~Sweet-william~, _n._ Bunch-pink, bearded pink (_Dianthus barbatus_).

~Swell~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dilate, expand, intumesce, grow larger or bigger (_by expansion_).

~2.~ Increase (_by outward addition_), augment, enlarge.

~3.~ Rise (_as waves_), heave, surge.

~4.~ Belly, be inflated.

~5.~ Strut, look big, put on airs, be puffed up.

~6.~ Be turgid or bombastic.

~7.~ Bulge, protuberate, swell out.

~Swell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dilate, expand, inflate.

~2.~ Enhance, heighten, aggravate.

~3.~ Puff up, make arrogant.

~Swell~, _n._ ~1.~ Swelling.

~2.~ Waves, billows.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Fop, coxcomb, dandy, beau, exquisite, jackanapes, popinjay, man-milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.

~Swelling~, _a._ Bombastic, pompous, turgid, inflated, tumid, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, SPREAD-EAGLE, HIGHFALUTIN, sophomorical, high-flowing, high-sounding.

~Swelling~, _n._ ~1.~ Swell.

~2.~ Protuberance, bump.

~Swell out~, Bulge, protuberate, swell.

~Swelter~, _v. n._ Be oppressed with heat, be overcome by heat.

~Swerve~, _v. n._ Deviate, depart, diverge, wander, turn aside, go astray.

~Swift~, _a._ ~1.~ Quick, fast, fleet, rapid, speedy, expeditious, flying.

~2.~ Ready, prompt, eager, zealous, forward.

~3.~ Sudden, instant.

~Swiftly~, _ad._ Quickly, speedily, expeditiously, trippingly, apace, posthaste, with speed, under press of sail or canvas, by forced marches, on eagle's wings, in double quick time, in seven-league boots, as fast as one's legs will carry one.

~Swig~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Guzzle, swill.

~Swill~, _v. a._ Drink (_greedily_), guzzle, SWIG, quaff.

~Swill~, _n._ hogwash, swillings.

~Swillings~, _n. pl._ SWILL.

~Swim~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Float, be borne up (on_ a liquid_).

~2.~ Be borne along (_as on water, by effort or by a current_), buffet the waves, float with the tide.

~3.~ Glide, skim.

~4.~ Be flooded, be inundated.

~5.~ Be dizzy (_as the head_).

~Swindle~, _v. a._ Cheat, cozen, deceive, dupe, gull, trick, defraud, overreach, victimize, bamboozle, chouse, diddle, impose upon, practise upon, take in.

~Swindle~, _n._ Cheat, fraud, imposition, deception, chouse, piece of knavery.

~Swindler~, _n._ Rogue, knave, cheat, impostor, trickster, sharper, blackleg, jockey, SHYSTER.

~Swindling~, n. Knavery, cheating.

~Swine~, _n. sing. and pl._ ~1.~ Hog, pig, SOW, porker.

~2.~ Hogs (_collectively_).

~Swine-pipe~, _n._ Redwing, wind-thrush, red-sided thrush (_Turdus iliacus_).

~Swine-stone~, _n._ Stink-stone.

~Swing~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Oscillate, vibrate, wave, move to and fro, move backward and forward.

~2.~ Hang, dangle, hang loose.

~Swing~, _n._ ~1.~ Oscillation, vibration, waving motion.

~2.~ Scope, range, play, margin, free play, full play, elbow room.

~Swinge~, _v. a._ Beat, whip, scourge, flog, lash, bastinade, switch, chastise, punish.

~Swingel~, _n._ Swiple.

~Swingle~, _n._ Swingle-staff, swingling-staff, swingling-knife, swingling-wand.

~Swingle~, _v. a._ Dress with a swingle (_as flax_), beat with a swingle.

~Swingle-tree~, _n._ Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree, single-tree.

~Swingling-knife~, _n._ Swingle.

~Swingling-staff~, _n._ Swingle.

~Swingling-wand~, _n._ Swingle.

~Swinish~, _a._ Hoggish, piggish, gross, sensual, brutish, beastly.

~Swinish multitude~, RABBLE, populace.

~Swipe~, _n._ Sweep, swape, well-sweep.

~Swiple~, _n._ Swingel.

~Switch~, _n._ Rod, twig, stick, birch.

~Switch~, _v. a._ Beat, whip, SWINGE.

~Switchel~, _n._ Sweetened water, molasses and water.

~Swivel~, _n._ ~1.~ CASTER.

~2.~ Turning link (_in a chain_).

~3.~ Swivel-gun.

~Swivel-gun~, _n._ Swivel.

~Swoon~, _v. n._ Faint, faint away.

~Swoon~, _n._ Syncope, fainting, fainting fit.