English words: switched on to sycophantic

300 English words, part 238 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 42 have a page of their own.

English words switched on to sycophantic

switched on adjective, verb: Highly attentive and mentally engaged.
switchel noun: A beverage of water and vinegar, often seasoned with ginger and sweetened with molasses, honey, or similar.
switcher noun: One who or that which operates a switch.
switcheroo noun, verb /ˌswɪt͡ʃəˈɹuː/: A sneaky, unexpected, or clever swap or exchange.
switchfoot adjective, adverb, noun: Riding with one's wrong foot forward, i.e. opposite to one's usual natural/goofy preference.
switchgear noun: A device used to control, meter, protect, and regulate electronics as part of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution.
switchgirl noun: The female equivalent of a switchman.
switchgrass noun: A tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
switchhook noun: Synonym of hookswitch (“spring-loaded button that terminates a telephone call”).
switching noun, verb /ˈswɪt͡ʃɪŋ/: Corporal punishment by use of a switch (twig or twigs).
switching algebra noun: two-element Boolean algebra
switching function noun: Synonym of Boolean function.
switching yard noun: Alternative form of switchyard.
switchknife noun: A knife with a switchblade.
switchless adjective: Without a switch.
switchlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a switch (control that can be turned on and off).
switchman noun: A person who operates railway switches that route trains onto rail tracks.
switchmode adjective: Being or relating to a power supply that incorporates a switching regulator to convert electrical power efficiently.
switchology noun: The configuration of switches on panels.
switchout noun: The act of removing a component in order to install a different one.
switchover noun: A complete change or switch from one state, system or course of action to another.
switchperson noun: A person who operates a switch; a switchman or switchwoman
switchplate noun: The wallplate in which a switch, such as a light switch, is housed.
switchport noun: An interface on a network switch.
switchroom noun: A room, often an entire floor, containing switching equipment, especially for telephone lines.
switchtender noun: The person in charge of a railroad switch.
switchy adjective, noun /ˈswɪt͡ʃi/: Having a whisking or wagging motion.
switchyard noun: Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled.
swith adjective, adverb /ˈswɪθ/: Strong; vehement.
swither noun, verb /ˈswɪðə/: To burn, scorch, singe.
Swithin proper noun: Alternative spelling of Swithun.
Swithinbank proper noun: A surname.
swithly adverb: Quickly, speedily, promptly.
Swithun proper noun /ˈswɪðən/: A 9th-century English saint, bishop of Winchester
switzel noun: Alternative form of switchel (“drink based on water and vinegar”).
Switzer noun /ˈswɪtsɚ/: A native or inhabitant of Switzerland, a Swiss person.
switzerite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
Switzerland noun /ˈswɪtsələnd/: A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.
Switzerlander noun: Someone from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.
swive verb /swaɪv/: To have sex with (someone).
swivel noun, verb /ˈswɪvəl/: A piece, such as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.
swivel chair noun: A chair with a rotating seat, typically used in an office or at a computer.
swivel eye noun: A pair of lashing points connected with a swivelling joint.
swivel-eyed adjective: Fanatical, deranged.
swivel gun noun: A small cannon attached to a swivel or pivot. It was usually located on a ship's rail so it could have a large range of fire, and could fire anything...
swivel-hipped adjective: Having an exaggerated swinging motion of the hips when walking
swivel hoe noun: hoop hoe
swivel joint noun: a joint that may move horizontally such as the neck vertebrae
swivel phone noun: A kind of phone that сan expose its operating panel when its upper is rotated along a usually sagittal axis.
swivelable adjective: Capable of swiveling.
swivelase noun: Synonym of DNA topoisomerase.
swivelchair noun: Alternative form of swivel chair.
swiveled adjective, verb: Having a swivel.
swiveling noun, verb: Alternative form of swivelling.
swivelling noun, verb: The motion of something that swivels.
swivelly adjective: With a swivelling motion.
swivet noun /ˈswɪvɪt/: A state or condition of haste, flutter; extreme discomposure or distress; irritation, exasperation, annoyance.
swiving noun, verb: The act or process of copulating; copulation.
swivvet noun: Alternative form of swivet.
swiz noun: Alternative form of swizz.
swizz noun, verb: A swindle, con.
Swizzer noun: Alternative form of Swisser.
swizzle noun, verb /ˈswɪzəl/: Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.
swizzle stick noun: A small utensil, often disposable, used to mix or stir drinks, commonly iced tea or cocktails.
swizzler noun: A swizzle stick.
SWL noun, phrase: Initialism of sound power level.
SWLing noun: The hobby of listening to shortwave radio broadcasts.
SWM noun: Initialism of single white male.
SWMBO noun: Initialism of she who must be obeyed: one's wife or female partner.
swob noun, verb: Dated form of swab.
swobber noun: Alternative form of swabber.
Swoboda proper noun: A surname from the Slavic languages.
swod noun: Alternative form of swad.
swoe noun: A kind of cutting hoe with sharp edges.
Swofford proper noun: A surname.
swole adjective, verb /swəʊl/: Swollen, enlarged.
swolemate noun: A fitness partner, especially those who are in a relationship with each other.
swoleness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being swole.
swoll adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of swole.
swollen adjective, verb /ˈswəʊ.lən/: Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
swollen assets theory noun: The legal theory that it is possible to trace a claimant's money to the defendant's general assets without identifying a specific asset which is the...
swollen-headed adjective: Vain; conceited.
swollenin noun: A protein, in fungi of the genus Trichoderma, that is similar to the expansins found in plants
swollenly adverb: In a swollen manner; bloatedly.
swollenness noun: The state or condition of being swollen.
swoodles noun /ˈzuːd(ə)lz/: Sweet potato spiralized into thin strips so as to resemble noodles.
swoon noun, verb /swuːn/: A faint.
swoon hypothesis noun: The hypothesis that Jesus did not die on the cross, but merely lost consciousness, and thus his resurrection in the tomb was not miraculous.
swoon set noun: Teenage girls.
swooner noun: Someone who swoons
swoonily adverb: In a swoony manner.
swooning noun, verb: A swoon or faint.
swooningly adverb: To a degree that elicits swooning.
swoonless adjective: Without a swoon; without swooning.
swoonsome adjective: overwhelmingly sexually attractive
swoonworthy adjective: Worthy of being swooned at.
swoony adjective /swuniː/: Tending to swoon (in any sense).
swoop noun, verb /ˈswuːp/: To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
Swoope proper noun: A surname from German.
swooper noun: One who, or that which, swoops.
swoopily adverb: In a swoopy manner.
swoopiness noun: The quality of being swoopy.
swooping adjective, noun, verb: The motion of something that swoops.
swooping season noun: The breeding season of the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, in which some individuals take to aggressively swooping at passing humans in defence of...
swoopingly adverb: In a swooping way; with a swooping motion.
swoopstake adverb, noun: Alternative form of sweepstake.
swoopy adjective: Having a swooping shape or motion.
swoose noun: An animal cross between a swan and a goose, especially one produced from a male swan and a female goose.
swoosh noun, verb /ˈswʊʃ/: To move with a rushing or swirling sound
swoosher noun: A person or thing that swooshes.
swooshy adjective: Like or suggesting a swooshing sound or movement.
swop noun, verb /swɑp/: Alternative spelling of swap.
Swope proper noun: A surname from German.
swopover noun: Alternative form of swapover.
swoppable adjective: Alternative form of swappable.
swopper noun: Alternative form of swapper.
swopping noun, verb: Alternative form of swapping.
swoption noun: Alternative form of swaption.
sword noun, verb /soɹd/: A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
sword and planet noun: A subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy based around action and adventure on exotic alien worlds.
sword and sandal adjective: Of or relating to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times.
sword and sorcery adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to a genre of narratives–including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games–which combines wizardry and other...
sword arm noun: The arm in which one's sword is normally held.
sword bayonet noun: A bayonet that is shaped somewhat like a sword, and can be used as one.
sword bean noun: Any of species Canavalia gladiata of domesticated legumes used as a vegetable in parts of India.
sword-bearer noun: Alternative spelling of swordbearer.
sword-bearing adjective: Alternative spelling of swordbearing.
sword-billed hummingbird noun: The swordbill, Ensifera ensifera.
sword breaker noun: A short sword or dagger with a deeply notched or toothed blade, or with secondary projections, designed to catch or grapple an opponent's weapon.
sword cane noun: A swordstick.
sword dance noun: A dance featuring swords as props.
sword dollar noun: A Scottish silver coin under King James VI, worth two shillings and sixpence in English money of the time, and bearing a sword on the reverse.
sword drill noun: An exercise done to improve someone's swordfighting skill
sword fern noun: Any fern in the genus Nephrolepis, typically with long, straight-sided fronds shaped like a two-edged sword, and widely grown as houseplants.
sword fighting noun: Dueling with swords; fighting an opponent when both are using swords as weapons.
sword-flag noun: A plant, the European water-flag or yellow iris.
sword grass noun: Any of various grasses with blades that are sharp enough to cut human skin.
sword hand noun: The hand in which one's sword is normally held.
sword knot noun: A type of ribbon attached to the hilt of a sword, originally as a way of fastening it to the wrist, but later chiefly as an ornament.
sword letter noun: in Nordic folklore: an amulet, a type of "galder letter" (worn written spell), which protects against damage in war, especially sword wounds
sword lily noun: gladiolus (flowering plant)
sword mat noun: A mat closely woven of yarns.
sword of Damocles noun /ˈsɔɹd əv ˈdæməkliz/: A thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune.
sword of state noun: A sword used as part of the regalia, symbolizing the power of a monarch to use the might of the state against its enemies.
sword sedge noun: Any member of species of the genus Lepidosperma of sedges of Australia, eastern Asia, and Oceania.
sword swallower noun: Alternative form of sword swallower.
sword swallowing noun: The act of passing a sword through the mouth and down the esophagus to the stomach, and then removing it.
sword verse noun: Any of a number of verses in the Qur'an that may be interpreted as promoting violence against nonbelievers.
swordbearer noun: One who bears or carries a sword, especially as a symbol of their authority.
swordbearing adjective: Bearing or carrying a sword.
swordbelt noun: A belt with an attachment for the sword, used to carry it when not in use.
swordbill noun: The sword-billed hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, with a slender bill longer than the length of its bird.
swordblade noun: The blade of a sword
swordboat noun: A swordfishing boat.
swordbreaker noun: Alternative form of sword-breaker.
swordbrother noun: A man who is a member of a military brotherhood.
swordcraft noun: Knowledge of or skill in the use of the sword or swordplay.
sworded adjective: Wearing or carrying a sword.
sworder noun: One who uses, or fights with, a sword.
swordery noun: Swordplay; sword fighting or swordsmanship.
swordfern noun: Alternative form of sword fern.
swordfight noun /ˈsɔɹdfaɪt/: A fight or duel using swords.
swordfighter noun: One who fights with a sword.
swordfighting noun: Alternative form of sword fighting.
swordfish noun, verb /ˈsɔː(ɹ)dfɪʃ/: A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
swordfish sucker noun: A spearfish remora (Remora brachyptera), which attaches itself to a swordfish, billfish, or shark and feeds off it.
swordfisherman noun: A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
swordfishery noun: A fishery specifically dealing with swordfish.
swordfishing boat noun: A boat used for swordfishing.
swordgrass noun: Alternative form of sword grass.
swordick noun: The spotted gunnel (Muraenoides gunnellus).
swordie noun: A swordfish.
swording noun, verb: Slashing or fighting with a sword.
swordknot noun: Alternative form of sword knot
swordlength noun: A distance equal to the length of a sword.
swordless adjective: Without a sword.
swordlessness noun: Lack of a sword.
swordlet noun: A little sword.
swordlike adjective: resembling a sword
swordmage noun: One who is skilled in both swordfighting and magic use.
swordmaker noun /ˈsɔːdˌmeɪ̯kə/: A person who makes swords.
swordmaking noun: The manufacture of swords.
swordman noun: A swordsman.
swordmanship noun: Alternative form of swordsmanship.
swordmaster noun /sɔɹdˈmæs.tɚ/: An expert or consummate swordfighter.
swordmistress noun: A female expert or consummate swordfighter.
swordography noun: Choreography using (prop) swords.
swordplay noun: fighting with a sword
swordplayer noun: One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.
swordpoint noun: The point or tip of a sword.
swordproof adjective: Resistant to blows of a sword.
swords and sorcery adjective, noun: Alternative form of sword and sorcery.
swords to ploughshares phrase: Ellipsis of beat one's swords into ploughshares.
swords to plowshares phrase: Ellipsis of beat one's swords into plowshares.
swordslength noun: Alternative form of swordlength.
swordsman noun /ˈsɔːdsmən/: A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.
swordsmanship noun: the skill of using a sword
swordsmaster noun: Alternative form of swordmaster.
swordsmistress noun: Alternative form of swordmistress.
swordsmith noun /ˈsɔːdsmɪθ/: A maker of swords.
swordsmithing noun: the making of swords
swordsperson noun: A person skilled at using swords in combat.
swordster noun: A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat.
swordstick noun: A cane incorporating a concealed blade.
swordstress noun: A female swordster.
swordswoman noun: A woman skilled at using swords in combat.
swordswomanship noun: A woman's skill with a sword.
swordtail noun: One of many species of freshwater fish, in genus Xiphophorus, others of which are called platyfish.
swordtip noun: The tip of a sword.
swordwork noun: Combat using a sword; swordplay.
sworn adjective, verb /swɔːn/: Given or declared under oath.
sworn broker noun: A London broker who swore before the court of aldermen to maintain honesty in dealing.
sworn virgin noun: A person, assigned female at birth, who adopts a traditional masculine third-gender or transmasculine role in the Balkans, wearing masculine clothing and...
swosh verb: Alternative form of swash (“to dash or flow noisily; to splash”).
swot noun, verb /swɒt/: To study with effort or determination.
swot up on verb: To study particularly hard to learn (a subject) quickly.
swot vac noun: In secondary and tertiary education, a period of non-teaching prior to examinations.
swotter noun: Someone who swots
swottily adverb: In a swotty manner.
swottiness noun: studiousness, the state of studying hard, the state of being swotty.
swotty adjective: Studious; being a swot; nerdy.
swotvac noun: Alternative form of swot vac.
'swounds interjection, noun, verb /zwundz/: Synonym of zounds.
swozzle noun: Alternative form of swazzle.
SWP noun: Initialism of skill with prizes: a form of gaming machine that awards prizes and where the player's skill determines the outcome.
SWPer noun: A member of the Socialist Workers Party.
SWPPP noun: Initialism of stormwater pollution prevention plan.
SWR noun: Initialism of standing wave ratio.
SWS noun: Initialism of slow-wave sleep.
SWT phrase: Initialism of Subhanahu wa-ta'ala.
swtg. noun: Abbreviation of switching.
swung dash noun: The symbol ~, resembling a tilde or curvy hyphen, used to indicate the repetition of a previous item.
swunny verb: swear (in the phrase I'll swunny or I swunny, expressing wonderment)
swy noun: A two-shilling coin.
Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome noun: Synonym of Swyer-James syndrome.
Swyer-James syndrome noun: A rare disease of the lungs, characterized by a small lung or part of a lung, and sometimes recurrent respiratory tract infections.
Swyer syndrome noun: XY gonadal dysgenesis, a type of hypogonadism causing an externally female appearance and (left untreated) the inability to experience puberty.
Swynford proper noun: A habitational surname from Old English.
Swynnerton proper noun: A village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8535).
swyve verb: Alternative spelling of swive.
SX adjective, noun: Initialism of single precision.
sXe noun: Straight edge (the lifestyle and subculture).
SXGP noun: Abbreviation of supercross grand prix.
SXML noun: Initialism of streaming XML.
sxn noun: Abbreviation of section.
SXS adjective, noun: Abbreviation of side-by-side (a double-barrelled shotgun with both barrels beside each other, rather than an over-and-under).
SXT noun: Abbreviation of soft X-ray transient.
SY noun, suffix /saɪ/: Abbreviation of Seyfert galaxy, a type of AGN class of active galaxy.
syabu noun: Alternative form of shabu.
syagush noun: Synonym of caracal.
syah-gush noun: Alternative form of syagush.
syair noun: Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas
SyAM noun: Acronym of synthetic antibody mimic.
syame noun: A diacritical mark used in Aramaic, written as two horizontal dots above a letter, indicating that a noun or adjective is plural, or occasionally that a...
syamisen noun: Alternative spelling of shamisen.
Syariah police noun: Synonym of religious police.
Sybaris proper noun /ˈsɪbəɹɪs/: An ancient Greek colony in south Italy, notable for the luxury of its inhabitants.
sybarism noun: Alternative form of sybaritism.
sybarite adjective, noun /ˈsɪbəɹaɪt/: A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a hedonist.
sybaritic adjective /ˌsɪbəˈɹɪtɪk/: Of or having the qualities of a sybarite (“a person devoted to luxury and pleasure”); dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic,...
sybaritical adjective: sybaritic
sybaritically adverb: In a sybaritic manner.
sybaritish adjective: Synonym of sybaritic.
sybaritism noun: luxury, wantonness, voluptuousness, or hedonism
Sybert proper noun: A surname.
Sybian noun: Ellipsis of Sybian saddle.
Sybian saddle noun: A masturbation device consisting of a saddle-like seat with a protruding rod powered by a motor.
sybil noun: Prophetess; hag.
Sybil attack noun: An attack that subverts a reputation system by forging a large number of identities in peer-to-peer networks.
Sybilla proper noun: A female given name.
sybo noun: A spring onion.
syboe noun: A spring onion or green onion.
sybow noun: Alternative form of sybo.
SYBUNT noun: A person who donated money in some previous year but not in the current year.
sycamine noun: A tree, mentioned in Luke's Gospel, and thought to be the black mulberry.
sycamore noun /ˈsɪkəmoɹ/: Any of several North American plane trees, of the genus Platanus, especially Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore), distinguished by its mottled bark...
sycamore lace bug noun: Any member of the species Corythucha ciliata of lace bugs associated with sycamore trees.
sycamore maple noun: The British and European sycamore tree, Acer pseudoplatanus.
sycamore maple tree noun: Synonym of sycamore maple.
sycamore tree noun: A tree of the genus Platanus
syce noun: Alternative spelling of sais (“groom or chauffeur”).
sycee noun /sʌɪˈsiː/: Any of various gold or silver ingots used as currency in imperial China.
sycettid noun: Any sponge in the family Sycettidae.
sychnocarpous adjective: Able to produce fruit many times without perishing.
sychnodymite noun: Synonym of carrollite.
sycoceric acid noun: An acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol.
sycoceryl noun: A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig.
sycock noun: The mistle thrush.
sycoecine noun: Any wasp of the subfamily Sycoecinae
sycomancy noun: Divination using fig leaves.
sycomore noun /ˈsɪkəmɔː(ɹ)/: A type of fig, Ficus sycomorus, native to the Middle East; the sycamore tree of the Bible.
sycomore fig noun: A species of fig, Ficus sycomorus, native to Africa.
sycon noun: Any sponge of the genus Sycon.
syconial adjective: Relating to syconia
syconium noun: A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig; a hollow ball with a stalk at one end and an opening...
syconoid noun: A member of the genus Sycon of sponges.
syconus noun: A syconium.
sycophancy noun: The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.
sycophant noun, verb /ˈsɪkəfænt/: One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
sycophantic adjective /sɪkəˈfæntɪk/: Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.