Words That Start With

SM

English words beginning with “SM” — sorted by frequency

157 words found
🟩30 Wordle words

🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With SM

30 Wordle words

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🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With SM

11 words

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All Words Starting With SM

157 words — most common first

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WordLettersSyllablesTypeDefinition
smirk51nounAn uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
smitten72In love.
smack51nounA distinct flavor, especially if slight.
smug41verbirritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent, self-satisfied.
smutty62verb(figurative) Obscene, indecent.
smut41noun(uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
smooth61nounHaving a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
small51nounNot large or big; insignificant; few in number.
smile51nounA facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
smoky52Filled with smoke.
smash51verb(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
smart51noun(intransitive) To hurt or sting.
smoldering103nounUS standard spelling of smouldering. [(sometimes figuratively) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.]
smother72verb(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
smirch61noun(figurative, archaic) A stain on somebody's reputation.
smear51noun(transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
smite51verbTo kill violently; to slay.
smoke51noun(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
smothering103nounThe act by which someone or something is smothered.
smirked71verbTo smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.
smolder72verb(intransitive, now US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
smicker72verb(intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To look or smile seductively or amorously.
smell51nounA sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
smoulder82verb(transitive) To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
smidgen72nounChiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.
smirky62Smirking, or as if smirking
smog41nounA noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
smarm51nounSmarmy language or behavior.
smolt51nounA young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.
smutch61nounTo soil, stain or smudge.
smarting82nounA sensation that smarts or stings.
smidgeon82nounAlternative spelling of smidgen. [Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.]
smiled61verb(intransitive) To express amusement, pleasure, or love and kindness.
smaze51nounSmoky haze in the air.
smudge61nounTo obscure by blurring; to smear.
smarmy62Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
smiling72nounThe action of the verb to smile.
smirking82nounThe act of one who smirks.
smashed71(slang) Drunk.
smoothly82in a smooth manner; smooth
smouldering113noun(British spelling) Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame.
smuggle72verb(transitive, intransitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
smooch61noun(informal, ambitransitive) To kiss.
smasher72nounSomething that, or someone who, smashes.
smatter72noun(transitive) To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.
smeared71the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan.
smilet62nounA little smile.
smirkingly103In a smirking manner.
smouldry82smouldering
smush51verb(transitive) To mash or push down or in; compress
smartass82noun(mildly vulgar) Synonym of know-it-all, an obnoxious clever person or a person making obnoxious efforts to seem clever by acting or behaving as if they know everything.
smithereen103noun(Canada) A native of Smithers, British Columbia.
smexy52(colloquial, slang) Embodying the qualities of sex appeal and intelligence.
smartassed102Tending to make insolent quips.
smoking72noun(usually) The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
smock51nounA loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc.
smorgasbord113noun(figuratively) An abundant and diverse collection of things.
smelter72nounA place where smelting is done.
smegma62nounA whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.
smoothing92nounThe act by which something is made smooth.
smattering103nounA superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
smacker72noun(humorous slang) A loud kiss.
smit41noun(transitive, UK, obsolete, dialect) To infect.
smudgy62Marked with smudges.
smudged71Blurred as by being rubbed.
smee41nounThe pintail, wigeon, pochard, or smew.
smittle72noun(obsolete, UK, transitive) To infect.
smily51Alternative form of smiley. [Cheerful and happy; smiling.]
smartarse92nounAlternative form of smart arse. [(idiomatic, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) One who is particularly flippant or insolent or tends to make snide remarks or jokes.]
smeggy62(UK, slang) Bad, foul, inferior.
smileful82nounFull of smiles.
smize51verb(slang) To smile with one's eyes.
smelt51verbProduction of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
smiley62nounA simplified representation of a smiling face.
smelly62nounHaving a bad smell.
smew41nounA small compact diving duck, Mergellus albellus, that breeds in the northern taiga of Europe and Asia and winters on sheltered coasts or inland lakes.
smartness92noun(uncountable) The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
smiler62nounSomeone who smiles.
smugness82noun(uncountable) The state or quality of being smug.
smoothen82verb(transitive) To make smooth.
smallholder113nounA person who owns or runs a smallholding (small farm): a minor independent farmer.
smalls61noun(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Underwear.
smothered92"Smothered" is a single by American industrial metal band Spineshank.
smokescreen112noun(figuratively) Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
smudging82nounThe act of something being smudged.
smurf51noun(comics, fiction) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.
smuttiness103nounThe state or quality of being smutty.
smacked71verb(transitive) To get the flavor of.
smarter72noun(mnemonic) An acronym for remembering desirable criteria for goal-setting: Specific, Measurable, Acceptable, Realistic, Time Frame, Extending, Rewarding
smooching92nounaffectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
smallclothes122noun(British, archaic) Underwear and other small items of clothing.
smail51noun(Internet, dated) Conventional postal mail; snail mail.
smirker72nounOne who smirks.
smerk51nounDated form of smirk. [An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.]
smackdown92nounA physical or emotional confrontation; a battle, a fight; also, a bitter rivalry.
smaak51verb(transitive, South Africa, slang) To like; to be attracted to.
smartypants113nounAlternative form of smarty pants. [(informal) A smart aleck or know-it-all.]
smap41a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates.
smotheration124nounSuffocation.
smerd52noun(historical) A member of a class of peasants in medieval Rus', perhaps initially freemen but later gradually reduced to a lower status.
smegging82(UK, slang) Fucking, sodding.
smithy62nounThe location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works, a forge.
smoked61Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.
smuggler82nounOne who smuggles things.
smoothness102nounThe condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.
smartly72In a smart manner.
smacking82nounA series of smacks; the act by which somebody is smacked.
smarten72verb(transitive) To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.
smoothed81made smooth by ironing
smugly62In a self-satisfied manner.
smelting82noun(metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.
smidge61nounSynonym of smidgen.
smaller72small or little relative to something else
smiles61nounA surname from Old English.
smartphone102noun(mobile telephony) A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.
smaragdine103nounHaving the colour of emeralds.
smalto62nounA piece of coloured glass used in mosaic.
smarmily83In a smarmy manner.
smithing82nounThe work of a smith; the forging of metal.
smil41noun(multimedia) Acronym of Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language.

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