Words That Start With

SW

English words beginning with “SW” — sorted by frequency

✦167 words found

🟩43 Wordle words

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🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With SW

43 Wordle words

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🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With SW

11 words

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SWAY SWAG SWIG SWOT SWAN SWAP SWIM SWAT SWOP SWAB SWAD

All Words Starting With SW

167 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
sweet	5	1	noun	Tasting of sugars.
sway	4	1	noun	(intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
swell	5	1	noun	(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
swiftly	7	2		In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
sweep	5	1	noun	(transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
swain	5	1	noun	(poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.
swash	5	1	noun	(technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
swarthy	7	2	noun	Tawny, dusky, dark.
sweltering	10	3	noun	(of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky
swagger	7	2	noun	To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
swerve	6	1	verb	To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
swish	5	1	noun	(British, colloquial) sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
swindle	7	2	noun	(ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
swarthiness	11	3	noun	The property of being swarthy.
swag	4	1	noun	(ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
sweetheart	10	2	noun	A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.
swarm	5	1	noun	A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
swarth	6	1	noun	(archaic) swarthy
swift	5	1	noun	Fast; quick; rapid.
swathe	6	1	noun	To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers
swaggering	10	3	noun	Boastful, proud, self-confident.
swill	5	1	noun	(transitive) To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.
sweeping	8	2	noun	(uncountable) The activity of sweeping.
swank	5	1	noun	Fashionably elegant, posh.
swamp	5	1	noun	An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
swivel	6	2	noun	(intransitive) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.
swig	4	1	noun	To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
swoon	5	1	noun	(literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.
swot	4	1	noun	(intransitive, slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) To study with effort or determination.
swart	5	1	noun	Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
swathed	7	1	verb	To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers
switch	6	1	noun	A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
swallow	7	2	verb	(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
sweetie	7	2	noun	(often as a term of address) A person who is much loved.
swamped	7	1		(informal) very busy; having too much to do
swither	7	2	noun	(Scotland, Northern England) To be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither.
swing	5	1	noun	(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
swoop	5	1	verb	(intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
sward	5	1	noun	(uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
swath	5	1	noun	(often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.
sworn	5	1		Given or declared under oath.
sweltry	7	2		Alternative form of sweltery. [Sweltering, sultry.]
sweven	6	2	noun	(archaic) A dream.
swack	5	1	noun	(Scotland) Lithe; nimble.
swatch	6	1	noun	A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
swelter	7	2	noun	(intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
sweetly	7	2		In a sweet or pleasant manner.
swaying	7	2	noun	The motion of something that sways.
swink	5	1	noun	(archaic) Toil, work, drudgery.
swirling	8	2	noun	that swirls
swith	5	1		(dialectal or obsolete) Quickly, speedily, promptly.
swipe	5	1	noun	(transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
swirl	5	1	noun	(ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
swale	5	1	noun	A low tract of moist or marshy land.
swindler	8	3	noun	A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
swarming	8	2	noun	The motion of a swarm.
swashbuckling	13	3		Adventurous, exciting.
swole	5	1		(slang) Of a person: having large, well-developed muscles; muscular.
swine	5	1	noun	(plural swine) A pig (the animal).
swampy	6	2		Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
swordsman	9	2	noun	A person who fights with a sword.
swallower	9	3	noun	(agent noun) One who swallows.
swooping	8	2	noun	The motion of something that swoops.
swike	5	1	noun	(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery.
sweat	5	1	noun	Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
swan	4	1	noun	Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
swoosh	6	1	noun	A swooshing movement or sound
swelled	7	1		feeling self-importance
swinge	6	1	noun	(archaic) To move like a lash; to lash.
sweer	5	1		(UK dialectal) Dull; indolent; lazy.
swordcraft	10	2	noun	Knowledge of or skill in the use of the sword or swordplay.
swap	4	1	noun	(transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else).
swage	5	1	noun	A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
swept	5	1		(military, of a body of water or part thereof) Cleared of mines (explosive devices).
swede	5	1	noun	(chiefly British) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
swollen	7	2		Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
swinging	8	2	noun	The act or motion of that which swings.
switzerland	11	3	noun	A country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).
swizzle	7	2	noun	Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.
swearword	9	2	noun	Alternative spelling of swear word. [A word considered obscene and vulgar or offensive.]
swayed	6	1		Bent backwards, as in swayback
sweetened	9	2		made to taste sweet
swive	5	1	verb	(archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a woman).
sweets	6	1	noun	Confectionery, candy.
swishing	8	2	noun	The sound of fabric or fur moving in the air.
swarmed	7	1		a 2005 Canadian film directed by Paul Ziller and starring Michael Shanks as a scientist trying to save a town from yellow jacket wasps.
swirled	7	1		Mixed in a circular pattern with both original components distinguishable.
swaddled	8	2	verb	To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
swaggered	9	2	verb	To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
swape	5	1	noun	A bar or pole used as a lever, swivel handle e.g. on the end of a shaft.
sweal	5	1	verb	(intransitive) To burn slowly.
swathes	7	1	noun	A bandage; a band.
sword	5	1	noun	(countable) 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.
swelling	8	2	noun	The state of being swollen.
swear	5	1	verb	(ambitransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
swim	4	1	verb	(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
swat	4	1	noun	(chiefly US, law enforcement) A SWAT team.
switching	9	2	noun	The act or process of something that switches.
swop	4	1	verb	A fusion of swing and hip-hop dance styles.
swiss	5	1	noun	Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
sweater	7	2	noun	A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
sweaty	6	2	noun	Covered in sweat.
swashbuckler	12	3	noun	A daring adventurer.
swanky	6	2	noun	(informal) Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.
swiftness	9	2	noun	The state of being swift.
sweatshirt	10	2	noun	A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel.
swinish	7	2		Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.
swordplay	9	2	noun	fighting with a sword
swingeing	9	2		(chiefly British) Huge, immense.
swordsmanship	13	3	noun	the skill of using a sword
swarf	5	1	noun	(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.
swingle	7	2	noun	(transitive) To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
swagman	7	2	noun	(Australia, New Zealand, historical) A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
switchback	10	2	noun	(by extension) (chiefly Canada, US, road transport) A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.
swathing	8	2	noun	A wrapping.
swindling	9	2	noun	The act by which somebody is swindled.
sweetbriar	10	3	noun	Alternative form of sweetbrier. [A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers, and red hips.]
swiped	6	1		a 2018 American coming-of-age romantic comedy film directed by Ann Deborah Fishman, who also wrote the screenplay and executive produced.
swilled	7	1	verb	(transitive) To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess.
switchover	10	3	noun	A complete change or switch from one state, system or course of action to another.