7 Letter Words Starting with S

Common seven-letter words that start with S

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• someone 9/11 a human being
• started 8/8 (form of start) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• special 11/14 unique or specific to a person or thing or category
• serious 7/8 concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
• suppose 11/14 express a supposition
• sitting 8/10 (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
• strange 8/10 being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected
• service 12/14 work done by one person or group that benefits another
• station 7/8 a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
• stopped 12/14 (form of stop) come to a halt, stop moving
• seconds 10/12 (form of second) 1/60 of a minute
• sheriff 16/15 the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
• staying 11/12 (form of stay) stay the same
• sweetie 10/10 a person loved by another person
• support 11/14 the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
• somehow 15/15 in some unspecified way or manner
• singing 9/13 the act of singing vocal music
• suspect 11/14 imagine to be the case or true or probable
• stories 7/7 (form of story) a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
• student 8/10 a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
• suggest 9/12 make a proposal, declare a plan for something
• soldier 8/9 an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
• several 10/12 (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
• selling 8/12 the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
• science 11/14 a particular branch of scientific knowledge
• subject 18/23 the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
• sending 9/12 (form of send) cause to go somewhere
• suicide 10/12 the act of killing yourself
• someday 13/13 some unspecified time in the future
• stomach 14/15 an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal
• senator 7/8 a member of a senate
• society 12/12 an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
• surgery 11/12 the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
• streets 7/7 (form of street) a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
• showing 14/15 (form of show) give an exhibition of to an interested audience
• survive 13/16 continue to live and avoid dying
• screwed 13/14 (form of screw) someone who guards prisoners
• sisters 7/7 (form of sister) a female person who has the same parents as another person
• section 9/11 a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
• success 11/14 an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
• smoking 14/17 the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
• silence 9/12 the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
• secrets 9/10 (form of secret) not open or public
• staring 8/10 (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
• setting 8/10 the context and environment in which something is set
• settled 8/9 (form of settle) settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
• sounded 9/11 (form of sound) the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
• scratch 14/15 cause friction
• surface 12/14 the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
• smiling 10/14 a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth

The 1,000 most common of 2,641 seven-letter words that start with S

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