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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • sofa/ˈsəʊ̯fə/nounA2+A long upholstered seat for more than one person.
  • soft drinknounA2A cold drink with no alcohol in it.
  • soft touchnounC1Somebody who is easily persuaded to give or help.
  • softballnounB2A game like baseball with a larger ball and underarm pitching.
  • softness/ˈsɔftnəs/nounB2The quality of yielding gently to touch.
  • software/ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/nounB1+The programs a computer runs.
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  • softwoodnounB2+Wood from a fast-growing evergreen, light and easy to cut.
  • soil/sɔɪl/nounB12 meaningsThe top layer of ground in which plants grow.
  • sojourn/ˈsɒd͡ʒən/nounC2A temporary stay in a place.
  • solace/ˈsɒl.ɪs/nounC1Comfort in a time of sadness.
  • solar system/ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/nounB1A star and everything held by its gravity.
  • soldering/ˈsɑdəɹɪŋ/nounB2+Joining metal with a lower-melting alloy.
  • soldier/ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/nounA22 meaningsA person who serves in an army, especially one below officer rank.
  • sole/səʊl/nounB24 meaningsThe flat underside of a foot.
  • sole tradernounC1A person running a business alone in their own name.
  • solemnity/səˈlɛmnɪti/nounC1Grave seriousness, or a formal ceremony.
  • solicitation/səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/nounC1A formal request for money or for business.
  • solicitude/səˈlɪsɪˌt(j)uːd/nounC2Anxious care for somebody's welfare.
  • solid/ˈsɒl.ɪd/adjectiveB14 meaningsHard and firm, not liquid or gas.
  • solidarity/ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/nounC1Standing together with others in their struggle.
  • solidity/səˈlɪdɪti/nounC1Firmness and strength of structure.
  • soliloquy/səˈlɪləkwi/nounB2+A speech made aloud by a character who is alone.
  • solipsism/ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/nounC2The view that only your own mind can be known to exist.
  • solitaire/ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/nounB1+3 meaningsA card game for one player.
  • solitariness/ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/nounC2The quality of being habitually apart from others, treated as a trait of a person or place rather than as the peaceful aloneness someone seeks out.
  • solitude/ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd/nounC2Being alone by choice.
  • solo/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/nounB22 meaningsA passage performed by one musician alone.
  • soloistnounB2+A performer who appears alone.
  • solomon islandsnounC1Pacific island chain east of Papua New Guinea.
  • solstice/ˈsɒl.stɪs/nounB2+The longest or the shortest day of the year.
  • solute/ˈsɒljuːt/nounC1The substance that dissolves into a liquid.
  • solution/səˈl(j)uːʃən/nounA2+2 meaningsThe answer that ends a problem or difficulty.
  • solvent/ˈsɒlvənt/nounB2+3 meaningsThe liquid in which another substance dissolves.
  • somalianounB1+Country on the Horn of Africa with the continent's longest coastline.
  • somersault/ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/nounC1A complete roll of the body head over heels.
  • sommelier/ˌsɒmˈmɛli.ə/nounC1The waiter who advises on and serves wine.
  • son/sʌn/nounA13 meaningsA person's male child, at any age.
  • son-in-law/ˈsʌnɪnˌlɔː/nounB2The husband of your daughter.
  • song/sɒŋ/nounA12 meaningsOne piece of music with words to sing.
  • songwriternounB1+Somebody who writes the words or music of songs.
  • sonnet/ˈsɒnɪt/nounB2+A strict fourteen-line poem.
  • soot/suːt/nounB2+The fine black powder deposited by smoke.
  • soothsayer/ˈsuθˌseɪɚ/nounC1Somebody who foretells the future.
  • sophistry/ˈsɒ.fɪ.stɹi/nounC2Clever reasoning designed to mislead.
  • sophomore/ˈsɒf.ə.mɔː/nounB1+A student in the second year of a course.
  • soprano/səˈpɹænoʊ/nounB2+The highest singing voice.
  • sorbet/sɔɹˈbeɪ/nounB2+A frozen fruit ice made without any dairy.
  • sorcerer/ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)/nounB2+Somebody who works magic, especially through spirits.
  • sorceress/ˈsɔː(ɹ)səɹəs/nounB2+A woman who works magic.
  • sorcery/ˈsɔɹ.sə.ɹi/nounB2+Magic worked with the help of dark powers.
  • sore/sɔː/adjectiveB13 meaningsPainful and tender, especially when touched or moved.
  • sorrel/ˈsɒɹəl/nounC22 meaningsA sharp-tasting leaf.
  • sort/soɹt/verbA24 meaningsTo separate things into groups.
  • sort codenounB2The number identifying which branch holds an account.
  • sortie/ˈsɔːti/nounC2A brief attack out from a defended place.
  • sorting officenounB2The building where post is separated for delivery.
  • sos/sɒs/nounB1+The universal signal asking for help.
  • sot/sɒt/nounC2A habitual drunkard.
  • soul/səʊl/nounB12 meaningsThe part of a person believed to outlast the body.
  • soulmatenounB2+The one person who fits your heart perfectly.