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Abbreviations.

noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Saints
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of social security
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of secret service
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of spousal support
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of stainless steel Near-synonym: CRES

    Similar: CRES

  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of steamship

    Similar: S/S, S.S., S. S., S./S.

  7. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship).
  8. Navy, US A conventionally-powered submarine.
  9. Navy, US A diesel-powered attack submarine.

    Similar: SSK

  10. NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union.
  11. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of shortstop
  12. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of screenshot
  13. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of sum of squares
  14. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Segawa syndrome
  15. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of side seam
  16. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year. SS23 collection

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Schutzstaffel; from German SS. The officer who cut off Rachabalizoda’s ear had military patches including a far-right Totenkopf (dead person’s head) previously worn by Nazi SS units.
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Subsahara: a geographic region of Africa, constituting all countries south of the Sahara Desert.
  3. abbreviation, initialism, slang Initialism of Pokémon Sword and Shield

    Similar: SwSh

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of Subsaharan

SS²

Where it comes from

From Indonesian SS, initialism of Sumatra Selatan; compare SB (“West Sumatra”) and SU (“North Sumatra”).

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of South Sumatra: a province of Indonesia.

ss³

noun

  1. plural plural of s

noun

  1. Internet, abbreviation Abbreviation of screenshot

adjective

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of single-stranded

Ss⁴

noun

  1. plural plural of S

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: talk, blab, tattle, whistle, babble, peach, babble out, blab out, ora, fh, waffen, steamer, ship, vessel, boat, liner

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ss. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ss

Chicago

"ss." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ss.

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@misc{ss_2026,
  title = {ss},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ss},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}