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sov

sov noun: pound sterling.

Noun (1)

sov (plural sovs)

  1. (UK, slang) Pound sterling.
    • That car of his has got to be worth a few sovs.
    Synonyms:
    pound, quid, nicker
  2. (UK, slang) A sovereign (former gold coin).
  3. (slang) A sovereign citizen.

Adjective capitalized: SOV

SOV

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of subject–object–verb [word order]: Of a language, employing a system of syntax in which a typical sentence contains a subject, followed by the object, followed by the verb.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of shot-on-video.

Noun (2) capitalized: SOV

SOV (plural SOVs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of single occupancy vehicle.

Synonyms of sov

Forms of sov

pluralsovs
pluralSOVs

Origin of sov

Shortened from sovereign.

Words that rhyme with sov

Questions about sov

What does sov mean?
Sov means pound sterling.
What part of speech is sov?
Sov can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of sov?
The plural of sov is sovs.

Words near sov in the dictionary

  1. souwester
  2. souwesters
  3. Souza
  4. souzalite
  5. Souzas
  6. sov
  7. sov'reign
  8. Sova
  9. Sovas
  10. SovCit
  11. SovCits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sov (page history and authors); SOV (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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