ss
ss is the plural of s.
ss is the abbreviation of screenshot.
ss is the abbreviation of single-stranded.
Meaning of s
Letter
Meaning of screenshot
Noun
screenshot (plural screenshots)
- An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time.
- I grabbed a screenshot of my desktop.
- Synonyms:
- screencast, screen capture, screen dump, screengrab, screenie, screencap
Noun (1) capitalized: SS
SS
- Abbreviation of Saints.
- Initialism of social security.
- Initialism of secret service.
- Initialism of spousal support.
- Initialism of stainless steel.
- Near-synonym: CRES
- Synonyms:
- CRES
- Initialism of steamship.
- Initialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship)
- A conventionally-powered submarine
- diesel-powered attack submarine
- Synonyms:
- SSK
- NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union
- Initialism of shortstop.
- Initialism of screenshot.
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- Initialism of sum of squares.
- Initialism of Segawa syndrome.
- Initialism of side seam.
- Initialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year.
- SS23 collection
Proper noun (1) capitalized: SS
SS
- 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.2024 March 25, Andrew Roth, Pjotr Sauer, “Russia lauding torture was unthinkable – now it is proud to do so”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2024
- (It's possible that at least some of the liberals who answered "yes, violence can sometimes be justified" had in mind edge cases like armed resistance by Jews against the SS, not the assassination of peaceful political pundits with whom they disagree.)2025 September 16, Jack Nicastro, “J.D. Vance Says 26 Percent of Young Liberals Justify Political Violence. Here's What the Data Really Say.”, in Reason, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2025
- Initialism of Subsahara: a geographic region of Africa, constituting all countries south of the Sahara Desert.
- Initialism of Pokémon Sword and Shield.
- Synonyms:
- SwSh
Adjective capitalized: SS
SS (not comparable)
- Initialism of Subsaharan.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: SS
SS
- Initialism of South Sumatra: a province of Indonesia.
Noun (2) capitalized: Ss
Ss
- plural of S
Synonyms of ss
Origin of ss
Abbreviations.
From Indonesian SS, initialism of Sumatra Selatan; compare SB (“West Sumatra”) and SU (“North Sumatra”).
Words formed from ss
Questions about ss
- What does ss mean?
- Ss means a conventionally-powered submarine.
- What is ss the plural of?
- Ss is the plural of s.
- What part of speech is ss?
- Ss can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
Words near ss in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ss (page history and authors); SS (page history and authors); Ss (page history and authors); s (page history and authors); screenshot (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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