w

Letter (1)

1. (letter, lowercase) The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.

Noun (1)

w

1. watt
2. west
3. witness
4. work

Adjective (1)

w

1. wide
2. white
3. successful, admirable, good
   • W rizz.

Preposition

w

1. with a wing (on the Enneagram)
   • When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2.

Letter (2) capitalized: W

UK/ˈdʌb(əl)juː/US/ˈdʌbə(l)ju/

1. (letter, uppercase) The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.

Noun (2) capitalized: W

UK/ˈdʌb(əl)juː/US/ˈdʌbə(l)ju/

W (plural Ws)

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door).
   • From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332
2. (abbreviation, uncountable) Abbreviation of west.
3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Wednesday.

   Synonyms:

   Wed, Wed.

4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of wins (statistic).
5. (Internet, abbreviation, countable) Abbreviation of win.
   • You say that like it's not an absolute W.
6. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of wicket.
7. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of warrant.

Adjective (2) capitalized: W

UK/ˈdʌb(əl)juː/US/ˈdʌbə(l)ju/

W (comparative more W, superlative most W)

1. (slang) Excellent, top-notch (abbreviation of winner). (Compare noun etymology 2, noun sense 4 and etymology 2, noun sense 5.)
   • You, sir, are a W man.
   • You got her number? W rizz!

   Antonyms:

   L

Proper noun capitalized: W

UK/ˈdʌb(əl)juː/US/ˈdʌbə(l)ju/

W

1. (US, informal) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).

   Synonyms:

   Dubya, GWB