Wes
/wɛs/
Wes proper noun: a diminutive of the male given names Wesley and Weston.
Proper noun
Wes
- A diminutive of the male given names Wesley and Weston.
- In the chairman's telling, he had to fax Clark a better plan – the same one that would be criticized for its incoherence – and left it for the telegenic Clark to "brief well in front of the cameras." Privately, Shelton seethed that Clark was "absolutely in it for whatever was best for Wes."2012 August 13, Spencer Ackerman, “Wesley Clark Goes From 4-Star General to Reality TV Punchline”, in Wired, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2021
- On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2024
Words formed from Wes
Phrases with Wes
Words that rhyme with Wes
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
Questions about Wes
- What does Wes mean?
- Wes means a diminutive of the male given names Wesley and Weston.
- What part of speech is Wes?
- Wes is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Wes?
- Wes is pronounced /wɛs/.
Words near Wes in the dictionary
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