8-letter words starting with SY
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter SY. This section showcases how SY at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with SY, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| sympathy | 21 | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) | - |
| syndrome | 14 | a complex of concurrent things | every word has a syndrome of meanings |
| symbolic | 17 | relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols | symbolic logic |
| syphilis | 16 | a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | - |
| symphony | 21 | a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra | - |
| symmetry | 18 | (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | - |
| syringes | 12 | - | - |
| systemic | 15 | affecting an entire system | a systemic poison |
| sycamore | 15 | thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore | - |
| synaptic | 15 | (neuroscience) of or involving synapses | - |
| synopsis | 13 | a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | - |
| systolic | 13 | of or relating to a systole or happening during a systole | - |
| synoptic | 15 | presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament | synoptic sayings |
| synapsis | 13 | the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis | - |
| synovial | 14 | relating to or secreting synovia | - |
| sybarite | 13 | a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses | - |
| sybotism | 15 | - | - |
| sycamine | 15 | - | - |
| sycomore | 15 | - | - |
| syconium | 15 | the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets | - |
| syconoid | 14 | - | - |
| syenites | 11 | - | - |
| syenitic | 13 | - | - |
| syllabic | 15 | consisting of a syllable or syllables | - |
| syllable | 13 | a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme | the word `pocket' has two syllables |
| syllabub | 15 | sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor | - |
| syllabus | 13 | an integrated course of academic studies | - |
| sylloges | 12 | - | - |
| sylphide | 17 | - | - |
| sylphids | 17 | - | - |
| sylphier | 16 | - | - |
| sylphine | 16 | - | - |
| sylphish | 19 | - | - |
| sylvaner | 14 | - | - |
| sylvatic | 16 | - | - |
| sylviine | 14 | - | - |
| sylvines | 14 | - | - |
| sylvites | 14 | - | - |
| symbions | 15 | - | - |
| symbiont | 15 | - | - |
| symbiote | 15 | - | - |
| symbiots | 15 | - | - |
| symboled | 16 | - | - |
| symboles | 15 | - | - |
| symitare | 13 | - | - |
| symitars | 13 | - | - |
| sympatry | 18 | the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding | - |
| symphile | 18 | - | - |
| symphily | 21 | - | - |
| symplast | 15 | - | - |
| symploce | 17 | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe | - |
| sympodia | 16 | - | - |
| symposia | 15 | - | - |
| symptoms | 17 | - | - |
| synagogs | 13 | - | - |
| synangia | 12 | - | - |
| synanons | 11 | - | - |
| synanthy | 17 | - | - |
| synaphea | 16 | - | - |
| synapsed | 14 | - | - |
| synapses | 13 | - | - |
| synapsid | 14 | extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull | - |
| synaptes | 13 | - | - |
| synarchy | 19 | - | - |
| synastry | 14 | - | - |
| syncarps | 15 | - | - |
| syncarpy | 18 | - | - |
| synching | 17 | - | - |
| synchros | 16 | - | - |
| syncline | 13 | - | - |
| syncopal | 15 | - | - |
| syncopes | 15 | - | - |
| syncopic | 17 | - | - |
| syncytia | 16 | - | - |
| syndeses | 12 | - | - |
| syndesis | 12 | - | - |
| syndetic | 14 | connected by a conjunction | - |
| syndeton | 12 | - | - |
| syndical | 14 | - | - |
| syndings | 13 | - | - |
| synechia | 16 | adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract; can lead to blindness | - |
| synectic | 15 | - | - |
| synedria | 12 | - | - |
| synergia | 12 | - | - |
| synergic | 14 | - | - |
| synergid | 13 | - | - |
| synfuels | 14 | - | - |
| syngamic | 16 | - | - |
| syngases | 12 | - | - |
| syngenic | 14 | - | - |
| syngraph | 17 | - | - |
| synkarya | 18 | - | - |
| synodals | 12 | - | - |
| synonyme | 16 | - | - |
| synonyms | 16 | - | - |
| synonymy | 19 | the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | - |
| synopses | 13 | - | - |
| synovias | 14 | - | - |
| syntagma | 14 | a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit | - |
| syntagms | 14 | - | - |
| syntaxes | 18 | - | - |
| syntenic | 13 | - | - |
| syntexis | 18 | - | - |
| synthase | 14 | - | - |
| synthons | 14 | - | - |
| synthpop | 18 | - | - |
| syntones | 11 | - | - |
| syntonic | 13 | - | - |
| syntonin | 11 | - | - |
| syntypes | 16 | - | - |
| syphered | 17 | - | - |
| syphonal | 16 | - | - |
| syphoned | 17 | - | - |
| syphonic | 18 | - | - |
| syrettes | 11 | - | - |
| syringas | 12 | - | - |
| syringed | 13 | - | - |
| syrinxes | 18 | - | - |
| syrphian | 16 | - | - |
| syrphids | 17 | - | - |
| syrupier | 13 | - | - |
| syruping | 14 | - | - |
| sysadmin | 14 | - | - |
| syssitia | 11 | - | - |
| systemed | 14 | - | - |
| systoles | 11 | - | - |
| systyles | 14 | - | - |
| syzygial | 24 | - | - |
| syzygies | 24 | - | - |
