9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| synthetic | 17 | not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially | synthetic leather |
| synagogue | 14 | (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation | - |
| syndicate | 15 | an association of companies for some definite purpose | - |
| symbolism | 18 | the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning | - |
| symposium | 18 | a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations | - |
| symbolize | 25 | express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol | What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize? |
| synthesis | 15 | the combination of ideas into a complex whole | - |
| symbiotic | 18 | used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each | - |
| symbiosis | 16 | the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other | - |
| symphonic | 21 | harmonious in sound | the symphonic hum of a million insects |
| symbolise | 16 | express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol | - |
| sycophant | 19 | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | - |
| symmetric | 18 | having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts | - |
| symbology | 20 | the study or the use of symbols and symbolism | - |
| synchrony | 20 | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves |
| symbolics | 18 | - | - |
| symbolist | 16 | someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols | - |
| syntactic | 16 | of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax | the syntactic rules of a language |
| sybarites | 14 | - | - |
| sybaritic | 16 | displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness |
| sybotisms | 16 | - | - |
| sycamines | 16 | - | - |
| sycamores | 16 | - | - |
| sycomores | 16 | - | - |
| syllabary | 17 | a writing system whose characters represent syllables | - |
| syllabics | 16 | - | - |
| syllabify | 20 | divide into syllables | syllabify the words |
| syllabise | 14 | divide into syllables | - |
| syllabism | 16 | - | - |
| syllabize | 23 | divide into syllables | - |
| syllabled | 15 | pronounced in syllables | - |
| syllables | 14 | - | - |
| syllabubs | 16 | - | - |
| syllepses | 14 | - | - |
| syllepsis | 14 | use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one | - |
| sylleptic | 16 | - | - |
| syllogise | 13 | reason by syllogisms | - |
| syllogism | 15 | deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises | - |
| syllogist | 13 | logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | - |
| syllogize | 22 | reason by syllogisms | - |
| sylphides | 18 | - | - |
| sylphiest | 17 | - | - |
| sylphlike | 21 | (of a woman or girl) slender and graceful like a sylph | - |
| sylvaners | 15 | - | - |
| sylvanite | 15 | a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America | - |
| sylvinite | 15 | - | - |
| symbionts | 16 | - | - |
| symbioses | 16 | - | - |
| symbiotes | 16 | - | - |
| symboling | 17 | - | - |
| symbolled | 17 | - | - |
| symitares | 14 | - | - |
| symmetral | 16 | - | - |
| sympathin | 19 | - | - |
| sympatico | 18 | - | - |
| sympatric | 18 | (of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas | - |
| sympetaly | 19 | - | - |
| symphiles | 19 | - | - |
| symphyses | 22 | - | - |
| symphysis | 22 | a growing together of parts or structures | - |
| symphytic | 24 | - | - |
| symplasts | 16 | - | - |
| symploces | 18 | - | - |
| sympodial | 17 | - | - |
| sympodium | 19 | - | - |
| symposiac | 18 | - | - |
| symposial | 16 | - | - |
| symptoses | 16 | - | - |
| symptosis | 16 | - | - |
| symptotic | 18 | - | - |
| synagogal | 14 | - | - |
| synalepha | 17 | - | - |
| synandria | 13 | - | - |
| synangium | 15 | - | - |
| synanthic | 17 | - | - |
| synapheas | 17 | - | - |
| synapheia | 17 | - | - |
| synapsids | 15 | - | - |
| synapsing | 15 | - | - |
| synaptase | 14 | - | - |
| synaxaria | 19 | - | - |
| synbiotic | 16 | - | - |
| synchyses | 20 | - | - |
| synchysis | 20 | - | - |
| synclinal | 14 | sloping downward toward each other to create a trough | - |
| synclines | 14 | - | - |
| syncopate | 16 | modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat | - |
| syncoptic | 18 | - | - |
| syncretic | 16 | relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | modern English is a syncretic language |
| syncytial | 17 | - | - |
| syncytium | 19 | a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers) | - |
| syndactyl | 18 | - | - |
| syndetons | 13 | - | - |
| syndromes | 15 | - | - |
| syndromic | 17 | - | - |
| synechias | 17 | - | - |
| synecious | 14 | - | - |
| synectics | 16 | - | - |
| synedrial | 13 | - | - |
| synedrion | 13 | - | - |
| synedrium | 15 | - | - |
| synereses | 12 | - | - |
| syneresis | 12 | the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong | - |
| synergias | 13 | - | - |
| synergids | 14 | - | - |
| synergies | 13 | - | - |
| synergise | 13 | - | - |
| synergism | 15 | the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | - |
| synergist | 13 | a drug that augments the activity of another drug | - |
| synergize | 22 | - | - |
| synesises | 12 | - | - |
| syngamies | 15 | - | - |
| syngamous | 15 | - | - |
| syngasses | 13 | - | - |
| syngeneic | 15 | - | - |
| syngraphs | 18 | - | - |
| synizeses | 21 | - | - |
| synizesis | 21 | the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | - |
| synkaryon | 19 | - | - |
| synodical | 15 | - | - |
| synodsman | 15 | - | - |
| synodsmen | 15 | - | - |
| synoecete | 14 | - | - |
| synoecise | 14 | - | - |
| synoecism | 16 | - | - |
| synoecize | 23 | - | - |
| synoekete | 16 | - | - |
| synoicous | 14 | having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium | - |
| synonymes | 17 | - | - |
| synonymic | 19 | - | - |
| synopsise | 14 | - | - |
| synopsize | 23 | - | - |
| synoptics | 16 | the first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view | - |
| synoptist | 14 | - | - |
| synovitic | 17 | - | - |
| synovitis | 15 | inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint; results in pain and swelling | - |
| syntagmas | 15 | - | - |
| syntagmic | 17 | - | - |
| syntectic | 16 | - | - |
| syntenies | 12 | - | - |
| synthases | 15 | - | - |
| syntheses | 15 | - | - |
| synthpops | 19 | - | - |
| synthroni | 15 | - | - |
| syntonies | 12 | - | - |
| syntonins | 12 | - | - |
| syntonise | 12 | - | - |
| syntonize | 21 | - | - |
| syntonous | 12 | - | - |
| syphering | 18 | - | - |
| syphilise | 17 | - | - |
| syphilize | 26 | - | - |
| syphiloid | 18 | - | - |
| syphiloma | 19 | - | - |
| syphonage | 18 | - | - |
| syphoning | 18 | - | - |
| syringeal | 13 | - | - |
| syringing | 14 | - | - |
| syrphians | 17 | - | - |
| syrupiest | 14 | - | - |
| syruplike | 18 | - | - |
| sysadmins | 15 | - | - |
| syssitias | 12 | - | - |
| systaltic | 14 | - | - |
| systemics | 16 | - | - |
| systemise | 14 | arrange according to a system or reduce to a system | - |
| systemize | 23 | arrange according to a system or reduce to a system | - |
| syzygetic | 27 | - | - |
