Meanings
SAS1
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Special Air Service.
The SAS are absolutely charming. Ruthless trained killers are just a phone call away.
2003, Richard Curtis, Love Actually, spoken by Prime Minister (Hugh Grant)1 more example
He was the last original member of the SAS, whose exploits were dramatised in the BBC series SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022), based on the 2016 book of the same name by Ben Macintyre.
2024 January 14, Michael Smith, “Mike Sadler obituary”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Scandinavian Airlines System; a joint Swedish, Norwegian and Danish airline company.
- abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus standard for mainly connecting hard drives, but also used for other devices, derived from the SCSI and SATA standards.
- abbreviationinitialismhobbiesInitialism of San Antonio Spurs, American basketball club.
- abbreviationinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of stability augmentation system.
- AustraliaabbreviationinitialismeducationInitialism of special assistance school.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of space adaptation syndrome.
Sas2
- A Central and Eastern European coat of arms.
SAs3
- pluralplural of SA
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Russian Особая воздушная слу́жба, спецна́з
- Особая воздушная слу́жба (Osobaja vozdušnaja slúžba)military
- спецна́з (specnáz)military
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Cite this entry
SAS. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SAS
“SAS.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SAS. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “SAS,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/SAS.
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