ss

S1S1

noun

A conventionally-powered submarine.

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CRESS/SS.S.S. S.S./S.SSKSwShUnited States Secret Service
OriginIndonesian SS →
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Meanings

ss1

noun
  1. pluralplural of s
noun
  1. InternetabbreviationAbbreviation of screenshot.
adjectivess (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationnot comparablebiochemistryAbbreviation of single-stranded.

SS2

noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Saints.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of social security.
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of secret service.
  4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of spousal support.
  5. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of stainless steel.

    Near-synonym: CRES

    Synonyms: CRES

  6. A shiptype.
    1. abbreviationinitialismnauticalInitialism of steamship.

      Synonyms: S/S, S.S., S. S., S./S.

    2. abbreviationinitialismnauticalInitialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship).
    3. NavyUSnauticalA conventionally-powered submarine.
    4. NavyUSnauticalA diesel-powered attack submarine.

      Synonyms: SSK

  7. aerospaceNATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union.
  8. abbreviationinitialismball gamesInitialism of shortstop.
  9. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of screenshot.
  10. abbreviationinitialismmathematicsInitialism of sum of squares.
  11. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Segawa syndrome.
  12. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of side seam.
  13. abbreviationinitialismfashionInitialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year.

    SS23 collection

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Schutzstaffel; from German SS.

    The officer who cut off Rachabalizoda’s ear had military patches including a far-right Totenkopf (dead person’s head) previously worn by Nazi SS units.

    2024 March 25, Andrew Roth, Pjotr Sauer, “Russia lauding torture was unthinkable – now it is proud to do so”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2024
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    (It's possible that at least some of the liberals who answered "yes, violence can sometimes be justified" had in mind edge cases like armed resistance by Jews against the SS, not the assassination of peaceful political pundits with whom they disagree.)

    2025 September 16, Jack Nicastro, “J.D. Vance Says 26 Percent of Young Liberals Justify Political Violence. Here's What the Data Really Say.”, in Reason, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2025
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Subsahara: a geographic region of Africa, constituting all countries south of the Sahara Desert.
  3. abbreviationinitialismslanglifestyleInitialism of Pokémon Sword and Shield.

    Synonyms: SwSh

adjectiveSS (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of Subsaharan.

SS3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of South Sumatra: a province of Indonesia.

Ss4

noun
  1. pluralplural of S

Synonyms & antonyms

nounInitialism of stainless steel.

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CRES

nounInitialism of steamship.

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S/SS.S.S. S.S./S.

nounA diesel-powered attack submarine.

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SSK

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents

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United States Secret ServiceUS Secret ServiceUSSSSecret Service
Broader
United States intelligence agency

nounspecial police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps

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Schutzstaffel
Broader
policepolice forceconstabulary
Also see
cressaintschutzstaffelsecret servicesingle-strandedsouth sumatrastainless steel

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Origin

SS · noun, proper noun, adjective

Abbreviations.

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SS · proper noun

  1. IndonesianSS
  2. EnglishSS

From Indonesian SS, initialism of Sumatra Selatan; compare SB (“West Sumatra”) and SU (“North Sumatra”).

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APA

ss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ss

MLA

“ss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ss. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ss,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ss.

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