ss

Other forms of ss

plural

sses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ss

What does ss mean?

ss means "the 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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ss?

ss has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈɛˈsɛs/.

What is another word for ss?

Close synonyms include United States Secret Service, US Secret Service, USSS, Secret Service, Schutzstaffel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ss a common word?

ss is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ss?

9 words rhyme with ss. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.