sword-shaped, a. ensiform.
sycophancy, n. [obsequiousness], [fawning], truckling, servility, sycophantism.
sycophant, n. [fawner], [toady], [flunky], lickspittle.
sycophantic, a. [obsequious], [fawning], adulatory, [servile].
syllabus, n. [compendium], [abstract], [synopsis].
symbolic, a. [typical], emblematical.
symbolize, v. [typify], emblematize.
symmetry, n. proportion, shapeliness. Antonyms: asymmetry, disproportion.
sympathetic, a. compassionate, commiserating, [pitiful], [kind], [tender].
sympathize, v. have [sympathy], commiserate, condole with; [agree], be in [accord].