Definition of SUCH

such

Meanings

Plural: suches

Adjective Satellite

  • of so extreme a degree or extent
    • "such weeping"
    • "such a help"
    • "such grief"
    • "never dreamed of such beauty"

Adverb

  • to so extreme a degree
    • "he is such a baby"
    • "Such rich people!"

Det

  • Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
  • Any.
  • Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
  • Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
  • Used with gradable noun phrases to form exclamations.
  • A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.

Pron

  • A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned.

Noun

  • Something being indicated that is similar to something else.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English such, swuch, swich, swilch, swulch, from Old English swelċ, from Proto-West Germanic *swalīk, from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz (“so formed, so like”), equivalent to so + like. Cognate with Scots swilk, sic, sik (“such”), Saterland Frisian suk (“such”), West Frisian suk, sok (“such”), Low German sülk, sulk, suk (“such”), Dutch zulk (“such”), German solch (“such”), Danish slig (“like that, such”), Swedish slik (“such”), Icelandic slíkur (“such”). More at so, like.

Synonyms

what

Scrabble Score: 9

such is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
such is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
such is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

such is a valid Words With Friends word