Standard Lemma guide

suds

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /sʌdz/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌdz
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 D Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, plural, plural-normally, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Beer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally, slang

Examples

  • We went out for some pizza and suds.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of sudden unexpected death syndrome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of sudden unexplained death syndrome.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

plural of SUD

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To cover with, or as if with, soapsuds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beer

8

noun

Meaning 8

the froth produced by soaps or detergents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soapsuds, lather

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: foam, froth

Narrower terms: shaving cream, shaving soap

9

verb

Meaning 9

make froth or foam and become bubbly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The river foamed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: froth, spume

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

10

verb

Meaning 10

wash in suds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wash, launder

History

Etymology

From the plural of sud, a variant of sod (“a bubbling or boiling”), equivalent to sud + -s. Related to seethe.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: አረፋ (ʾäräfa) — lather, foam
  • Arabic: رَغْوَة (raḡwa) — lather, foam
  • Armenian: սապնափրփուր (sapnapʻrpʻur) — lather, foam
  • Armenian: օճառափրփուր (ōčaṙapʻrpʻur) — lather, foam
  • Armenian: փրփուր (pʻrpʻur) — lather, foam
  • Central Bikol: subo — lather, foam
  • Bulgarian: сапунена пяна (sapunena pjana) — lather, foam
  • Catalan: sabonera — lather, foam
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泡沫 (pàomò) — lather, foam
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沫 (mò) — lather, foam
  • Czech: mýdlová pěna — lather, foam
  • Czech: mydliny — lather, foam
  • Dutch: sop — lather, foam
  • Finnish: vaahto — lather, foam
  • French: mousse de savon — lather, foam
  • French: eau savonneuse — lather, foam
  • Georgian: საპნის ქაფი (saṗnis kapi) — lather, foam
  • German: Seifenlauge — lather, foam
  • German: Schaum — lather, foam
  • Greek: σαπουνάδα (sapounáda) — lather, foam
  • Hebrew: קֶצֶף סַבּוֹן — lather, foam
  • Hindi: साबुन का झाग (sābun kā jhāg) — lather, foam
  • Hungarian: szappanhab — lather, foam
  • Irish: sobal — lather, foam
  • Italian: saponata — lather, foam
  • Italian: schiuma — lather, foam
  • Japanese: 泡 (awa) — lather, foam
  • Korean: 비눗물 (binunmul) — lather, foam
  • Latin: spūma — lather, foam
  • Mongolian: хөөс (xöös) — lather, foam
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠰᠦ (kögesü) — lather, foam
  • Polish: mydliny — lather, foam
  • Portuguese: espuma — lather, foam
  • Russian: мы́льная пе́на (mýlʹnaja péna) — lather, foam
  • Spanish: espuma — lather, foam
  • Swedish: lödder — lather, foam
  • Thai: ฟอง (fɔɔng) — lather, foam
  • Thai: ฟองฟอด (fong fôt) — lather, foam
  • Turkish: köpük — lather, foam
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوپوك (köpük) — lather, foam
  • Welsh: ewyn — lather, foam
  • Yakut: мыыла күүгэнэ (mïïla küügene) — lather, foam