spartan

spartan is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
2. noun. A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.
3. noun. a resident of Sparta
4. adjective. practicing great self-denial- William James

   "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"

   "a desert nomad's austere life"

   Synonyms: ascetic, ascetical, austere

5. adjective. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment- H.G.Wells

   "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"

   "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"

   Synonyms: severe

6. adjective. resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity

   "spartan courage"

7. adjective. of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

Synonyms

ascetic, ascetical, austere, severe

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spartan:

partans, tarpans, trapans

Common word forms

spartans, spartanly, spartanize

Words from these letters

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