Such Definition

sŭch

adjective

Of the same or a similar kind; like.

Pens, pencils, crayons, and such supplies.

Webster's New World

Of the kind mentioned or implied.

A man such as his father.

Webster's New World

Certain but not specified; whatever.

At such time as you go.

Webster's New World

Of a degree or quality indicated.

Their anxiety was such that they could not sleep.

American Heritage

Of so extreme a degree or quality.

Never dreamed of such wealth.

American Heritage

adverb

To so great a degree; so.

Such good news.

Webster's New World

Very; especially.

She has been in such poor health lately.

American Heritage

pronoun

Other persons or things of the kind mentioned.

A buffet of soup, appetizers, and such.

Webster's New World

Itself alone or within itself.

Money as such will seldom bring total happiness.

American Heritage

The person or thing mentioned or implied.

Such was her nature.

Webster's New World

Similar things or people; the like.

Pins, needles, and such.

American Heritage

A surname.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
such a thing
such a person
such an one
such a one
that
this
more than in name only
by its own nature
in-and-of-itself
of itself
in itself

determiner

(demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.

I've never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life.

Wiktionary

(particularly used in formal documents) Any.

The above address or at such other address as may notify.

Wiktionary

Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.

The party was such a bore.

Wiktionary

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Such

such as
as such
such as
such as it is (or was, etc.)
such that

Origin of Such

From Middle English such, swuch, swulch, from Old English swylc, swilc, swelc (“such"), from Proto-Germanic *swalÄ«kaz (“so formed, so like"), equivalent to so +"Ž -like. Cognate with Scots swilk, sic, sik (“such"), West Frisian suk, sok (“such"), Dutch zulk (“such"), Low German sölk, sulk, suk (“such"), German solch (“such"), Danish slig (“like that, such"), Swedish slik (“such"), Icelandic slíkur (“such"). More at so, like.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English swylc swo- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition