PMS

American

premenstrual syndrome.

PMS British

abbreviation

premenstrual syndrome

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

PMS Cultural

Associated with the retention of water and salts in the tissues for up to a week before the onset of menstruation, the symptoms of PMS include irritability, fatigue, emotional distress, and sometimes depression.

Usage

What does PMS mean? PMS stands for premenstrual syndrome, a condition that can occur in women several days before the start of their period. Symptoms of PMS can include emotional changes, such as depression or irritability, and physical changes, such as bloating and soreness. How is PMS pronounced?[ pee-em-es ]What are some other words related to PMS?menstruation

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

PMS

“The Marriott PMS project continues to make good progress and is on plan,” CEO Ramesh Srinivasan said on Monday’s earnings call.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

“I am in a severe state of PMS today,” the actor and “Chronology of Water” director said, making it clear that her address wasn’t going to go the typical ladies-who-lunch route.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

“Perimenopause is more like PMS, where you say ‘I don’t have the bandwidth’ or ‘you need to do this yourself.’

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025

"And I feel like for so long, PMS has been mocked and kind of trivialized, and people don't really take it seriously."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024

Her most recent, “Give Me Your Hand,” concerned rivalrous female scientists studying an extreme form of PMS.

From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2021

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023