| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| SWR | Standing Wave Ratio (radio term) |
| SWR | South Western Railway (India) |
| SWR | Südwestrundfunk (Southern German Radio Station) |
| SWR | She Wants Revenge (band) |
| SWR | Soil Water Retention (agriculture) |
| SWR | Shortwave Radiation (energy) |
| SWR | Shoreham Wading River |
| SWR | Short-Wave Radio |
| SWR | Software Requirements |
| SWR | Safe Withdrawal Rate (financial portfolio management) |
| SWR | Steel Wire Rope (engineering term for steel cable) |
| SWR | Swiss International Airlines (ICAO code) |
| SWR | Swift Water Rescue |
| SWR | Small Works Roster (government contracting pool) |
| SWR | Southwestern Region (National Speleological Society) |
| SWR | Scarlet Weather Rhapsody (game) |
| SWR | Secondary Water Resistance |
| SWR | She Who Remembers |
| SWR | Surface Wave Radar |
| SWR | Semi-Wind Resistive |
| SWR | Steve W. Rabe (founder of SWR Sound Corporation) |
| SWR | Semiconductor Wafer Representation |
| SWR | Star Wars Remake |
| SWR | Standing Wave Reflectometer |
| SWR | Residual Water Saturation (petroleum engineering) |
| SWR | Standard Warranty Replacement |
| SWR | South West Riders (motorcycle club; various locations) |
| SWR | Swiss Air Transport Company Ltd |
| SWR | Sine Wave Response |
| SWR | Step-Wise Regression |
| SWR | Scheduler Work Area (IBM) |
| SWR | Special Water Reactor |
| SWR | Selected Web Resource |
| SWR | Standford Wireless Research |
| SWR | Surface Water Retention |