| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| KWS | Key Word Spotting (speech recognition technology) |
| KWS | Kenya Wildlife Service |
| KWS | Knowledge Work Systems |
| KWS | Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (Canada) |
| KWS | Kenny Wayne Shepherd (blues guitarist) |
| KWS | Keynesian Welfare State |
| KWS | Knowledge Worker System (groupware developed by US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory) |
| KWS | Kugelberg-Welander Syndrome |
| KWS | Kaltwassersatz (German) |
| KWS | Kilkenny Welding Supplies Ltd (Ireland) |
| KWS | Kansas Wildflower Society (now Kansas Native Plant Society) |
| KWS | Kernkraftwerk Sud |
| KWS | Kuchlak Welfare Society |
| KWS | King & Winston Winnie Williams (singer) |