Was or WAS may refer to:
- Was, a past-tense form of the English copular verb to be
People
- David Was (born c. 1952), the stage name of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter David Weiss
- Don Was (born 1952), the stage name of bass guitarist, record producer, and recording executive Donald Fagenson
In arts and entertainment
- Was (novel), a 1992 novel by Geoff Ryman
- "Was", a short story in William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses
- Was??, a musical composition by Folke Rabe
- Was (Not Was), an American pop group led by David and Don Was
- Axis & Allies Naval Miniatures: War at Sea, a strategy game by Wizards of the Coast
- We Are Scientists, an American indie rock band
Software
- IBM WebSphere Application Server
- SAP NetWeaver Application Server
- Windows Activation Services, a container for hosting WCF services
In reference to Washington, D.C.
- All airports serving the Washington, D.C. area (IATA airport code)
- Washington Union Station (Amtrak station code)
- The city’s major professional sports teams
- Washington Football Team of the National Football League
- Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association
- Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League
- Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball
Other uses
- Was-sceptre, the Egyptian hieroglyph for "power" and a type of sceptre
- Was (horse), an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse
- We Are Singaporeans, a Singaporean quiz game show
- Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome, an X-linked recessive disease
- Worked All States, an amateur radio award issued by the American Radio Relay League
- Western Asia
- World Association for Sexual Health
See also
- Wass (disambiguation)
- WA (disambiguation)