Gram
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.
"Holonyms: kilogram < megagram < gigagram"
- 2 A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea. countable, uncountable
"The next class of farinaceous foods are the Pulses, as peas, beans, and lentils of this country, and the dholls and grams of India."
- 3 Grandmother. colloquial
- 4 A gramophone recording. dated
- 5 Alternative form of 'gram (“Instagram”) alt-of, alternative
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- 6 Misspelling of graham. US, alt-of, misspelling
- 7 a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram wordnet
- 8 The seeds of these plants. uncountable
- 1 Alternative form of 'gram (“Instagram”) alt-of, alternative
- 1 Alternative form of 'gram (“Instagram”) alt-of, alternative
"Keep my business off the gram / Switch my style like I switch hands / Going to war, on foreign land / Fuck out the way bitch back it up / Shit better get played in a palace"
- 2 A surname.
- 3 Clipping of Instagram. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"Very good,” the store owner said, eyeing the slits on the side of the dress that exposed Naeema's cinnamon brown skin. “Makeup?” she asked. “Do it for the Gram!” the woman said holding up a cell phone. Naeema held up one finger, blocking ..."
- 4 A town in Denmark.
- 5 A male given name Alternative form of Graham. US
Antonyms
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More examples"My wife gave birth prematurely to a 1,500-gram baby girl."
Etymology
From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”). Doublet of gramma.
From obsolete Portuguese gram (modern Portuguese grão), from Latin grānum. Doublet of corn, grain, granum, and grao.
Clipping of gramma.
Clipping of gramophone.
Clipping of Instagram.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.