Ham

//ˈhæm//

Synonyms for "ham" (187 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (38)

Strong matches (56)

drumstick emote emotionalize fat back film filmic flitch foreleg gag gam gamb gambrel gammon gigot grimace grimacer gush ham actor ham it up ham steak

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Noun(6 words)

gammon ham actor ham e-mail hambone hamfatter jambon

Verb(1 words)

melodramatize

Related words (93)

monitor monodramatic movie mug mummery operatic out-herod herod overacted overacting overdramatize overplayed pantomiming patter performance performing personation picnic ham pieds de cochon pig pin

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Noun(3 words)

overactor radio amateur tear-cat

Verb(2 words)

overplay tear a cat

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

15 entries

;act actor cut cut of pork food histrion meat play playact player radio operator role player roleplay thespian

Synonyms

4 entries

chew scenery hambone overact radio amateur

Related terms

5 entries

HRAM go ham hamlet mug pose

at location

3 entries

fridge pizza refrigerator

capable of

2 entries

ingredeint in recipe part of meal

derived

74 entries

Admiralty ham Bayonne ham Black Forest ham Christmas ham East Ham Gourock ham Ham Green Ham Street Ham and Stone Hamite Hamitic Hamstreet High Ham Jinhua ham Limerick ham Newham

Showing 16 of 74 words.

derived from

1 entries

hamfatter

etymologically related_to

2 entries

gammon hamfatter

has context

6 entries

acting anatomy biblical internet old testament radio

is a

7 entries

actor artifact cut of pork food person pork radio operator

related to

45 entries

actor amateur amateurish bacon brining buttock east ham electronic mail exaggerated go ham ham radio hock hog hram japheth joint

Showing 16 of 45 words.

Translations

242 translations across 84 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

Gam name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
ham noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

κωλήν noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
κωλήν noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
κωλῆ noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
κωλῆ noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Arabic

2 entries

حَام name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
هَام noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Armenian

4 entries

Քամ name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
ազդրապուխտ noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
ապուխտ noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
խոզապուխտ noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Asturian

4 entries

pernil noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
pernil noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
xamón noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
xamón noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

vetçina noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Belarusian

3 entries

вянглі́на noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
вяндлі́на noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
шы́нка noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Bengali

1 entries

হাম name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)

Bikol Central

1 entries

hamon noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бедро́ noun (region back of the knee joint)
бут noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
позьор noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
радиолюбител noun (ham radio operator)

Catalan

2 entries

pernil noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
pernil noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Cebuano

1 entries

hamon noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Chinese

2 entries

含 name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
火腿 noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

含 name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
火腿 noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

含 name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
火腿 noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Cornish

1 entries

mordhos hogh noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Czech

4 entries

Chám name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
kýta noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
radioamatér noun (ham radio operator)
radioamatérka noun (ham radio operator)

Danish

3 entries

hase noun (region back of the knee joint)
knæhase noun (region back of the knee joint)
skinke noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Dutch

4 entries

Cham name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
ham noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
hesp noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
knieboog noun (region back of the knee joint)

Esperanto

4 entries

poplito noun (region back of the knee joint)
radioamatoro noun (ham radio operator)
ŝinko noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
ŝinko noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Estonian

2 entries

sink noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
sink noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Faroese

3 entries

knæsbót noun (region back of the knee joint)
svínatjógv noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
svínstjógv noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Finnish

4 entries

Haam name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
kinkku noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
kinnerkoukku noun (region back of the knee joint)
paisti noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)

French

4 entries

Cham name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
cabotin noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
cabotine noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
jambon noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Galician

4 entries

bestra noun (back of the thigh)
lacón noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
lunada noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
pernil noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)

Georgian

1 entries

შაშხი noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

German

4 entries

Ham name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
Amateurfunker noun (ham radio operator)
Amateurfunkerin noun (ham radio operator)
Funkamateur noun (ham radio operator)

Greek

4 entries

άσχετος noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
ζαμπόν noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
ιγνύς noun (back of the thigh)
ραδιοερασιτέχνης noun (ham radio operator)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

含 name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)

Hebrew

2 entries

שִׁינְקֵה noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
שִׁינְקֵן noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

hamon noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Hindi

1 entries

हम noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Hungarian

4 entries

Hám name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
Kám name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
ripacs noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
sonka noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Icelandic

1 entries

skinka noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Ido

1 entries

poplito noun (region back of the knee joint)

Indonesian

2 entries

amatir radio noun (ham radio operator)
ham noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

ژامْبون noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Irish

4 entries

aisteoir áibhéileach noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
ceathrú noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
ceathrú noun (back of the thigh)
leis noun (back of the thigh)

Italian

3 entries

Cam name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
prosciutto noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
radioamatore noun (ham radio operator)

Japanese

4 entries

ハム noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
大根 noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
大根役者 noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
膕 noun (region back of the knee joint)

Kazakh

2 entries

ветчина noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
жамбас noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Korean

1 entries

햄 noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

ветчина noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Latin

4 entries

Cham name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
Chām name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
Chāmus name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
perna noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)

Latvian

3 entries

gurns noun (region back of the knee joint)
šķiņķis noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
šķiņķis noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Ligurian

2 entries

xambon noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
xambun noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Limburgish

1 entries

sjink noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kum̃pis noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Lombard

1 entries

giambón noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Ham noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Macedonian

2 entries

бут noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
шунка noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Maltese

1 entries

perżuta noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Mongolian

3 entries

гуя noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
ташаа noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
утсан мах noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Māori

2 entries

hamu noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
wāmu noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Navajo

1 entries

bisóodi bijáád noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

jambon noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

hombot noun (region back of the knee joint)
knehase noun (region back of the knee joint)
knesbot noun (region back of the knee joint)
skinke noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

hombot noun (region back of the knee joint)
knehase noun (region back of the knee joint)
knesbot noun (region back of the knee joint)
skinke noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Old Armenian

2 entries

Քամ name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
թամբ noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)

Old English

1 entries

hamm noun (region back of the knee joint)

Polish

4 entries

Cham name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
golonka noun (region back of the knee joint)
kabotyn noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
radioamator noun (ham radio operator)

Portuguese

4 entries

Cam name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
Cã name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
Cão name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
canastrão noun (actor with an exaggerating style)

Romanian

1 entries

șuncă noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Russian

4 entries

Хам name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
бедро́ noun (region back of the knee joint)
ветчина́ noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
ветчина́ noun (back of the thigh)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

sliasaid noun (region back of the knee joint)
sliasaid noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)
sliasaid noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
sliasaid noun (back of the thigh)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

šȗnka noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
шу̑нка noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Slovak

1 entries

šunka noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Slovene

1 entries

šunka noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Spanish

4 entries

Cam name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
Châm name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
comicastro noun (actor with an exaggerating style)
comicastro noun (actor with an exaggerating style)

Swahili

1 entries

hemu noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Swedish

1 entries

skinka noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Tagalog

2 entries

hamon noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
puwit noun (thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)

Tajik

1 entries

ветчина noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Taos

1 entries

xomúnenemą noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Thai

1 entries

แฮม noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Turkish

1 entries

jambon noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Turkmen

1 entries

skin noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ву́джениця noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
о́корок noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
о́кіст noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
ши́нка noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Uzbek

2 entries

goʻshti noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
vetchina noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Vietnamese

2 entries

Cham name (a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)
giăm bông noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

hamon noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Welsh

2 entries

cig moch noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
ham noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

West-Frisian

1 entries

hokse noun (region back of the knee joint)

Yiddish

2 entries

וועטשינאַ noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)
שינקע noun (thigh of a hog cured for food)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Some children brought peanut butter sandwiches, some ham, and others cheese.

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Would you slice me a piece of ham, please?

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After all, Stella was the only person who had the ham.

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He likes ham and eggs.

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