Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "rim" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Pacific Rim Scenic Rim above the rim elbow rim hornrims push rim rim brake rim job rim lock rim out rim shot rim tape rimbase rimbellisher rimfire rimjob rimland rimless rimmaker rimmaking rimmer rimpull rimrock rimshot rimstone sea-rim split rim

Etymologically Related To

ream

Context

automotive basketball cycling dialectal slang uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bound boundary edge furnish hoop line offer projection provide render ring roll round shape run along supply turn over

Type Of (IsA)

boundary crater hoop land topographical feature natural thing round shape

Manner Of

line roll supply

Parts (Meronyms)

felloe

Part Of

wheel

Related Terms

alloy wheel mag wheel ream job

Related Terms

abdomen basketball basketball hoop belly circuit contour cup cup edge edge glass glass edge hoop intestines mag wheel membrane outer outer edge wheel wheel edge wheelrim

Synonym Network

border brim confine curb edge flange girdle margin skirt verge

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.