Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "spam" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

can container inbox

Coordinate Terms

bacn

Derived Terms

ghost spam hailstorm spam referral spam snowshoe spam spam in a can spambot spamdexing spammer spamming spammy spamsilog spamvertisement spamvertiser spamvertising spamvertizement spamwich

Derived From

ham

Context

computer science computing internet video games

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

canned meat e-mail e-mail electronic mail email email netmail tinned meat

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

blogspam link spam log spam mass spam referrer spam social spam spam killer spam musubi spam relay

Type Of (IsA)

canned food canned meat electronic mail email food lunch meat meat mixture product ready to eat food unsolicited electronic mail unwanted and unsolicited commercial email

Manner Of

e mail

Parts (Meronyms)

e-mail email

Related Terms

Official SPAM home page

Related Terms

ability commercial content flood generate ham spell undesired

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