Tom

//tɑm//

Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Capable Of

dare tell girl friend face sam father child nail becky

Coordinate Terms

TIC TIM TOC gib queen

Derived Terms

Derived From

Desires

Etymologically Related To

tomato tomfoolery uncle tom

Context

british cockney rhyming slang derogatory fruit greengrocers music nautical slang us

Has Property

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

African-American Black Black person Felis catus Felis domesticus Meleagris gallopavo Negro Negroid blackamoor domestic cat house cat turkey

Type Of (IsA)

cowboy domestic cat fire fighter mad tom left mary washing car

Receives Action

attracted to jack

Related Terms

chao tom peeping tom plum tom tom boy tom cat tom kha tom kha gai tom kha kai tom tit tom yam tom yum tom-cat tom-tom tom-tom drum tom-tom drummer tom-tommer whip-tom-kelly

Related Terms

Synonym Network

male tomcat turkey cock

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