Definitions for Tom

Tom tom

Spelling: [tom]
IPA: /tɒm/

Tom is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in Tom (mot).

Definitions for Tom

noun

  1. the male of various animals, as the turkey.
  2. a tomcat.
  3. Uncle Tom.
  4. a male given name, form of Thomas.
  5. Abigail (Smith) 1744–1818, U.S. social and political figure (wife of John Adams).
  6. Alice, 1926–1999, U.S. writer.
  7. Ansel, 1902–84, U.S. photographer.
  8. Brooks, 1848–1927, U.S. historian and political scientist (son of Charles Francis Adams and brother of Henry Brooks Adams).
  9. Charles Francis, 1807–86, U.S. statesman: minister to Great Britain 1861–68 (son of John Quincy Adams).
  10. Franklin P(ierce) ("F.P.A") 1881–1960, U.S. author and columnist.
  11. Henry (Brooks) 1838–1918, U.S. historian, writer, and teacher (son of Charles Francis Adams).
  12. James Truslow [truhs-loh] /ˈtrʌs loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1949, U.S. historian.
  13. John, 1735–1826, 2nd president of the U.S. 1797–1801: a leader in the American Revolution.
  14. John Michael Geoffrey Manningham [man-ing-uh m] /ˈmæn ɪŋ əm/ (Show IPA), ("Tom") 1931–85, Barbadian political leader: prime minister 1976–85.
  15. John Quincy [kwin-zee,, -see] /ˈkwɪn zi,, -si/ (Show IPA), 1767–1848, 6th president of the U.S. 1825–29; secretary of state 1817–25 (son of John Adams).
  16. Léonie Fuller [ley-oh-nee] /leɪˈoʊ ni/ (Show IPA), 1899–1988, U.S. poet.
  17. Maude (Maude Kiskadden) 1872–1953, U.S. actress.
  18. Roger, 1889–1971, U.S. chemist.
  19. Samuel, 1722–1803, American statesman: a leader in the American Revolution.
  20. Samuel Hopkins, 1874–1958, U.S. journalist and novelist.
  21. Walter Sydney, 1876–1956, U.S. astronomer.
  22. Mount. a mountain in SW Washington, in the Cascade Range. 12,307 feet (3751 meters).
  23. a mountain in N New Hampshire, in the White Mountains. 5798 feet (1767 meters).
  24. a city in W Massachusetts.
  25. Thomas Wade ("Tom") 1924–2000, U.S. football player and coach.
  26. Thomas Edwin ("Tom") 1880–1940, U.S. film actor in westerns.
  27. (George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
  28. James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
  29. John ("Ian Maclaren") 1850–1907, Scottish clergyman and novelist.
  30. John Broadus [braw-duh s] /ˈbrɔ dəs/ (Show IPA), 1878–1958, U.S. psychologist.
  31. John Christian, 1867–1941, Australian statesman, born in Chile: prime minister 1904.
  32. Thomas Augustus, 1854–1934, U.S. electrical experimenter, associated with Alexander Graham Bell.
  33. Thomas John, 1874–1956, U.S. industrialist.
  34. Thomas Sturges [stur-jis] /ˈstɜr dʒɪs/ (Show IPA), ("Tom") born 1949, U.S. golfer.
  35. Sir William, 1858–1935, English poet.
  36. a male given name.
  37. Bill (William Warren) born 1943, U.S. basketball player and politician: senator from New Jersey 1979–97.
  38. Francis Herbert, 1846–1924, English philosopher.
  39. Henry, 1845–1923, English lexicographer and philologist.
  40. Omar Nelson, 1893–1981, U.S. general: Chief of Staff 1948–49; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949–53.
  41. Thomas ("Tom") 1917–1998, U.S. politician: mayor of Los Angeles 1973–93.
  42. a town in NE Illinois.
  43. a male given name.
  44. Alvan, 1804–87, and his son Alvan Graham, 1832–97, U.S. astronomers and telescope-lens manufacturers.
  45. Champ [champ] /tʃæmp/ (Show IPA), (James Beauchamp) 1850–1921, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1911–19.
  46. (Charles) Joseph ("Joe") born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1979–80.
  47. George Rogers, 1752–1818, U.S. soldier.
  48. John Bates [beyts] /beɪts/ (Show IPA), 1847–1938, U.S. economist and educator.
  49. Kenneth B(ancroft) 1914–2005, U.S. psychologist and educator, born in the Panama Canal Zone.
  50. Sir Kenneth McKenzie, Baron Clark of Saltwood [sawlt-woo d] /ˈsɔltˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, English art historian.
  51. Mark Wayne, 1896–1984, U.S. general.
  52. Thomas Campbell ("Tom") 1899–1977, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1949–67.
  53. Walter Van Tilburg [van til-berg] /væn ˈtɪl bərg/ (Show IPA), 1909–71, U.S. author.
  54. William, 1770–1838, U.S. soldier and explorer (brother of George R. Clark): on expedition with Meriwether Lewis 1804–06.
  55. a male given name: a surname, ultimately derived from clerk.

verb (used without object)

  1. (often lowercase) to act like an Uncle Tom.

Origin of Tom

First recorded in 1755-65; generic use of the male given name Tom

Examples for Tom

tom Rust, a spokesman for the House Ethics Committee, declined to comment to The Daily Beast.

tom Cotton credits Harvard as the place where he “discovered political philosophy as a way of life.”

DO you reckon tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures?

There, many minority parents supported tom Torklarson, who favored the education reform agenda.

So we was all quiet and still, Jim and me being scared, and tom busy.

tom said we was right in the midst of the Arabian Nights now.

tom Brady, the prettiest of pretty boys, leads the Patriots.

As to the Gifted, I have heard tom say often, that he was certain he was in a fit, and had it inwardly.

Retired Det. tom Nerney, formerly of the NYPD Major Case Squad, investigated Shakur.

It made him sick to listen to tom, and to hear the people say "My land!"

Word Value for Tom
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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