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Rum

/ɹʌm/

A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

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📖 Definitions of "Rum"

noun

1
A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
"The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors."
2
A serving of rum.
"Jake tossed down three rums."
3
A kind or brand of rum.
4
A queer or odd person or thing.

🔄 Synonyms of "Rum"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
peculiarnoun	Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
strangenoun	Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
unusualnoun	Not usual, out of the ordinary.
curious	Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
queernoun	(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
singularnoun	Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
rummynoun	A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
funnynoun	Amusing; humorous; comical.
oddnoun	Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rum"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
queernoun	(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
funnynoun	(informal) A joke.
peculiarnoun	That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
strangenoun	(slang, uncountable) Sex outside of one's current relationship.
singularnoun	(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
oddnoun	(informal) Something left over, not forming part of a set.
curious	Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
unusualnoun	Something that is unusual; an anomaly.
rummynoun	A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.
grognoun	An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
alenoun	A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
liquornoun	(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Strong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
placenoun	(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
romanynoun	Alternative form of Romani (“a member of the Roma people”). [A member of the Roma, a nomadic people with origins in India.]
romanoun	A nomadic people with origins in India, the Romani.
romannoun	(typography) One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight.
cbcnoun	(Canada, television, radio) Initialism of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
romenoun	A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire.
mbrnoun	Initialism of master bedroom. [A room in a house, in which the head of the household sleeps, typically larger and better furnished than other bedrooms.]
bbsnoun	(telecommunications, Internet) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.