Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun james

10 senses of james

Sense 1
James, James IV -- (a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513))
       INSTANCE OF=> king, male monarch, Rex -- (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Sense 2
James, James II -- (the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701))
       INSTANCE OF=> King of England, King of Great Britain -- (the sovereign ruler of England)

Sense 3
James, James I, King James, King James I -- (the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625))
       INSTANCE OF=> King of England, King of Great Britain -- (the sovereign ruler of England)

Sense 4
James, Jesse James -- (United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882))
       INSTANCE OF=> criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor -- (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Sense 5
James, William James -- (United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910))
       INSTANCE OF=> psychologist -- (a scientist trained in psychology)
       INSTANCE OF=> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 6
James, Henry James -- (writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 7
James, Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle, St. James the Apostle -- ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament)
       INSTANCE OF=> Apostle -- ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Sense 8
James, James River -- (a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")

Sense 9
James, James River -- (a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")

Sense 10
Epistle of James, James -- (a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle)
       INSTANCE OF=> Epistle -- (a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb jam

7 senses of jam

Sense 1
throng, mob, pack, pile, jam -- (press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium")
       => crowd, crowd together -- (to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah")

Sense 2
jam -- (push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor")
       => push, force -- (move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner")

Sense 3
jam, crush -- (crush or bruise; "jam a toe")
       => bruise, contuse -- (injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee")

Sense 4
jam, block -- (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station")
       => interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off -- (make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages")

Sense 5
jam -- (get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed")
       => malfunction, misfunction -- (fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned")

Sense 6
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad -- (crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked")
       => stuff -- (cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets")

Sense 7
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path")
       => impede, hinder -- (be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project")

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