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

2 senses of gram

Sense 1
gram, gramme, gm, g -- (a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram)
       => metric weight unit, weight unit -- (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Sense 2
Gram, Hans C. J. Gram -- (Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938))
       INSTANCE OF=> bacteriologist -- (a biologist who studies bacteria)