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

2 senses of rum

Sense 1
rum -- (liquor distilled from fermented molasses)
       => liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink -- (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)

Sense 2
rummy, rum -- (a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards)
       => card game, cards -- (a game played with playing cards)

Antonyms of adj rum

1 sense of rum

Sense 1
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior")

INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar -- (within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences")

Similarity of adj rum

1 sense of rum

Sense 1
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior")
       => strange (vs. familiar), unusual -- (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has")

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