Bum

Meaning of Bum

noun
  1. a vagrant.
    bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich
  2. a person who devotes a great deal of time to a specified activity.
    a ski bum
verb
  1. get by asking or begging.
    they tried to bum money off us
    she bummed a cigarette from me
    I bummed a ride into town with him
adjective
  1. of poor quality; bad or wrong.
    not one bum note was played

mid 19th century: probably from bummer.

noun
  1. a person's buttocks or anus.
    if you sit there you'll get a cold bum

late Middle English: of unknown origin.

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Hyphenation of Bum

Bum

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • Bum is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Bum synonyms

Meaning cheap:

cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny

Meaning rotter:

rotter, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb, lowlife, git

Meaning tramp:

tramp, hobo

Meaning idler:

idler, loafer, layabout

Meaning buttocks:

buttocks, nates, butt, backside, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rump, stern, seat, tail, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, fanny, ass

Meaning mooch:

mooch, cadge, grub, sponge

Meaning bum around:

loaf, loll

Meaning a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging:

vagrant

Meaning a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job:

vagabond

Meaning a person without a home, job, or property:

derelict

Meaning a person who travels from place to place:

itinerant

Meaning a person who is travelling or who often travels:

traveller

Meaning a person who is continually moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job:

drifter

Meaning a person who travels aimlessly; a traveller:

wanderer

Meaning a person who walks along a beach looking for valuable or interesting items:

beachcomber

Meaning a person who has been rejected or ostracized by their society or social group:

outcast

Meaning an outcast:

pariah

Meaning a person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food:

beggar

Meaning a beggar:

mendicant

Meaning an agent who collects or distributes the proceeds of illicit activities:

bagman

Meaning an alcoholic drink taken at sunset:

sundowner

Meaning a person carrying a swag or bundle of belongings:

swagman

Meaning a homeless person:

streety

Meaning a young person who is homeless or travels constantly, has a shabby appearance, and rejects conventional values:

crusty

Meaning a person who sleeps rough; a tramp:

dosser

Meaning seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth:

scrounge

Meaning ask for food or money as charity:

beg

Meaning take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it:

borrow

Meaning become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs:

scab

Meaning shirk responsibility and live off the efforts of others:

bludge

Meaning of poor quality or a low standard:

bad

Meaning of a low or inferior standard or quality:

poor

Meaning lower in rank, status, or quality:

inferior

Meaning not satisfactory; not good enough:

unsatisfactory

Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:

inadequate

Meaning not satisfactory or allowable:

unacceptable

Meaning below the usual or required standard:

substandard

Meaning not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient:

deficient

Meaning not perfect; faulty or incomplete:

imperfect

Meaning imperfect or faulty:

defective

Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:

faulty

Meaning badly made or done:

shoddy

Meaning done in an unskilful or inept way:

amateurish

Meaning not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors:

careless

Meaning failing to take proper care over something:

negligent

Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:

dreadful

Meaning very bad or unpleasant:

awful

Meaning extremely bad or serious:

terrible

Meaning causing moral revulsion:

abominable

Meaning very unpleasant, serious, or shocking:

frightful

Meaning horrifyingly wicked:

atrocious

Meaning shockingly unacceptable:

disgraceful

Meaning deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable:

deplorable

Meaning feeling or causing despair:

hopeless

Meaning having no real value or use:

worthless

Meaning so ludicrous as to be amusing:

laughable

Meaning (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable:

lamentable

Meaning (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:

miserable

Meaning feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else's misfortune:

sorry

Meaning disgracefully bad or unpleasant:

diabolical

Meaning extremely bad or unpleasant:

execrable, godawful

Meaning suffering from decay:

rotten

Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:

pathetic

Meaning having no ability or skill in a specified activity or area:

useless

Meaning characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery:

woeful

Meaning very poor or bad:

lousy

Meaning causing shock or dismay; horrific:

appalling

Meaning extremely bad; appalling:

abysmal

Meaning deserving or arousing pity:

pitiful

Meaning extremely serious or urgent:

dire

Meaning a flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag:

duff

Meaning (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring:

chronic

Meaning very bad; worthless or useless:

rubbish

Meaning resembling a rope, especially in being long, strong, and fibrous:

ropy

Meaning of poor quality; worthless:

poxy

Meaning extremely poor in quality:

crap

Meaning faeces:

shit

Meaning worthless or contemptible (used as a general term of abuse):

chickenshit

Meaning either side of the face below the eye:

cheeks

Meaning a buttock and thigh considered together, in a human or animal:

haunches

Meaning a child's word for a person's bottom:

botty

Meaning a person's bottom:

jacksie

Meaning valuable stolen goods, especially those seized in war:

booty

Meaning a railway wagon with accommodation for the train crew, typically attached to the end of the train:

caboose

Meaning a person's buttocks:

heinie

Meaning a girlfriend or attractive young woman:

patootie

Meaning a person's buttocks or anus:

tuchis, arse

Meaning a person's mouth:

bazoo

Meaning mad; insane:

batty

Meaning the part of a cannon behind the bore:

breech

Bum antonyms

Meaning extremely good; outstanding:

excellent

Translation of Bum

Words that rhyme with Bum

bum, stumblebum, sebum, cibum, Jalbum, album, photoalbum, Stilbum, crumbum, plumbum, verbum, stewbum, Silybum, silybum

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