bum
VERBNOUNADJECTIVE
/bəm/
3 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH B
bum is a valid 3-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3U1M3
3 + 1 + 3 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING
What does bum mean?
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
Be lazy or idle.
“Her son is just bumming around all day”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NOUN · 4 SENSES
1
Person who does no work.
“a lazy bum”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
“throw the bum out”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
3
A vagrant.
“he tried to help the really down-and-out bums”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
4
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Of very poor quality; flimsy.
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR