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jones

/d͡ʒoʊnz/noun1 syllable

Jones means: United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930).

Synonyms for jones9

noun, as in United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

Mother Jones, Mary Harris Jones

noun, as in United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)

Casey Jones, John Luther Jones

noun, as in United States golfer (1902-1971)

Bobby Jones, Robert Tyre Jones

noun, as in American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)

John Paul Jones

noun, as in one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)

Inigo Jones

noun, as in English phonetician (1881-1967)

Daniel Jones

What does jones mean?6

noun

1

United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

2

United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)

3

United States golfer (1902-1971)

4

American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)

5

one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)

6

English phonetician (1881-1967)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with jones?13

two syllables

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Jones in a sentence

  • Instead of beating around the bush, Jones got straight to the point.CN
  • Please drop off this package at the Jones' when you go to work.CN
  • Mr Jones was looked upon as a great scholar.unknown
  • A person named Jones came while you were out.CP
  • Miss Jones made a face when she heard the news.CP
  • Tim is the black sheep of the Jones' family.CP
  • A person named Jones has come to see you.CP
  • Mr. Jones reprimanded me for falling asleep during class.yifen238

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Forms of jones

as a noun

plural
joneses