adam

1. 1.

   (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race

   Broaderman

   Old Testament

2. 2.

   Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)

   SynonymsRobert Adam

   Broaderarchitect
3. 3.

   street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

   SynonymsecstasyXTCgodisco biscuitcristalXhug drug

   Broadermethylenedioxymethamphetamine

Other forms of adam

plural

adams·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about adam

What does adam mean?

adam means "(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adam?

adam has 2 syllables: ad-am. The stress falls on "ad". In IPA it is /ˈædəm/.

What is another word for adam?

Close synonyms include Robert Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adam a common word?

adam is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.