jones

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsMother JonesMary Harris Jones

   Broaderlabor leader
2. 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)

   SynonymsCasey JonesJohn Luther Jones

   Broaderengineer
3. 3.

   United States golfer (1902-1971)

   SynonymsBobby JonesRobert Tyre Jones

   Broadergolfer
4. 4.

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

   SynonymsJohn Paul Jones

   Broadernaval commander
5. 5.

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

   SynonymsInigo Jones

   Broaderarchitect
6. 6.

   English phonetician (1881-1967)

   SynonymsDaniel Jones

   Broaderphonetician

Other forms of jones

plural

joneses·

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 jones

What does jones mean?

jones means "United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jones?

jones has 1 syllable: jones. In IPA it is /ˈdʒoʊnz/.

What is another word for jones?

Close synonyms include Mother Jones, Mary Harris Jones, Casey Jones, John Luther Jones, Bobby Jones. 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 jones a common word?

jones is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.