trump

1. 1.

   a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps

   “the ace of trumps is a sure winner”

   Synonymstrump card

   Broaderplaying card
2. 2.

   (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand

   “clubs were declared trumps”

   “a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led”

   Broadersuit

   card game

3. 3.

   a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

   Synonymscornethorntrumpet

   Broaderbrass

   Narrowerserpent

Other forms of trump

plural

trumps·

past tense

trumped·

present participle

trumping·

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 trump

What does trump mean?

trump means "produce a sound as if from a trumpet". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trump?

trump has 1 syllable: trump. In IPA it is /ˈtɹʌmp/.

What is another word for trump?

Close synonyms include outdo, outflank, best, scoop, ruff. 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 trump a common word?

trump 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.