English dictionary

Uncle Tom

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites

noun.person

Synonyms tom

Source: WordNet 3.0
a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0