English dictionary

Jones

/dZ//oU/nz/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.person

Synonyms mary harris jones mother jones

Source: WordNet 3.0
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)

noun.person

Synonyms casey jones john luther jones

Source: WordNet 3.0
United States golfer (1902-1971)

noun.person

Synonyms bobby jones robert tyre jones

Source: WordNet 3.0
American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)

noun.person

Synonyms john paul jones

Source: WordNet 3.0
one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)

noun.person

Synonyms inigo jones

Source: WordNet 3.0
English phonetician (1881-1967)

noun.person

Synonyms daniel jones

Source: WordNet 3.0