Gum Synonyms

gŭm
The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. glue
  2. gingiva
  3. resin
  4. mucilage
  5. pitch
  6. tar
  7. acacia
  8. chewing
  9. adhesive
  10. pine-tar
  11. bilsted
  12. cheat
  13. cohesive substance
  14. chicle
  15. eucalyptus
  16. rosin
  17. frankincense
  18. amber
  19. hive
  20. kino
  21. wax
  22. mastic
  23. masticatory
  24. myrrh
  25. resina
  26. stick
  27. tissue
  28. trick
A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chewing-gum
Any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gum-tree
Wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gumwood
Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. mumble
  2. resinate

Words Related to Gum

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. tragacanth
  2. skin
  3. guar
  4. sugarless
  5. tooth
  6. toenail
  7. inhalator
  8. saliva

Gum Sentence Examples

  • Its chief exports are rubber, gum, coffee and copper.

  • The majority of plant specimens are most suitably fastened on paper by a mixture of equal parts of gum tragacanth and gum arabic made into a thick paste with water.

  • Forests of iron-wood and blue gum have also been planted.

  • These are then hermetically closed, and left for a few hours for the gum to ferment and loosen.

  • Thence the silk is taken to a washing machine, and the loosened gum thoroughly washed away.

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