Antonyms for
sam
A diminutive of the male given names Samuel or Samson.
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All Definitions for Sam

Below are all the dictionary definitions of sam:

1A diminutive of the male given names Samuel or Samson.
2A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
3The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.
4Synonym of Dicky Sam (“a man from Liverpool”)
5A surname from Cantonese, a romanization of 岑 (sam⁴) or 沈 (cam⁴ / zam³).
6A surname from Khmer
7A town in Alibori department, Benin.
8A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso.
9A town in Bourzanga department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
10A village in Kongoussi department, Bam, Burkina Faso.
11A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.
12Federal narcotics agent.
13To assemble.
14To bring together
15Join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
16To bring together
17Collect
18Put in order
19Arrange.
20To assemble
21Come together.
22To coagulate
23Curdle (milk).
24Half or imperfectly done.
25Half-heated.
26Together
27Initialism of surface-to-air missile. [(military) A ground-based anti-aircraft missile.]
28Acronym of Sample Analysis at Mars (a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory on board the Curiosity rover on Mars.)
29Initialism of shared appreciation mortgage. [A mortgage in which the lender agrees to receive some or all of the repayment in the form of a share of the increase in value of the property.]
30Initialism of self-assembled monolayer.
31Initialism of single abstract method.
32Initialism of split attraction model. [(psychology) A model of human desire which distinguishes sexual and romantic attraction.]
33Initialism of systolic anterior motion.
34Initialism of smartass masochist
35A brat.

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About antonyms for sam

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