bacon

/bˈeɪkən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
2. English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
3. English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

Synonyms for bacon

• Roger Bacon
• Francis Bacon
• Sir Francis Bacon
• Baron Verulam
• 1st Baron Verulam
• Viscount St. Albans

Words that rhyme with bacon

• awaken
• macon
• mistaken
• taken
• waken
• reawaken
• shaken
• unshaken
• chaiken
• forsaken
• hakan
• mcmaken
• overtaken
• raycon
• retaken
• shaiken
• undertaken