jones

/dʒˈoʊnz/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
2. 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)
3. United States golfer (1902-1971)
4. American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
5. one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)
6. English phonetician (1881-1967)

Synonyms for jones

• Mother Jones
• Mary Harris Jones
• Casey Jones
• John Luther Jones
• Bobby Jones
• Robert Tyre Jones
• John Paul Jones
• Inigo Jones
• Daniel Jones

Words that rhyme with jones

• bones
• crossbones
• airfones
• allophones
• anglophones
• anticyclones
• backbones
• baritones
• bemoans
• businessphones
• cellphones
• chaperones
• cheekbones
• cherrystones
• clones
• cobblestones
• condones
• cones
• cornerstones
• cyclones
• daimones
• drones
• earphones
• flagstones
• flintstones
• fones
• gallstones
• garcons
• gemstones
• gladstones