Moore

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Moore

/mʊə/ UK
/mɔː/ UK
/moː/ British, Southern, Standard
/mʊɹ/ US
/mʉɾ/ Scotland
[mʉːɾ] Scotland

Sounds like moor · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

The surname has converged from several different meanings; see Moore on Wikipedia.

proper noun

Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
A village in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5784).
A surname from English or Irish, similarly derived. Twenty-six-year-old Josh Moore was banned because officials said he'd broken Xbox's code of conduct by saying he lives in Fort Gay, West Virginia - a name branded offensive by the company.
A rural town and locality in Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.
A minor city in Butte County, Idaho.
An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
A town in Fergus County, Montana.
A locality in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
A city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
A township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Frio County, Texas.
An unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah.
An extinct town in Chelan County, Washington.
An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
alternative Alternative spelling of More (“a Volta-Congo language”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bloomfield, messman, oliver, damon, striegel, mori, murree, moro, bramley, murr, moor, mor, sheffield, heyse, meighen, swamp

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MLA

"Moore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/moore. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Moore. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/moore

Chicago

"Moore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/moore.

BibTeX

@misc{moore_2026,
  title = {Moore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}