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SIM¹

noun

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of simulation
  2. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of SIM card
  3. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of social influence marketing
  4. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Subscriber Identity Module Despite the ongoing health crisis, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered phone operators in the country to block SIM cards not linked to a national identity number (NIN), used to bundle together biometric records such as fingerprints and headshots.
  5. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of scanning ion microscope
  6. England, Wales, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of search of the index map
  7. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of security information management

Sim²

  • /sɪm/

Rhymes with -ɪm

Where it comes from

From Middle English Sym, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.

proper noun Simm · Shim

  1. A male given name, diminutive of Simeon and Simon. The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.
  2. A Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.

Sim³

  • /sɪm/

Rhymes with -ɪm

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hokkien 沈 (Sím) or Teochew 沈 (sim2).

proper noun Simm · Shim

  1. A surname from Hokkien.

Sim⁴

  • /sɪm/

Rhymes with -ɪm

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Korean 심(沈) (Sim).

proper noun Simm · Shim

  1. A surname from Korean.

Sim⁵

  • /sɪm/

Rhymes with -ɪm

noun Sims · Simm · Shim

  1. A Simeonite (follower of Charles Simeon).
  2. broadly A person with Methodist tendencies.

Sim⁶

  • /sɪm/

Rhymes with -ɪm

Where it comes from

From the title of The Sims, which most likely came from a clipping of simulation, as The Sims, SimCity, and related franchises are simulation games; compare sim (“simulator, simulation”).

noun Sims · Simm · Shim

  1. Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human social environment.
  2. derogatory, often Someone who is, or is accused of, acting like a bumbling fool. Near-synonym: NPC

    Similar: NPC

sim⁷

  • /sɪm/

Rhymes with -ɪm

noun sims

  1. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of simulator They played a flight sim all afternoon.
  2. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of simulation
  3. informal A simulation session or scenario.

verb sims · simming · simmed

  1. abbreviation, clipping, informal, uncommon Clipping of simulate

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dmi, msi, mie, sem, mis, ism, slm, yes, affirmative, intelligent, dvs, indeed, contrary, shim, favour, pua

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Chicago

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@misc{sim_2026,
  title = {sim},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sim},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}