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Tim¹

  • /tɪm/
  • [tʰɪm]

Rhymes with -ɪm

proper noun Tims

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Timothy and Timon (rare). “Did you say Tim Donohue? I’m Tim Donohue,” my Tim said. […] It now occurred to me that the two Tims had been neighbors.

noun Tims

  1. Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang A Catholic.
  2. slang A supporter of the Scottish football team Celtic F.C..

TIM²

  • /tɪm/

Rhymes with -ɪm

Where it comes from

The service was originally reached in major cities by dialling the letters TIM (846) on a dial telephone.

proper noun

  1. UK A nickname for the speaking clock.

TIM³

  • /tɪm/

Rhymes with -ɪm

Where it comes from

Abbreviation. In the sense "trans-identified male", when applied to trans women by transphobes, perhaps influenced by the name Tim.

noun TIMs

  1. abbreviation, countable, derogatory, initialism, offensive, uncountable Initialism of trans-identified male, referring to a trans woman.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of time interval meter
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of triosephosphateisomerase
  4. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of time-in-minutes

    Similar: TiM, T-I-M, T-i-M, T.I.M.

  5. countable, uncountable Translocon on Inner cellular Membrane

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: regular, timmy, jim, milligan, pim, thomas, timothy, psa, mtr, mic, tin, tims, mechanism, mbt, mip, gdr

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MLA

"Tim." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tim. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{tim_2026,
  title = {Tim},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tim},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}