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Definitions

rummy

[ruhm-ee] / ˈrʌm i /
ADJECTIVE
eccentric
Synonyms
STRONG
aberrant beat bent characteristic crazy freak funny irregular oddball offbeat singular weird wild
WEAK
abnormal anomalous bizarre capricious cockeyed cranky curious droll erratic far-out flaky freakish funky idiosyncratic kooky nutty odd off the wall off-center out in left field outlandish peculiar quaint quirky quizzical strange uncommon unconventional unnatural unusual way-out whimsical
Antonyms
STRONG
common normal regular standard usual
NOUN
drunkard
Synonyms
STRONGEST
drunkard
STRONG
alcoholic boozer carouser dipso dipsomaniac drinker drunk guzzler inebriate lush sot sponge tippler wino

Example Sentences

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"I also lost to my daugher Sophia at cards over Christmas. We played rummy and I think she was cheating - a lot like AI, she was definitely getting some help from somewhere."

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

A friendship blossoms thanks to a shared affection for gin rummy, but Jones slowly reveals Fish’s tenderness, the possibility of romance spreading out in front of him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

We play gin rummy together by candlelight after dinner.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022

Roberta later would take her own three children on similar long educational road trips, as well as regularly touring the world with Rowena while they continued a gin rummy game that reportedly lasted for decades.

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2020

She taught me how to play rummy, which is a card game Americans play at summer camps.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.