GROOM
Dictionary entry overview: What does groom mean?
• GROOM (noun)
The noun GROOM has 3 senses:
1. a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
2. someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
3. a man who has recently been married
Familiarity information: GROOM used as a noun is uncommon.
• GROOM (verb)
The verb GROOM has 3 senses:
1. prepare (someone) for a future role or function
2. give a neat appearance to
3. care for one's external appearance
Familiarity information: GROOM used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GROOM (noun)
Meaning:
A man participant in his own marriage ceremony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
groom; bridegroom
Hypernyms ("groom" is a kind of...):
participant (someone who takes part in an activity)
Holonyms ("groom" is a member of...):
wedding; wedding party (a party of people at a wedding)
Meaning:
Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
stableman; stableboy; ostler; hostler; groom
Hypernyms ("groom" is a kind of...):
hand; hired hand; hired man (a hired laborer on a farm or ranch)
Meaning:
A man who has recently been married
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bridegroom; groom
Hypernyms ("groom" is a kind of...):
honeymooner; newlywed (someone recently married)
• GROOM (verb)
Meaning:
Prepare (someone) for a future role or function
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
groom; train; prepare
Context examples:
He is grooming his son to become his successor / The prince was prepared to become King one day / They trained him to be a warrior
Hypernyms (to "groom" is one way to...):
educate (give an education to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "groom"):
dispose; qualify (make fit or prepared)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Give a neat appearance to
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
groom; curry; dress
Context examples:
groom the dogs / dress the horses
Hypernyms (to "groom" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They groom the animals
Meaning:
Care for one's external appearance
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
neaten; groom
Context example:
He is always well-groomed
Hypernyms (to "groom" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "groom"):
perfume; scent (apply perfume to)
slick up; smarten up; spruce; spruce up (dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion)
do up; doll up; glam up; pretty up (use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.)
pedicure (care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.)
barber (perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of)
manicure (care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.)
make up (apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier)
clean up (make oneself clean, presentable or neat)
pomade (apply pomade to (hair))
gel; mousse (apply a styling gel to)
arrange; coif; coiffe; coiffure; do; dress; set (arrange attractively)
comb; comb out; disentangle (smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb)
shave (remove body hair with a razor)
clean; cleanse (clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
