adam
Speech parts
1. adam - Noun
2. Adam - Proper noun
Meaning
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
"Original sin;" human frailty.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Antonyms
Show all antonymsHypernyms
Phrases with the word
Anagrams
Examples
Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.
If homosexuality were normal, God would have created Adam and Bruce.
Adam was the luckiest of men: he had no mother-in-law.
A man without passion is no son of Adam.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.