gammon Synonyms
Another word for gammon
• noun (Context 1)
Meat from the hind leg of a pig that has been cured by salting or smoking like bacon and must be cooked before being eaten.
"We served roasted ham with pineapple rings and roasted potatoes for Sunday dinner."
• noun (Context 2)
(archaic or informal) Nonsense, humbug, or ridiculous talk intended to deceive someone.
"The shopkeeper dismissed the traveler's extravagant excuses as pure nonsense."
• verb (Context 3)
To deceive, hoax, or mislead someone with plausible talk or false pretenses (now chiefly archaic or dialectal).
"The con artist tried to deceive the tourists into buying counterfeit tickets."
• verb (Context 4)
To cure the hind leg of a pig by salting and smoking to make bacon or gammon.
"Traditional butchers still cure the pork cuts in their own smokehouses."
Opposites of gammon
The opposite of gammon shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: