Standard Lemma guide

g

character · noun · num · 33 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • letter, name: /d͡ʒiː/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: gee
  • phoneme: /ɡ/
  • phoneme: /d͡ʒ/
  • letter, name: /dʒiː/
  • rhymes with -iː
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

character

Meaning 1

The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: letter, lowercase

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A unit of gravitational acceleration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • pull Gs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Abbreviation of gram.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Abbreviation of general intelligence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable

Qualifier: psychometrics; usually italicized; psychometrics; usually italicized

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Abbreviation of grand (“thousand (dollars, pounds etc.)”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Abbreviation of good.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, slang, uncountable

Examples

  • All g, it happens.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Abbreviation of gangster.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Abbreviation of grin; often enclosed in * * or < > to indicate that the user is grinning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Green.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

General (suitable for a general audience).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, US, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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12

noun

Meaning 12

Abbreviation of goals, a sports statistic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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13

noun

Meaning 13

Ground floor (of a building).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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14

noun

Meaning 14

A galaxy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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15

noun

Meaning 15

Gravity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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16

noun

Meaning 16

Abbreviation of genitive case.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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17

noun

Meaning 17

The academic grade that comes next below F.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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18

noun

Meaning 18

Abbreviation of gangster; often used to address one's friend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, butty, chaver, china, chuck, chum, cock, cocker, cobber, compadre, comrade, companion, cove, crony, dawg, dude, duck, fam, fettler, friend, geez, geezer, gink, good old boy, homeskillet, homie, kith, lover, marrow, mate, matey, mucker, old bean, pal, pardner, peeps, punk, shag, sport, surry, tovarish, wantok

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

Abbreviation of government spending.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: economics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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20

noun

Meaning 20

Alternative letter-case form of g (unit of gravitational acceleration).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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21

noun

Meaning 21

Abbreviation of gamma-hydroxybutyrate or gamma-butyrolactone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Qualifier: drug slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

glucinum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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23

noun

Meaning 23

Initialism of grog: marked in the ship's books when a sailor took the daily rum ration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

num

Meaning 24

The seventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: lowercase

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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25

noun

Meaning 25

the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character

26

noun

Meaning 26

(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constant

27

noun

Meaning 27

a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gigabyte, gibibyte, GB, GiB

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer memory unit

28

noun

Meaning 28

a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gigabyte, GB

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer memory unit

29

noun

Meaning 29

a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gee, g-force

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: force unit

30

noun

Meaning 30

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gram, gramme, gm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric weight unit, weight unit

31

noun

Meaning 31

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, grand, thou, yard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

Narrower terms: millenary

32

noun

Meaning 32

one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deoxyguanosine monophosphate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nucleotide, base

33

noun

Meaning 33

a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: guanine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: purine

History

Etymology

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