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Timothy

name · noun · 12 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɪməθi/
  • [ˈthɪməθɪi̯]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪməθi
  • CMU ARPABET: T IH1 M AH0 TH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Either of two books in the New Testament (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy) which are epistles to Timothy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tim.

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A companion of Paul mentioned in the Bible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A male given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin, also borne by early Christian saints.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

An unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States; named for early postmaster Timothy Stephens.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A rare English surname originating as a patronymic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization for Mac Tomaltaigh (“son of Tomaltach”) (Tumulty).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense), native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Mountain timothy (Phleum alpinum), native to North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Grass of other species of genus Phleum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

a grass grown for hay

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hay

11

noun

Meaning 11

a disciple of Saint Paul who became the leader of the Christian community at Ephesus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Christian

12

noun

Meaning 12

grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: herd's grass, Phleum pratense

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grass

History

Etymology

From Middle French Timothée, from Latin Tīmotheus, from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos), from τῑμάω (tīmáō, “to honour”) + θεός (theós, “god”).

Named after Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.

Across languages

Translations

219 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Timoteus — books in the New Testament
  • Albanian: Timoteu — books in the New Testament
  • Albanian: Timotheu — books in the New Testament
  • Arabic: تِيمُوثَاوُس (tīmūṯāwus) — books in the New Testament
  • Armenian: Տիմոթեոս (Timotʻeos) — books in the New Testament
  • Basque: Timoteo — books in the New Testament
  • Breton: Timozeoz — books in the New Testament
  • Bulgarian: Тимотей (Timotej) — books in the New Testament
  • Catalan: Timoteu — books in the New Testament
  • Cebuano: Timoteo — books in the New Testament
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 提摩太書 /提摩太书 (Tì-mò̤-tái Cṳ̆) — books in the New Testament
  • Chinese Mandarin: 提摩太書 /提摩太书 (Tímótàishū) — books in the New Testament
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弟茂德書 /弟茂德书 (Dìmàodéshū) — books in the New Testament
  • Corsican: Timote — books in the New Testament
  • Czech: Timoteus — books in the New Testament
  • Danish: Timotheus — books in the New Testament
  • Dutch: Timoteüs — books in the New Testament
  • Estonian: Timoteosele — books in the New Testament
  • Faroese: Timoteus — books in the New Testament
  • Finnish: Kirje Timoteukselle — books in the New Testament
  • French: Timothée — books in the New Testament
  • West-Frisian: Timóteüs — books in the New Testament
  • Georgian: ტიმოთე (ṭimote) — books in the New Testament
  • German: Timotheus — books in the New Testament
  • Greek: Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) — books in the New Testament
  • Ancient Greek: Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) — books in the New Testament
  • Greenlandic: Timotheusi — books in the New Testament
  • Hawaiian: Timoteo — books in the New Testament
  • Hindi: तीमुथियुस (tīmuthiyus) — books in the New Testament
  • Hungarian: Timótheosz — books in the New Testament
  • Icelandic: Tímóteus — books in the New Testament
  • Ido: Timoteus — books in the New Testament
  • Indonesian: Timotius — books in the New Testament
  • Irish: Tiomóid — books in the New Testament
  • Italian: Timoteo — books in the New Testament
  • Japanese: テモテへの手紙 (Temote e no Tegami) — books in the New Testament
  • Kazakh: Тімоте (Tımote) — books in the New Testament
  • Latin: Timotheus — books in the New Testament
  • Latvian: Timotejam — books in the New Testament
  • Lavukaleve: Timothy — books in the New Testament
  • Limburgish: Timotheüs — books in the New Testament
  • Lithuanian: Laiškai Timotiejui — books in the New Testament
  • Maltese: Timotju — books in the New Testament
  • Manx: Timothy — books in the New Testament
  • Māori: Tīmoti — books in the New Testament
  • Norwegian: Timoteus — books in the New Testament
  • Polish: List do Tymoteusza — books in the New Testament
  • Portuguese: Timóteo — books in the New Testament
  • Romanian: Timotei — books in the New Testament
  • Scots: Timothy — books in the New Testament
  • Scottish Gaelic: Timoteuis — books in the New Testament
  • Slovak: Timotej — books in the New Testament
  • Slovene: Timotej — books in the New Testament
  • Spanish: Timoteo — books in the New Testament
  • Swahili: Timotheo — books in the New Testament
  • Swedish: Timotheosbreven — books in the New Testament
  • Tagalog: Timoteo — books in the New Testament
  • Turkish: Timoteos — books in the New Testament
  • Waray-Waray: Timoteo — books in the New Testament
  • Welsh: Timotheus — books in the New Testament
  • Zealandic: Timoteüs — books in the New Testament
  • Afrikaans: Timoteus — companion of Paul
  • Albanian: Timoteu — companion of Paul
  • Albanian: Timotheu — companion of Paul
  • Arabic: تِيمُوثَاوُس (tīmūṯāwus) — companion of Paul
  • Armenian: Տիմոթեոս (Timotʻeos) — companion of Paul
  • Old Armenian: Տիմոթէոս (Timotʻēos) — companion of Paul
  • Basque: Timoteo — companion of Paul
  • Breton: Timozeoz — companion of Paul
  • Bulgarian: Тимотей (Timotej) — companion of Paul
  • Catalan: Timoteu — companion of Paul
  • Cebuano: Timoteo — companion of Paul
  • Cherokee: ᏗᎹᏗ (dimadi) — companion of Paul
  • Cherokee: ᏘᎹᏗ (timadi) — companion of Paul
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 提摩太 (Tì-mò̤-tái) — companion of Paul
  • Chinese Mandarin: 提摩太 (Tímótài) — companion of Paul
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弟茂德 (Dìmàodé) — companion of Paul
  • Corsican: Timote — companion of Paul
  • Czech: Timoteus — companion of Paul
  • Danish: Timotheus — companion of Paul
  • Dutch: Timoteüs — companion of Paul
  • Estonian: Timoteos — companion of Paul
  • Faroese: Timoteus — companion of Paul
  • Finnish: Timoteus — companion of Paul
  • French: Timothée — companion of Paul
  • West-Frisian: Timóteüs — companion of Paul
  • Georgian: ტიმოთე (ṭimote) — companion of Paul
  • German: Timotheus — companion of Paul
  • Greek: Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) — companion of Paul
  • Ancient Greek: Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) — companion of Paul
  • Greenlandic: Timotheusi — companion of Paul
  • Hawaiian: Timoteo — companion of Paul
  • Hindi: तीमुथियुस (tīmuthiyus) — companion of Paul
  • Hungarian: Timótheosz — companion of Paul
  • Icelandic: Tímóteus — companion of Paul
  • Ido: Timoteus — companion of Paul
  • Indonesian: Timotius — companion of Paul
  • Irish: Tiomóid — companion of Paul
  • Old Irish: Tíamthe — companion of Paul
  • Italian: Timoteo — companion of Paul
  • Japanese: テモテ (Temote) — companion of Paul
  • Latin: Timotheus — companion of Paul
  • Latvian: Timotejam — companion of Paul
  • Lavukaleve: Timothy — companion of Paul
  • Limburgish: Timotheüs — companion of Paul
  • Lithuanian: Timotiejas — companion of Paul
  • Maltese: Timotju — companion of Paul
  • Manx: Timothy — companion of Paul
  • Māori: Tīmoti — companion of Paul
  • Norwegian: Timoteus — companion of Paul
  • Polish: Tymoteusz — companion of Paul
  • Portuguese: Timóteo — companion of Paul
  • Romanian: Timotei — companion of Paul
  • Scots: Timothy — companion of Paul
  • Scottish Gaelic: Timoteuis — companion of Paul
  • Slovak: Timotej — companion of Paul
  • Slovene: Timotej — companion of Paul
  • Spanish: Timoteo — companion of Paul
  • Swahili: Timotheo — companion of Paul
  • Swedish: Timoteus — companion of Paul
  • Tagalog: Timoteo — companion of Paul
  • Turkish: Timoteos — companion of Paul
  • Waray-Waray: Timoteo — companion of Paul
  • Welsh: Timotheus — companion of Paul
  • Zealandic: Timoteüs — companion of Paul
  • Afrikaans: Timoteus — male given name
  • Albanian: Timoteu — male given name
  • Albanian: Timotheu — male given name
  • Albanian: Timoteo — male given name
  • Albanian: Timotheo — male given name
  • Aramaic: ܛܝܡܬܐܘܣ — male given name
  • Armenian: Տիմոթեոս (Timotʻeos) — male given name
  • Basque: Timoteo — male given name
  • Belarusian: Цімафе́й (Cimafjéj) — male given name
  • Breton: Timozeoz — male given name
  • Bulgarian: Тимотей (Timotej) — male given name
  • Catalan: Timoteu — male given name
  • Cebuano: Timoteo — male given name
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 提摩太 (Tì-mò̤-tái) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒂莫西 (Dìmòxī) — male given name
  • Corsican: Timote — male given name
  • Czech: Timoteus — male given name
  • Danish: Tim — male given name
  • Dutch: Timoteüs — male given name
  • Estonian: Timo — male given name
  • Faroese: Timoteus — male given name
  • Finnish: Timo — male given name
  • French: Timothée — male given name
  • West-Frisian: Timóteüs — male given name
  • Georgian: ტიმოთე (ṭimote) — male given name
  • German: Tim — male given name
  • German: Timo — male given name
  • Greek: Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) — male given name
  • Ancient Greek: Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) — male given name
  • Greenlandic: Timotheusi — male given name
  • Hawaiian: Kimokeo — male given name
  • Hungarian: Timótheosz — male given name
  • Hungarian: Timóteus — male given name
  • Hungarian: Timót — male given name
  • Icelandic: Tímóteus — male given name
  • Ido: Timoteus — male given name
  • Indonesian: Timotius — male given name
  • Irish: Tadhg — male given name
  • Italian: Timoteo — male given name
  • Japanese: テモテ (Temote) — male given name
  • Latin: Timotheus — male given name
  • Latvian: Timotejam — male given name
  • Lavukaleve: Timothy — male given name
  • Limburgish: Timotheüs — male given name
  • Lithuanian: Timotiejas — male given name
  • Maltese: Timotju — male given name
  • Manx: Timothy — male given name
  • Māori: Tīmoti — male given name
  • Norman: Timothée — male given name
  • Norwegian: Tim — male given name
  • Polish: Tymoteusz — male given name
  • Portuguese: Timóteo — male given name
  • Romanian: Timotei — male given name
  • Russian: Тимофе́й (Timoféj) — male given name
  • Scots: Timothy — male given name
  • Scottish Gaelic: Timoteuis — male given name
  • Slovak: Timotej — male given name
  • Slovene: Timotej — male given name
  • Spanish: Timoteo — male given name
  • Swahili: Timotheo — male given name
  • Swedish: Tim — male given name
  • Tagalog: Timoteo — male given name
  • Tatar: Темәпи (Temäpi) — male given name
  • Ukrainian: Тимофій (Tymofij) — male given name
  • Waray-Waray: Timoteo — male given name
  • Welsh: Timotheus — male given name
  • Zealandic: Timoteüs — male given name
  • Belarusian: цімафе́еўка (cimafjéjewka) — grass of genus Phleum
  • Catalan: cua de rata — grass of genus Phleum
  • Czech: bojínek — grass of genus Phleum
  • Danish: engrottehale — grass of genus Phleum
  • Dutch: doddegras — grass of genus Phleum
  • Faroese: timotey — grass of genus Phleum
  • Finnish: timotei — grass of genus Phleum
  • Finnish: nurmitähkiö — grass of genus Phleum
  • French: fléole — grass of genus Phleum
  • French: phléole — grass of genus Phleum
  • German: Lieschgras — grass of genus Phleum
  • Hungarian: komócsin — grass of genus Phleum
  • Irish: tiomóid — grass of genus Phleum
  • Italian: fleo — grass of genus Phleum
  • Italian: fleolo — grass of genus Phleum
  • Norman: coue — grass of genus Phleum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: timotei — grass of genus Phleum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: timotei — grass of genus Phleum
  • Polish: tymotka — grass of genus Phleum
  • Polish: brzanka — grass of genus Phleum
  • Romanian: timoftică — grass of genus Phleum
  • Romansh: flieula — grass of genus Phleum
  • Russian: тимофе́евка (timoféjevka) — grass of genus Phleum
  • Spanish: fleo — grass of genus Phleum
  • Turkish: çayır otu — grass of genus Phleum
  • Ukrainian: тимофі́ївка (tymofíjivka) — grass of genus Phleum
  • Welsh: rhonwellt — grass of genus Phleum
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