/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of benjamin thompson Find synonyms for: Noun1. Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumfordusage: English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: nefarious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language