/ Thesaurus / J Synonyms of jacks Find synonyms for: Noun1. jacks, jackstones, knucklebones, child's gameusage: a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ballNoun1. jacks, jackstones, knucklebones, child's gameusage: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"2. jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit, small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amountusage: a man who serves as a sailor3. mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog, sailor, crewmanusage: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor4. laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack, workman, workingman, working man, working personusage: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted5. jackfruit, jak, jack, edible fruitusage: a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling6. jack, ballusage: an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug7. jack, electrical deviceusage: game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks8. jack, jackstones, game equipmentusage: small flag indicating a ship's nationality9. jack, flagusage: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince10. jack, knave, face card, picture card, court cardusage: tool for exerting pressure or lifting11. jack, toolusage: any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas12. jack, carangid fish, carangidusage: male donkeyVerb1. jack, jack up, raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring upusage: lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire"2. jacklight, jack, hunt, run, hunt down, track downusage: hunt with a jacklightWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: panacea Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language