/ Thesaurus / J Synonyms of james joseph tunney Find synonyms for: Noun1. Tunney, Gene Tunney, James Joseph Tunneyusage: United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: frugal Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language