Antonyms for joneses

Grammar : Noun

Spell : john-ziz

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒoʊn zɪz

Definition of joneses

Origin : surname, literally "John's (child);" see John. Phrase keep up with the Joneses (1913, American English) is from the title of a comic strip by Arthur R. Momand. The slang sense "intense desire, addiction" (1968) probably arose from earlier use of Jones as a synonym for "heroin," presumably from the proper name, but the connection, if any, is obscure. Related: Jonesing.

As in dependence : noun reliance
As in addiction : noun a habit of activity, often injurious

Example sentences :

I marched off, with all the blood of the Joneses tingling in my veins.
Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed

She had been to the Rectory, to call on the Joneses, she told him.
Extract from : « A Sheaf of Corn » by Mary E. Mann

You're the kind—I knew there must be people like you, because I knew the Joneses.
Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis

Some of the Tilburys are down with it, Nancy, and some of the Joneses.
Extract from : « Girls of the True Blue » by L. T. Meade

The Joneses is havin him come every other day, so the Wynneses is doin the same.
Extract from : « Through Welsh Doorways » by Jeannette Augustus Marks

You surely are a relative of the Joneses, the Milwaukee millionaires of the same name.
Extract from : « Jiglets » by Walter Jones

And he hoped to prove his gratitude to the Joneses by winning fame.
Extract from : « The Child's Book of American Biography » by Mary Stoyell Stimpson

Ma bought it off the Joneses when they got their porcelain one put into their house.
Extract from : « Exit Betty » by Grace Livingston Hill

Even among the ordinary Joneses and Browns of the world we see that it is so.
Extract from : « Marion Fay » by Anthony Trollope

Meanwhile the Smiths, Robinsons, and Joneses are having their holiday where they will.
Extract from : « Wings and the Child » by E. [Edith] Nesbit

Synonyms for joneses

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