max

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/mæks/

Definition of max

11 senses · 5 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (informal, not-comparable)Maximum; maximal.
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adj

  1. (informal, not-comparable)Maximum; maximal.

adv

  1. (informal, not-comparable)at the most; maximum.
    “Four days max, then, to get them to safety.”

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable)Clipping of maximum.
  2. (countable, informal, uncountable)An extreme, a great extent.
    “He pushed himself to the max.”
  3. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Gin.
    “Oh! for a glass of max!”
    “'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]”

verb

  1. (usually)To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.
    “He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.”
    “She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work.”
  2. (especially, informal)To relax.

name

  1. A male given name from Latin.
    “Since it seems to me that this fad of child-rearing has turned into an actual trend, that babies are an increasingly popular accessory for people-on-the-go, I first want to say to stop naming your boys Max. Max is a perfectly nice name, ensuring its owner a certain precocious sensibility, but there are enough Maxes now. Any more Maxes and the breed will go to the dogs.”
    “Kyle: Okay, Max. Search.”
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Maximilian or Maxwell.
    “Hamtramck is described in the resolution as “one of the most diverse cities in the United States.” The city has a large immigrant presence and all the city council members are of the Muslim faith, city manager Max Garbarino told CNN Thursday. Hamtramck was also the first known city in the US to inaugurate an all-Muslim government, CNN previously reported.”
    “Hi, I’m Max Pond. I’m an active mormon, or member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.”
  3. A diminutive of the female given name Maxine.
  4. The Boeing 737 MAX airliner.

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Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

Anagrams of max

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