"tommy" In Word Games

1. a first name for boys, short for Thomas
2. (old use, informal) a British soldier
3. a rock opera (= a story told through a series of rock music songs), written by Pete Townsend of the group The Who and originally recorded and performed by the group in 1969. It tells the story of a boy called Tommy who cannot hear, speak or see but who becomes very good at the game of pinball. It was made into a film (1974) directed by Ken Russell, and later into a stage show.

"tommy" synonyms:

• tommy-atkins,
• trooper,
• squaddie,
• infantryman,
• gi,
• sapper,
• ranker,
• poilu,
• jawan,
• grunt,
• troopie,
• digger,
• tommy,
• swaddy,
• swad,
• private,
• guardsman,
• infantry,
• soldier

"tommy" antonyms:

• civilian,
• general,
• captain,
• sergeant,
• chief,
• commander,
• leader,
• boss,
• head,
• chieftain,

• atomy
• monty
• motey
• mothy
• motty
• ymolt