holmes
/hoʊmz/
holmes noun: an informal term of address, like man or dude. Also the plural of holme.
Noun
holmes (plural not attested)
Proper noun capitalized: Holmes
Holmes
- A northern English surname from Middle English, variant of Holme.
- Last year, a US appeals court upheld the convictions of Holmes and Theranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. It also upheld the $452 million in restitution that Holmes and Balwani were ordered to pay to victims.2026 January 21, Clare Duffy, Hadas Gold, “Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump to let her out of prison early”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2026
- Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective.
- by extension, someone acting like, or showing the ability of Sherlock Holmes.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A hamlet in Tarleton parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4319).
- A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4192).
- A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
- An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Wright County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
- A township in Menominee County, Michigan.
- A hamlet in the town of Pawling, Dutchess County, New York.
- A township in Crawford County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Also used as
holmes is also the plural of holme.
holmes meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
holmes in Hindi
- होल्म्स, होल्मेस
holmes in Tamil
- ஹோல்ம்ஸ்
holmes in Marathi
- होल्म्स, होल्मेस
holmes in Urdu
- ہولمز, ہولمس
More languagesFewer languages
- holmes in Bengali
- হোল্মস্, হোলমেস
- holmes in Telugu
- హోల్మ్స్, హోల్మేస్
- holmes in Malayalam
- ഹോൾമ്സ്, ഹോൾമെസ്
- holmes in Kannada
- ಹೋಲ್ಮ್ಸ್
- holmes in Punjabi
- ਹੋਲਮਜ਼, ਹੋਲਮਸ
- holmes in Gujarati
- હોલ્મેસ
- holmes in Odia
- ହୋଲ୍ମେସ୍, ହୋଲ୍ମସ୍
- holmes in Nepali
- होल्म्स, होल्मेस, होल्मस्
Forms of holmes
| alternative form | homes |
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Origin of holmes
Possibly from homeboy + -s (hypocoristic suffix), with the spelling influenced by Sherlock Holmes.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From holme, variant of holm (“islet”).
Words formed from holmes
Phrases with holmes
Questions about holmes
- What does holmes mean?
- Holmes means an informal term of address, like man or dude.
- What is holmes in Hindi?
- Holmes in Hindi is होल्म्स, होल्मेस. See Holmes meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is holmes?
- Holmes can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce holmes?
- Holmes is pronounced /hoʊmz/.
Words near holmes in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: holmes (page history and authors); Holmes (page history and authors); holmes (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); holmes (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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