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sims

/sɪmz/

sims is the plural of sim.

Meaning of sim

Noun

sim (plural sims)

  1. (informal) A simulation session or scenario.

See all 9 meanings of sim

Proper noun capitalized: Sims

Sims

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A village in Wayne County, Illinois.
  3. A township and census-designated place therein, in Grant County, Indiana.
  4. A township in Arenac County, Michigan.
  5. A town in Wilson County, North Carolina.
  6. A ghost town in Brazos County, Texas.

Noun (1) capitalized: Sims

Sims

  1. (plural) plural of Sim

Noun (2) capitalized: SIMS

SIMS (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of secondary ion mass spectrometry.

Forms of sims

alternative formSimms
alternative formSymes

Origin of sims

From Sim, the short form of Simon + -s.

Words formed from sims

Phrases with sims

Questions about sims

What does sims mean?
Sims means a surname transferred from the given name.
What is sims the plural of?
Sims is the plural of sim.
What part of speech is sims?
Sims can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce sims?
Sims is pronounced /sɪmz/.

Words near sims in the dictionary

  1. Simpsonville
  2. Simpsonwave
  3. simptomatology
  4. simpy
  5. simran
  6. sims
  7. Sims position
  8. Sims positions
  9. Sims test
  10. Sims tests
  11. Sims' position

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sims (page history and authors); Sims (page history and authors); SIMS (page history and authors); sim (page history and authors). 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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