Uncle Tom
Uncle Tom noun: a black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor.
Noun
Uncle Tom (plural Uncle Toms)
- A black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor.
- ...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were...1968, Norman Mailer, “Nixon in Miami”, in Harper's, §6
- Some blacks don't want to deal with the black cop because they see him as an Uncle Tom, a person who stands by while the white cop abuses and shows disrespect toward other blacks.1985 April 1, Steven Leinen, quoting a police officer, Black Police, White Society, NYU Press
Synonyms of Uncle Tom
Forms of Uncle Tom
| plural | Uncle Toms |
|---|
Origin of Uncle Tom
Referring to the character in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Words formed from Uncle Tom
Questions about Uncle Tom
- What does Uncle Tom mean?
- Uncle Tom means a black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor.
- What part of speech is Uncle Tom?
- Uncle Tom is a noun.
- What is the plural of Uncle Tom?
- The plural of Uncle Tom is Uncle Toms.
Words near Uncle Tom in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Uncle Tom (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “Uncle Tom.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/uncle_tom. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.