Synonyms for Uncle Tom
un·cle tom

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.2 / 10 votes

1. Tom, Uncle Tomnoun

   (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites

   Synonyms:
   tom turkey, gobbler, tomcat, turkey cock

2. Uncle Tomnoun

   a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. house nigger

   slaves that worked inside the home of their owners were viewed with suspicion and thought to wish to be white by slaves that worked the fields.

   y'all house niggers can keep going to work, i'm gonna stay on my grind.

   Submitted by acronimous on July 29, 2019  

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1. Ben Carson:

   Because they assume because you're black, you have to think a certain way. And if you don't think that way, you're 'Uncle Tom,' you're worthy of every horrible epithet they can come up with; whereas, if I weren't black, then I would just be a Republican. i don't find any particular problem being an African-American in the Republican Party. The people??I know that in the progressive side of things, they like to say that the Republicans are racist. I know that. I haven't experienced that.

2. Candace Owens:

   You can feel free to call me an Uncle Tom. You can feel free to call me an Auntie Tom. It does not affect me, do you want to know why? Because I actually read the book. Uncle Tom was the hero.

3. Ben Carson:

   If you're black and you don't think a certain way as far as they are concerned, you're an Uncle Tom, a sellout, a traitor, you hate yourself.

4. Ben Carson:

   I think the way that I'm treated, you know, by the left is racism, because they assume because you're black, you have to think a certain way. And if you don't think that way, you're 'Uncle Tom,' you're worthy of every horrible epithet they can come up with; whereas, if I weren't black, then I would just be a Republican.

5. Tim Scott:

   I have experienced the pain of discrimination, i get called Uncle Tom, and the N-word by progressives, by liberals.