Biden

B3I1D2E1N1
/ˈbaɪdən/

proper noun

A surname.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper nounBiden (plural Bidens)

plural Bidens

  1. A surname.

    First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday spoke candidly about her new life, lamenting the enormous pressure a first lady can face.

    2021 October 20, Kate Bennett, “Jill Biden speaks candidly about being a first lady: ‘Nothing can prepare you’”, in CNN
    1. Joe Biden, 46th president of the United States (2021–2025).

      Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate, they would uniformly offer a look of infinite patience, tolerance and condescension and say something like, “Well, I could understand how someone would think that.”

      2021 March 20, Maureen Dowd, “Old Pol, New Tricks”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2021

      Synonyms: 46, Beijing Biden, Bidet, Brandon, Xiden

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounJoe Biden, 46th president of the United States (2021–2025).

Origin

  1. Old Frenchbouton“button”
  2. EnglishBiden

Ultimately from Old French bouton (“button”), a metonymic surname for a button-maker, of Germanic origin. See button.

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Translations

Arabic بَايْدَن, بَايْدِن
  • بَايْدَن (baydan)surname
  • بَايْدِن (baydin)surname
Bengali বাইডেন
  • বাইডেন (baiḍen)surname
Bulgarian Ба́йдън
  • Ба́йдън (Bájdăn)surname
Chinese Cantonese 拜登
  • 拜登surname
Chinese Mandarin 拜登
  • 拜登 (Bàidēng)surname
French Biden
  • Bidensurname
German Biden
  • Bidensurname
Greek Μπάιντεν
  • Μπάιντεν (Báinten)surname
Hebrew ביידן
  • ביידן (báyden)surname
Hindi बाइडेन
  • बाइडेन (bāiḍen)surname
Hungarian Biden
  • Bidensurname
Japanese バイデン
  • バイデン (Baiden)surname
Korean 바이든
  • 바이든 (Baideun)surname
Latvian Baidens
  • Baidenssurname
Lithuanian Baidenas
  • Baidenassurname
Persian بایدن
  • بایدن (bâyden)surname
Polish Biden
  • Bidensurname
Russian Ба́йден
  • Ба́йден (Bájdɛn)surname
Spanish Biden
  • Bidensurname
Thai ไบเดน
  • ไบเดนsurname
Ukrainian Ба́йден
  • Ба́йден (Bájden)surname
Urdu بائیڈن
  • بائیڈن (bāiḍen)surname
Vietnamese Bai-đơn
  • Bai-đơnsurname

Rhymes & wordplay

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Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Biden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biden

MLA

“Biden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biden. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Biden,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biden.

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