Norm

Proper noun
Norm


 * 1) A diminutive of the male given name Norman.

Proper noun
Norm (plural Norms)


 * 1)  A lazy, inactive man.
 * He is a bit of a Norm - he doesn't do anything to help around the house.

Thesaurus
Procrustean law, Ten Commandments, Weltanschauung, Zeitgeist, average, axiology, balance, barometer, behavioral norm, benchmark, business ethics, canon, center, check, climate, climate of opinion, code, code of ethics, code of morals, commandment, convention, criterion, decalogue, degree, dictum, ethic, ethical system, ethics, ethos, form, formality, formula, formulary, gauge, general principle, generality, golden mean, golden rule, graduated scale, guideline, guiding principle, happy medium, ideology, imperative, intellectual climate, juste-milieu, law, law of nature, legal ethics, maxim, mean, measure, median, medical ethics, mediocrity, medium, middle, middle course, middle ground, middle point, middle position, middle state, middle-of-the-road, midpoint, mitzvah, model, moral, moral climate, moral code, moral principles, morals, mores, new morality, norma, normal, normative system, norms, order of nature, ordinance, par, parameter, pattern, prescribed form, prescription, principium, principle, principles, professional ethics, quantity, reading, readout, regulation, rubric, rule, run, scale, set form, settled principle, social ethics, spiritual climate, standard, standards, standing order, tenet, test, touchstone, type, universal law, usual, value, value system, via media, working principle, working rule, world view, yardstick

Etymology
From a character of this name in government health promotion ads from the 1980s.

Anagrams

 * morn

Noun

 * 1) norm (rule that is enforced by members of a community)
 * 2) technical norm, such as DIN
 * 3) minimally required performance at work or in sports
 * 4)  norm