Home › Words › J › jetsonjetsonjetson means jetsam.EtymologyCompare Old French getaison (“a throwing”).nounjetsamDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.jetsam 67% match — Items thrown overboard from a ship or boat in distress in order to lighten its load. vs jetson →flotsam 55% match — Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck. vs jetson →jettison 52% match — Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel. vs jetson →seaware 51% match — Flotsam; articles cast up by the sea. vs jetson →jeast 50% match — jest vs jetson →minijet 50% match — A small jet (in all senses) vs jetson →dijet 49% match — A pair of jets vs jetson →waveson 49% match — Goods found floating on the sea after a shipwreck. vs jetson →