fumes fu·mes UK/fjuːmz/ US/ˈfjumz/ fairly common noun 1. gases ejected from an engine as waste products Synonymsexhaustexhaust fumes Related words Broader terms gaswaste WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.