Thesaurus:galaxy

Thesaurus

galaxy

English

Noun

Sense: cluster of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc.

Synonyms

• galaxy
• island universe (informal, archaic)

Hyponyms

• spiral galaxy
• elliptical galaxy
• lenticular galaxy
• irregular galaxy
• dwarf galaxy
• active galaxy

Instances

• Milky Way    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• star    [⇒ thesaurus]
• black hole

Holonyms

• galaxy group
• galaxy cluster
• supercluster
• galaxy filament

Further reading

• “galaxy” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “galaxy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "galaxy" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• Wikidata:galaxy
• galaxy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia