Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bacon

3 senses of bacon

Sense 1
bacon -- (back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried)
       => cut of pork -- (cut of meat from a hog or pig)

Sense 2
Bacon, Roger Bacon -- (English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292))
       INSTANCE OF=> monk, monastic -- (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)
       INSTANCE OF=> scientist -- (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)

Sense 3
Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans -- (English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626))
       INSTANCE OF=> statesman, solon, national leader -- (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
       INSTANCE OF=> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)