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

2 senses of berkeley

Sense 1
Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley -- (Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753))
       INSTANCE OF=> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)
       INSTANCE OF=> bishop -- (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

Sense 2
Berkeley -- (a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")