Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gorky
2 senses of gorky
Sense 1
Gorky, Maksim Gorky, Gorki, Maxim Gorki, Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov -- (Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts)
INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Nizhnyi Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Gorki, Gorky, Gorkiy -- (an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky)
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")