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

2 senses of herschel

Sense 1
Herschel, John Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel -- (English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871))
       INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)

Sense 2
Herschel, William Herschel, Sir William Herschel, Sir Frederick William Herschel -- (English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822))
       INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)