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

2 senses of hoyle

Sense 1
Hoyle, Fred Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle -- (an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001))
       INSTANCE OF=> astrophysicist -- (an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies)

Sense 2
Hoyle, Edmond Hoyle -- (English writer on card games (1672-1769))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
       INSTANCE OF=> card player -- (someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games)