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

2 senses of humboldt

Sense 1
Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt, Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt -- (German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835))
       INSTANCE OF=> philologist, philologue -- (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)

Sense 2
Humboldt, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt -- (German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859))
       INSTANCE OF=> naturalist, natural scientist -- (a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology))