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

3 senses of huxley

Sense 1
Huxley, Andrew Huxley, Andrew Fielding Huxley -- (English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917))
       INSTANCE OF=> physiologist -- (a biologist specializing in physiology)

Sense 2
Huxley, Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard Huxley -- (English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3
Huxley, Thomas Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley -- (English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895))
       INSTANCE OF=> biologist, life scientist -- ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)