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

2 senses of little bighorn

Sense 1
Little Bighorn, Little Bighorn River, Little Horn -- (a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")

Sense 2
Little Bighorn, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand -- (a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command)
       INSTANCE OF=> slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery -- (the savage and excessive killing of many people)