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

2 senses of mccarthy

Sense 1
McCarthy, Mary McCarthy, Mary Therese McCarthy -- (United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2
McCarthy, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Raymond McCarthy -- (United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957))
       INSTANCE OF=> politician, politico, pol, political leader -- (a person active in party politics)