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

3 senses of michigan

Sense 1
Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI -- (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)
       INSTANCE OF=> American state -- (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Sense 2
Lake Michigan, Michigan -- (the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders)
       INSTANCE OF=> lake -- (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Sense 3
Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops -- (a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card)
       => card game, cards -- (a game played with playing cards)