Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ms.

1 sense of ms.

Sense 1
Ms, Ms. -- (a form of address for a woman)
       => title, title of respect, form of address -- (an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title")


4 of 5 senses of ms

Sense 1
multiple sclerosis, MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis -- (a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers)
       => sclerosis, induration -- (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)
       => degenerative disorder -- (condition leading to progressive loss of function)
       => autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder -- (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)

Sense 2
Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS -- (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)
       INSTANCE OF=> American state -- (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Sense 3
Master of Science, MS, SM, MSc -- (a master's degree in science)
       => master's degree -- (an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree)

Sense 4
manuscript, ms -- (the form of a literary work submitted for publication)
       => writing, written material, piece of writing -- (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing")

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