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

1 sense of nobel

Sense 1
Nobel, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Bernhard Nobel -- (Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896))
       INSTANCE OF=> chemist -- (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
       INSTANCE OF=> philanthropist, altruist -- (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)