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

2 senses of orion

Sense 1
Orion -- ((Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation)
       INSTANCE OF=> mythical being -- (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Sense 2
Orion, Hunter -- (a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel)
       INSTANCE OF=> constellation -- (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
       => diffuse nebula, gaseous nebula -- (a cluster of stars within an intricate cloud of gas and dust)