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

2 senses of phaethon

Sense 1
Phaethon -- ((Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth)
       INSTANCE OF=> Greek deity -- (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2
Phaethon, genus Phaethon -- (type genus of the Phaethontidae)
       => bird genus -- (a genus of birds)