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

2 senses of potomac

Sense 1
Potomac, Potomac River -- (a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")

Sense 2
Potomac -- (term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.)
       INSTANCE OF=> Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States -- (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)