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

2 senses of ptolemy

Sense 1
Ptolemy, Claudius Ptolemaeus -- (Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance)
       INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)

Sense 2
Ptolemy, Ptolemaic dynasty -- (an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra)
       => dynasty -- (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)