Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun raphael
2 senses of raphael
Sense 1
Raphael, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello Sanzio -- (Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520))
INSTANCE OF=> old master -- (a great European painter prior to 19th century)
Sense 2
Raphael -- (an archangel of the Hebrew tradition)
=> archangel -- (an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy)