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

1 sense of royal society

Sense 1
Royal Society, Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge -- (an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science)
       => academy, honorary society -- (an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature)