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

1 sense of sir frederick william herschel

Sense 1
Herschel, William Herschel, Sir William Herschel, Sir Frederick William Herschel -- (English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822))
       INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)