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

2 senses of stanford

Sense 1
Stanford, Leland Stanford -- (United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893))
       INSTANCE OF=> businessman, man of affairs -- (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))

Sense 2
Stanford University, Stanford -- (a university in California)
       INSTANCE OF=> university -- (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)