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

1 sense of tower of babel

Sense 1
Tower of Babel, Babel -- ((Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another)
       INSTANCE OF=> ziggurat, zikkurat, zikurat -- (a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians)