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

5 senses of washington

Sense 1
Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States -- (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)
       INSTANCE OF=> national capital -- (the capital city of a nation)

Sense 2
Washington, Evergreen State, WA -- (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
       INSTANCE OF=> American state -- (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Sense 3
Capital, Washington -- (the federal government of the United States)
       INSTANCE OF=> federal government -- (a government with strong central powers)

Sense 4
Washington, George Washington, President Washington -- (1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)
       INSTANCE OF=> President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive -- (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning")

Sense 5
Washington, Booker T. Washington, Booker Taliaferro Washington -- (United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915))
       INSTANCE OF=> educator, pedagogue, pedagog -- (someone who educates young people)