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

3 senses of wilkins

Sense 1
Wilkins, Roy Wilkins -- (United States civil rights leader (1901-1981))
       INSTANCE OF=> civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist -- (a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups)

Sense 2
Wilkins, George Hubert Wilkins -- (Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958))
       INSTANCE OF=> explorer, adventurer -- (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 3
Wilkins, Maurice Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins -- (English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004))
       INSTANCE OF=> biochemist -- (someone with special training in biochemistry)