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

2 senses of abel

Sense 1
Abel, Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel -- (Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829))
       INSTANCE OF=> mathematician -- (a person skilled in mathematics)

Sense 2
Abel -- ((Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain)
       INSTANCE OF=> man, adult male -- (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus")