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

2 senses of aether

Sense 1
Aether -- (personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness)
       => Greek deity -- (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Sense 2
ether, aether -- (a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves)
       => medium -- (an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication)