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

5 senses of anderson

Sense 1
Anderson, Sherwood Anderson -- (United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 2
Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson, Phil Anderson -- (United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 3
Anderson, Maxwell Anderson -- (United States dramatist (1888-1959))
       INSTANCE OF=> dramatist, playwright -- (someone who writes plays)

Sense 4
Anderson, Marian Anderson -- (United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993))
       INSTANCE OF=> contralto -- (a woman singer having a contralto voice)

Sense 5
Anderson, Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson -- (United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991))
       INSTANCE OF=> nuclear physicist -- (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)