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

2 senses of appleton

Sense 1
Appleton, Edward Appleton, Sir Edward Victor Appleton -- (English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966))
       INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)

Sense 2
Appleton -- (a town in eastern Wisconsin)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")