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

2 senses of boreas

Sense 1
north wind, northerly, norther, boreas -- (a wind that blows from the north)
       => wind, air current, current of air -- (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere")

Sense 2
Boreas -- ((Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind; "Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold")
       INSTANCE OF=> Greek deity -- (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)