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

2 senses of catherine

Sense 1
Catherine of Aragon, Catherine -- (first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536))
       INSTANCE OF=> wife, married woman -- (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)

Sense 2
Catherine II, Catherine, Catherine the Great -- (empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796))
       INSTANCE OF=> empress -- (a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor)