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

2 senses of cosmology

Sense 1
cosmology -- (the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe)
       => metaphysics -- (the philosophical study of being and knowing)

Sense 2
cosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny -- (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)
       => astrophysics -- (the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies)