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

3 senses of crater

Sense 1
volcanic crater, crater -- (a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano)
       => geological formation, formation -- ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Sense 2
Crater -- (a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus)
       INSTANCE OF=> constellation -- (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 3
crater -- (a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb)
       => natural depression, depression -- (a sunken or depressed geological formation)