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

1 sense of great attractor

Sense 1
Great Attractor -- (a massive grouping of galaxies in the direction of Centaurus and Hydra whose gravitational attraction is believed to cause deviations in the paths of other galaxies)
       => galaxy, extragalactic nebula -- ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'")