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

1 sense of hyades

Sense 1
Hyades -- ((Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward)
       => nymph -- ((classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water")