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

2 senses of io

Sense 1
Io -- ((Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer)
       INSTANCE OF=> maid, maiden -- (an unmarried girl (especially a virgin))

Sense 2
Io -- (the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes)
       INSTANCE OF=> Galilean satellite, Galilean -- (one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo)