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

3 senses of ira

Sense 1
Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos -- (a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland)
       INSTANCE OF=> terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO -- (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Sense 2
individual retirement account, IRA -- (a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred)
       => pension plan, pension account, retirement plan, retirement savings plan, retirement savings account, retirement account, retirement program -- (a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement)

Sense 3
wrath, anger, ire, ira -- (belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins))
       => mortal sin, deadly sin -- (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins")