Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun irish
3 senses of irish
Sense 1
Irish, Irish people -- (people of Ireland or of Irish extraction)
=> nation, land, country -- (the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him")
Sense 2
Irish, Irish whiskey, Irish whisky -- (whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley)
=> whiskey, whisky -- (a liquor made from fermented mash of grain)
Sense 3
Irish, Irish Gaelic -- (the Celtic language of Ireland)
=> Gaelic, Goidelic, Erse -- (any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland)
Similarity of adj irish
1 sense of irish
Sense 1
Irish -- (of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people)