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

8 senses of lee

Sense 1
Lee, Spike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee -- (United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957))
       INSTANCE OF=> film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker -- (a producer of motion pictures)

Sense 2
Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Louise Hovick -- (United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970))
       INSTANCE OF=> stripper, striptease artist, striptease, stripteaser, exotic dancer, ecdysiast, peeler -- (a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music)

Sense 3
Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam -- (United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973))
       INSTANCE OF=> actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player -- (a theatrical performer)

Sense 4
Lee, Tsung Dao Lee -- (United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926))
       INSTANCE OF=> nuclear physicist -- (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

Sense 5
Lee, Richard Henry Lee -- (leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794))
       INSTANCE OF=> American Revolutionary leader -- (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

Sense 6
Lee, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee -- (soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818))
       INSTANCE OF=> soldier -- (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention")

Sense 7
Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee -- (American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 8
lee, lee side, leeward -- (the side of something that is sheltered from the wind)
       => side, face -- (a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf")

Antonyms of adj lee

1 sense of lee

Sense 1
downwind, lee (prenominal) -- (towards the side away from the wind)

INDIRECT (VIA leeward) -> windward -- (on the side exposed to the wind; "the windward islands")

Similarity of adj lee

1 sense of lee

Sense 1
downwind, lee (prenominal) -- (towards the side away from the wind)
       => leeward (vs. windward) -- (on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island")