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

2 senses of manhattan project

Sense 1
Manhattan Project -- (a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II)
       INSTANCE OF=> executive agency -- (an agency of the executive branch of government)

Sense 2
Manhattan Project -- (code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II)
       INSTANCE OF=> undertaking, project, task, labor -- (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings")