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

1 sense of milky way galaxy

Sense 1
Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Milky Way System -- (the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky)
       => galaxy, extragalactic nebula -- ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'")