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

2 senses of nightingale

Sense 1
nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos -- (European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song)
       => thrush -- (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

Sense 2
Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp -- (English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910))
       INSTANCE OF=> nurse -- (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))