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

2 senses of pleiades

Sense 1
Pleiades -- ((Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion)
       => nymph -- ((classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water")

Sense 2
Pleiades -- (a star cluster in the constellation Taurus)
       INSTANCE OF=> bunch, clump, cluster, clustering -- (a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers")