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

3 senses of rip van winkle

Sense 1
Rip van Winkle -- (a person oblivious to social changes)
       => traditionalist, diehard -- (one who adheres to traditional views)

Sense 2
Rip van Winkle -- (a person who sleeps a lot)
       => sleeper, slumberer -- (a rester who is sleeping)

Sense 3
Rip van Winkle -- (the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens)
       INSTANCE OF=> fictional character, fictitious character, character -- (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel")