washington
English Thesaurus
1. the federal government of the United States (noun.group)
| instance hypernym | : | federal government, |
| definition | : | a government with strong central powers (noun.group) |
2. the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791 (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | national capital, |
| definition | : | the capital city of a nation (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | potomac, |
| definition | : | term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C. (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | capitol, capitol building, |
| definition | : | the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | lincoln memorial, |
| definition | : | memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | washington monument, |
| definition | : | a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington; 555 feet tall (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | white house, |
| definition | : | the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | capitol hill, the hill, |
| definition | : | a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | georgetown, |
| definition | : | a section of northwestern Washington, D.C. (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | d.c., dc, district of columbia, |
| definition | : | the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia (noun.location) |
3. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | american state, |
| definition | : | one of the 50 states of the United States (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | pacific northwest, |
| definition | : | a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mount ranier national park, |
| definition | : | a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | north cascades national park, |
| definition | : | a national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | olympic national park, |
| definition | : | a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cape flattery, |
| definition | : | a cape of northwestern Washington (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | aberdeen, |
| definition | : | a town in western Washington (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bellingham, |
| definition | : | a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kennewick, |
| definition | : | a town in southern Washington on the Columbia River (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | capital of washington, olympia, |
| definition | : | capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | seattle, |
| definition | : | a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Ranier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | spokane, |
| definition | : | a city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | tacoma, |
| definition | : | a city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | vancouver, |
| definition | : | a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | walla walla, |
| definition | : | a town in southeastern Washington near the Oregon border (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | yakima, |
| definition | : | a town in south central Washington (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | adams, mount adams, |
| definition | : | a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high) (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | lake chelan, |
| definition | : | a narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | columbia, columbia river, |
| definition | : | a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | inland passage, inside passage, |
| definition | : | a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | puget sound, |
| definition | : | an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | scablands, |
| definition | : | (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington) (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | snake, snake river, |
| definition | : | a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition (noun.object) |
4. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | full general, general, |
| definition | : | a general officer of the highest rank (noun.person) |
5. United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915) (noun.person)
6. the federal government of the United States (noun.group)
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the people who run the federal government (adj.pert) |
7. the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791 (noun.location)
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the capital of the United States (adj.pert) |
8. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific (noun.location)
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or in the state of Washington (adj.pert) |
9. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) (noun.person)
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington (adj.pert) |
10. the federal government of the United States (noun.group)
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the people who run the federal government (adj.pert) |
11. the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791 (noun.location)
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the capital of the United States (adj.pert) |
12. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific (noun.location)
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or in the state of Washington (adj.pert) |
13. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) (noun.person)
| derivation | : | washingtonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington (adj.pert) |
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