English noun: Atlas | |||
| 1. | Atlas (person) (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders | ||
| Instance hypernym | Titan | ||
| Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
| 2. | atlas (communication) a collection of maps in book form | ||
| Synonyms | book of maps, map collection | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dialect atlas, linguistic atlas | ||
| Part holonym | gazetteer | ||
| 3. | atlas (body) the 1st cervical vertebra | ||
| Synonyms | atlas vertebra | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cervical vertebra, neck bone | ||
| 4. | atlas (artifact) a figure of a man used as a supporting column | ||
| Synonyms | telamon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | column, pillar | ||