'Galaxy' definitions:
Definition of 'galaxy'
From: WordNet
noun
A splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
noun
Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall [syn: galax, galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax urceolata]
noun
(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" [syn: galaxy, extragalactic nebula]
Definition of 'Galaxy'
From: GCIDE
- Galaxy \Gal"ax*y\, n.; pl. Galaxies. [F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? circle), fr. ?, ?, milk; akin to L. lac. Cf. Lacteal.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Astron.)
- 1. The Milky Way, that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. --Nichol. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A very large collection of stars comparable in size to the Milky Way system, held together by gravitational force and separated from other such star systems by large distances of mostly empty space. Galaxies vary widely in shape and size, the most common nearby galaxies being over 70,000 light years in diameter and separated from each other by even larger distances. The number of stars in one galaxy varies, and may extend into the hundreds of billions. [PJC]
- 3. A splendid or impressive assemblage of persons or things; as, a galaxy of movie stars. [1913 Webster + PJC] Galban
Synonyms of 'galaxy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- army,
- barred spiral,
- barred spiral galaxy,
- big name,
- celebrity,
- cluster,
- cohue,
- constellation,
- cosmic noise,
- crowd,
- crush,
- cynosure,
- deluge,
- figure,
- flock,
- flood,
- folk hero,
- galactic circle,
- galactic cluster,
- galactic coordinates,
- galactic latitude,
- galactic longitude,
- galactic nebula,
- galactic noise,
- galactic pole,
- great man,
- heap,
- hero,
- heroine,
- horde,
- host,
- idol,
- immortal,
- important person,
- island universe,
- jam,
- legion,
- lion,
- luminaries,
- luminary,
- man of mark,
- mass,
- master spirit,
- Milky Way,
- mob,
- multitude,
- name,
- notability,
- notable,
- panoply,
- person of note,
- personage,
- pleiad,
- pop hero,
- popular hero,
- popular idol,
- press,
- public figure,
- rabble,
- rout,
- ruck,
- social lion,
- somebody,
- spate,
- spheroidal galaxy,
- spiral,
- spiral galaxy,
- spiral nebula,
- star,
- supergalaxy,
- superstar,
- throng,
- Via Lactea,
- worthy