'Neptune' definitions:
Definition of 'Neptune'
(from WordNet)
noun
(Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon
noun
A giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants; "the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846"
Definition of 'Neptune'
From: GCIDE
- Neptune \Nep"tune\, prop. n. [L. Neptunus.]
- 1. (Rom. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astron.) The remotest major planet of our solar system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23,
- 1846. It is classed as a gas giant, and has a radius of 22,716 km and an estimated mass of 1.027 x 10^26 kg, with an average density of 2.27 g/cc. Its mean distance from the sun is about 5,000,000,000 km (3,106,856,000 miles), and its period of revolution is about 164.78 years. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting.
- Neptune's cup (Zool.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge (Thalassema Neptuni). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Neptune'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AB,
- able seaman,
- able-bodied seaman,
- Agdistis,
- Amor,
- Ancient Mariner,
- Aphrodite,
- Apollo,
- Apollon,
- Ares,
- Argonaut,
- Artemis,
- asteroid,
- Ate,
- Athena,
- Bacchus,
- bluejacket,
- buccaneer,
- Ceres,
- Cora,
- Cronus,
- Cupid,
- Cybele,
- Davy,
- Davy Jones,
- deep-sea man,
- Demeter,
- Despoina,
- Diana,
- Dionysus,
- Dis,
- Dylan,
- Earth,
- Eros,
- fair-weather sailor,
- fisherman,
- Flying Dutchman,
- fresh-water nymph,
- Gaea,
- Gaia,
- Ge,
- Great Mother,
- Hades,
- hearty,
- Helios,
- Hephaestus,
- Hera,
- Here,
- Hermes,
- Hestia,
- Hymen,
- Hyperion,
- inferior planet,
- jack,
- jack afloat,
- jack-tar,
- jacky,
- Jove,
- Juno,
- Jupiter,
- Jupiter Fidius,
- Jupiter Fulgur,
- Jupiter Optimus Maximus,
- Jupiter Pluvius,
- Jupiter Tonans,
- kelpie,
- Kore,
- Kronos,
- limey,
- limniad,
- lobsterman,
- Magna Mater,
- major planet,
- man fish,
- mariner,
- Mars,
- matelot,
- Mercury,
- mermaid,
- merman,
- Minerva,
- minor planet,
- Mithras,
- Momus,
- naiad,
- navigator,
- Nereid,
- Nereus,
- Nike,
- nix,
- nixie,
- ocean nymph,
- Oceanid,
- Oceanus,
- OD,
- Olympians,
- Olympic gods,
- Ops,
- Orcus,
- Persephassa,
- Persephone,
- Phoebus,
- Phoebus Apollo,
- pirate,
- planet,
- planetoid,
- Pluto,
- Poseidon,
- privateer,
- Proserpina,
- Proserpine,
- Rhea,
- sailor,
- salt,
- Saturn,
- sea devil,
- sea dog,
- sea god,
- sea nymph,
- sea rover,
- sea-maid,
- sea-maiden,
- seafarer,
- seafaring man,
- seaman,
- secondary planet,
- shipman,
- siren,
- solar system,
- superior planet,
- tar,
- Tellus,
- terrestrial planet,
- Thetis,
- Triton,
- undine,
- Uranus,
- Varuna,
- Venus,
- Vesta,
- viking,
- Vulcan,
- wanderer,
- water dog,
- water god,
- water spirit,
- water sprite,
- whaler,
- windjammer,
- windsailor,
- Zeus