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ross has 9 distinct synonyms spread across 5 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for ross come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.