neptune

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Nep=tune

CIDE DICTIONARY

neptune, prop. n. [L. Neptunus.].

•  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]
•  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 1026 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]

Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting. -- Neptune's cup (Zoöl.), a very large, cup-shaped, marine sponge (Thalassema Neptuni).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

neptune, n. a distant planet of the solar system, eighth from the sun, discovered in 1846 from mathematical computations.

Etymology

ME f. F Neptune or L Neptunus god of the sea

THESAURUS

neptune

AB, Agdistis, Amor, Ancient Mariner, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Argonaut, Artemis, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Davy, Davy Jones, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Dylan, Earth, Eros, Flying Dutchman, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus, Nereid, Nereus, Nike, OD, Oceanid, Oceanus, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Thetis, Triton, Uranus, Varuna, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, asteroid, bluejacket, buccaneer, deep-sea man, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, fresh-water nymph, hearty, inferior planet, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, kelpie, limey, limniad, lobsterman, major planet, man fish, mariner, matelot, mermaid, merman, minor planet, naiad, navigator, nix, nixie, ocean nymph, pirate, planet, planetoid, privateer, sailor, salt, 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, terrestrial planet, undine, viking, wanderer, water dog, water god, water spirit, water sprite, whaler, windjammer, windsailor

ROGET THESAURUS

neptune

Ocean

N sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, billows, high seas, offing, great waters, watery waste, vasty deep, wave, tide, hydrography, hydrographer, Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid, sea nymph, Siren, trident, dolphin, oceanic, marine, maritime, pelagic, pelagian, seagoing, hydrographic, bathybic, cotidal, at sea, on sea, afloat.