AMUNDSEN Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For AMUNDSEN
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| cook | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who cooks food • English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) verb • prepare a hot meal • prepare for eating by applying heat • transform and make suitable for consumption by heating • tamper, with the purpose of deception • transform by heating | ||||||||
| franklin | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth • United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915) • printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790) | ||||||||
| hillary | nounn | |||||||
noun • New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919) | ||||||||
| livingstone | nounn | |||||||
noun • Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873) | ||||||||
| nansen | nounn | |||||||
noun • Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930) | ||||||||
| peary | nounn | |||||||
noun • United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920) | ||||||||
| scott | nounn | |||||||
noun • award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999) • English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912) • United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866) • British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832) • United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858) | ||||||||
| byrd | nounn | |||||||
noun • English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623) • explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957) | ||||||||
| ross | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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) | ||||||||
