Synonyms for nelson
ˈnɛl sənnel·son

Princeton's WordNet

1. Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, Admiral Nelson, Lord Nelsonnoun

   English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)

2. nelsonnoun

   any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck

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1. • Admiral
   • Wrestling Hold

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1. List of paraphrases for "nelson":

   nielson, nielsen

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1. Lawrence Durrell:

   Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.

2. Dan Jenkins:

   Being from The Fort Worth Press, I would follow Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson anywhere, since theyre in there, Im happy to be the third guy from The Fort Worth Press so included.

3. Laurel Walzak:

   Nelson Mandela said how sport unites, and it's true, it's a moment in time where we can see the Toronto Raptors and basketball unite us as a country and brings us to feel like they're sharing experiences with one another.

4. Roy Moore:

   I’ve never met them to my knowledge. I later found out that Beverly Nelson had a case in front of my court in 1999. But I don’t know them. I never spoken to them. And certainly I did n’t do anything to them.

5. White House:

   In the selections of Dr. Alondra Nelson and Dr. Francis Collins, President Biden has doubled down on science, the selections are responsive to the dual importance of a strong OSTP that can drive science and technology solutions to our greatest challenges -- and the very specific attention President Biden wants to give to the creation of a new ARPA-H research and discovery agency, the building of support for a Cancer Moonshot 2.0, the search for a new head of NIH, and the broad advisory work of PCAST.