Synonyms for ross
rɔs, rɒsross

Princeton's WordNet

1. Ross, John Ross, Sir John Rossnoun

   Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)

2. Ross, James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Rossnoun

   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)

3. Ross, Sir Ronald Rossnoun

   British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)

4. Ross, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Rossnoun

   a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)

5. Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Rossnoun

   American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)

Matched Categories

1. • Explorer
   • Physician
   • Politician
   • Seamstress

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1. List of paraphrases for "ross":

   mouette, russian, -ross

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1. Carolyn Maloney:

   Lying to Congress is unacceptable, and the IG did the right thing by referring Secretary Ross's conduct to the The Justice Department.

2. Patrick Leahy:

   I was looking forward to asking Secretary Ross why Secretary Ross misled me during Secretary Ross last appearance, one year ago, when Secretary Ross asserted that Commerce Department was' the one who made the request' to include a controversial citizenship question on the Census.

3. Elijah Cummings:

   The Trump Administration has demonstrated repeatedly that it is willing to disregard the Constitution, defy decades of clear precedent, and invent frivolous new arguments to delay and obstruct Congress' oversight authority, and Attorney General( William) Barr and Secretary( Wilbur) Ross are complicit in this cover-up, both Secretary Ross and Attorney Attorney General -LRB- William -RRB- Barr are refusing to comply with duly authorized subpoenas from Congress.

4. Jonathan Ross:

   The longer the rope, the more challenging because you have to generate more force, you want to see that move travel all the way down to that anchor point. Another mistake, Jonathan Ross added, is pulling the ropes too tight.

5. Luke Feeney:

   I told her Ross County is definitely in play in 2020 and Chillicothe is definitely in play in 2020 and the state of Ohio is a swing state in 2020, not a red state.