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Nestor

noun

1 Nestor

Greek mythology A wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy.

2 Nestor

A genus of Psittacidae.

synonym: genus Nestor.

Roget 130: veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, ... show more

Roget 500: sage, wise man; genius; master mind, master spirit of the age; longhead, thinker; intellectual, longhair.    authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, ... show more

Roget 695: advice, counsel, adhortation; word to the wise; suggestion, submonition, recommendation, advocacy; advisement.    exhortation etc. (persuasion) 615; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Buddha, Confucius, Father Time, Gandhi, Mentor, Methuselah, Old Paar, Plato, Socrates, Solomon, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard ... show more.

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