All galaxy synonyms

noun galaxy

• congregation — The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation.
• assembly — An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country.
• gathering — a drawing together; contraction.
• cluster — A cluster of people or things is a small group of them close together.
• collection — A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time.
• meeting — an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
• nebula — Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
• spiral galaxy — a galaxy having a spiral structure.
• milky way — the spiral galaxy containing our solar system. With the naked eye it is observed as a faint luminous band stretching across the heavens, composed of approximately a trillion stars, most of which are too distant to be seen individually.
• irregular galaxy — a galaxy with no specific form and a relatively low mass.
• island universe — an external galaxy.
• star cluster — a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
• star system — the practice of casting and promoting star performers for their ability to draw at the box office.