smithsonian

Speech parts

1. smithsonian - Noun

2. smithsonian - Adjective

3. Smithsonian - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports.

The Smithsonian Institution.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

national jeffersonian collection exhibition Habsburg curator met Museo Musee museums wakan Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Smithsonian museums Smithsonian Institution museums
Show all synonyms

Phrases with the word

Smithsonian Agreement Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Smithsonian museums Smithsonian Institution museums Smithsonian collection

Examples

The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival. Bernice Johnson Reagon

I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life. Bernice Johnson Reagon

"There are seductions that should be in the Smithsonian Institute, right next to The Spirit of St. Louis. Richard Brautigan

That ear - I mean, Jesus, he's got to will that to the Smithsonian. Bob Dylan

I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975. Bernice Johnson Reagon

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful. Bernice Johnson Reagon

Close letter words and terms

Smiths Falls Smithsburg Smithson Smithsonian Agreement smithsonite Smithtown