Definition of Watson

1. Noun. United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934).


2. Noun. United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958).
Exact synonyms: John Broadus Watson
Generic synonyms: Psychologist

3. Noun. United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928).
Exact synonyms: James Dewey Watson, James Watson
Generic synonyms: Geneticist

Definition of Watson

1. Proper noun. (surname northern English and Scottish patronymic from=given names) ¹

2. Proper noun. Doctor Watson, fictional character in, and narrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories ¹

3. Proper noun. Any character who performs as catalyst for the protagonist detective's mental processes in a mystery story; a consciousness that's privy to facts in the case without being in on the conclusions drawn from them until the proper time. After William L. DeAndrea, discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ¹

4. Proper noun. James D. Watson co-discoverer of the structure of DNA ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Watson

Waterloos
Waterlooville
Waters
Waters' operation
Waters' projection
Waters' view
Waters' view radiograph
Waterson
Waterston operation
Waterston shunt
Watertown
Wathawurung
Watkin
Watkins
Watkinson
Watson (current term)
Watson-Crick helix
Watson-Schwartz test
Watsonius watsoni
Watt
Watteau
Wattieza
Watts
Watusi
Watutsi
Waugh
Waughesque
Waughian
Wausau
Wavell

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