Synonyms for bacon

Noun

1. bacon, cut of pork

usage: back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried

2. Bacon, Roger Bacon, monk, monastic, scientist, man of science

usage: English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)

3. Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, statesman, solon, national leader, philosopher

usage: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)