/ Thesaurus / M Synonyms of manhattan project Find synonyms for: Noun1. Manhattan Projectusage: a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II2. Manhattan Projectusage: code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War IIWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: procrastinate Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language