adhesive
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
Types & categories
- material hypernym
- birdlime hyponym
- spirit gum hyponym
- binder hyponym
- cement hyponym
- library paste hyponym
- rubber cement hyponym
Parts & wholes
- epoxy substance meronym
Related & opposite
- adhesive derivation
Sense 2 adjective
tending to adhere
Related & opposite
- nonadhesive antonym
- adhesiveness derivation
- adhesive material derivation
- bond derivation
- adherent similar to
- agglutinate similar to
- bondable similar to
- tenacious similar to
- cohesive similar to
- gluey similar to
- gooey similar to
- gum-like similar to
- gummed similar to
- tarry similar to
- self-sealing similar to
- stick-on similar to
- sticky similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adhesive |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | epoxy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | birdlime |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spirit gum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | binder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | library paste |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rubber cement |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonadhesive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adhesiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adhesive material |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bond |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | adherent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | agglutinate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bondable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | tenacious |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cohesive |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | gluey |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | gooey |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | gum-like |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | gummed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | tarry |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-sealing |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | stick-on |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sticky |