adversity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state of misfortune or affliction
debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
Types & categories
- bad luck hypernym
- ill-being hyponym
- disaster hyponym
- extremity hyponym
- distress hyponym
- affliction hyponym
- victimization hyponym
- nadir hyponym
Related & opposite
- adverse derivation
Sense 2 noun
a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
a period marked by adversities
Types & categories
- misfortune hypernym
Related & opposite
- adverse derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adverse |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bad luck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ill-being |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disaster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extremity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distress |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | affliction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | victimization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nadir |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adverse |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | misfortune |