amuse
verb
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 verb
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
The play amused the ladies
Types & categories
- entertain hypernym
Related & opposite
- diversion derivation
- entertainment derivation
- amusing derivation
Sense 2 verb
make (somebody) laugh
The clown amused the children
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | diversion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | entertainment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | amusing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | entertain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | amusement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | amusing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cheer up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | convulse |