aptness
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a disposition to behave in a certain way
the aptness of iron to rust
Types & categories
- disposition hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
appropriateness for the occasion
the phrase had considerable aptness
Types & categories
- appropriateness hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aptp |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aptp |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disposition |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | inaptness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apposite |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | appropriateness |