backhand
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
Types & categories
- return hypernym
- two-handed backhand hyponym
Related & opposite
- backhand derivation
Sense 2 verb
hit a tennis ball backhand
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
- backhand derivation
Sense 3 adjective
(of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
Related & opposite
- handwriting domain topic
- written similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | backhand |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | return |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | two-handed backhand |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | backhand |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | handwriting |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | written |