badge
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
an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
they checked everyone's badge before letting them in
Types & categories
- emblem hypernym
- merit badge hyponym
- insignia hyponym
- I.D. hyponym
- black belt hyponym
- blue ribbon hyponym
- button hyponym
- chevron hyponym
- stripe hyponym
Related & opposite
- badge derivation
Sense 2 verb
put a badge on
The workers here must be badged
Types & categories
- mark hypernym
Related & opposite
- badge derivation
Sense 3 noun
any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)
wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability
Types & categories
- feature hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | badge |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | emblem |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | merit badge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insignia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | I.D. |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | black belt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blue ribbon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | button |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chevron |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stripe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | badge |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mark |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | feature |