balloon
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
large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
Types & categories
- lighter-than-air craft hypernym
- hot-air balloon hyponym
- meteorological balloon hyponym
- trial balloon hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- balloonist derivation
- balloon derivation
Sense 2 verb
ride in a hot-air balloon
He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China
Types & categories
- pilot hypernym
Related & opposite
- balloon derivation
- balloonist derivation
Sense 3 noun
small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
Types & categories
- toy hypernym
Sense 4 verb
become inflated
The sails ballooned
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- inflation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | balloonist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | balloon |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gasbag |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ripcord |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lighter-than-air craft |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot-air balloon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meteorological balloon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trial balloon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | balloon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | balloonist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pilot |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | toy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inflation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | expand |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reflate |