barrier
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a structure or object that impedes free movement
Types & categories
- obstruction hypernym
- banister hyponym
- barricade hyponym
- breakwater hyponym
- bulwark hyponym
- crash barrier hyponym
- dam hyponym
- fencing hyponym
- fender hyponym
- grating hyponym
- hurdle hyponym
- movable barrier hyponym
- rail hyponym
- revetment hyponym
- barricade hyponym
- starting gate hyponym
Sense 2 noun
any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
intolerance is a barrier to understanding
Types & categories
- obstacle hypernym
- ideological barrier hyponym
- language barrier hyponym
Sense 3 noun
anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
Types & categories
- mechanism hypernym
- bar hyponym
- blood-brain barrier hyponym
- curtain hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | obstruction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | banister |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | barricade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | breakwater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bulwark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crash barrier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fencing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fender |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grating |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hurdle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | movable barrier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | revetment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | barricade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | starting gate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | obstacle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ideological barrier |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | language barrier |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bar |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blood-brain barrier |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | curtain |