benevolence
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
disposition to do good
Types & categories
- love hypernym
- beneficence hyponym
Related & opposite
- malevolence antonym
Sense 2 noun
an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
Types & categories
- kindness hypernym
- brotherly love hyponym
Sense 3 noun
an act intending or showing kindness and good will
Types & categories
- benignity hypernym
Related & opposite
- benefact derivation
- benevolent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | malevolence |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | love |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beneficence |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | kindness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brotherly love |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | benefact |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | benevolent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | benignity |