bridle
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
headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
Types & categories
- headgear hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
anger or take offense
She bridled at his suggestion to elope
Types & categories
- see red hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper
Types & categories
- restraint hypernym
Related & opposite
- restrict derivation
- curb derivation
- discipline derivation
Sense 4 verb
put a bridle on
bridle horses
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
respond to the reins, as of horses
Types & categories
- answer hypernym
Related & opposite
- bridle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bridle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bridle |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | harness |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bit |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cheekpiece |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | headpiece |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | noseband |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rein |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | headgear |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | see red |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrict |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | curb |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | discipline |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | restraint |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | unbridle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bridle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | constrain |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | snaffle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bridle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | answer |