bug
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
Types & categories
- insect hypernym
Related & opposite
- buggy derivation
Sense 2 verb
annoy persistently
The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Types & categories
- rag hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
Types & categories
- flaw hypernym
Sense 4 verb
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
Types & categories
- eavesdrop hypernym
Related & opposite
- wiretap derivation
- bug derivation
- wiretapper derivation
Sense 5 noun
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
Types & categories
- microphone hypernym
Related & opposite
- wiretap derivation
Sense 6 noun
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
Types & categories
- insect hypernym
- leaf bug hyponym
- lygaeid hyponym
- coreid bug hyponym
- bedbug hyponym
- backswimmer hyponym
- true bug hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Hemiptera member holonym
Sense 7 noun
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
Types & categories
- microorganism hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buggy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | insect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | teasing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | heckler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gadfly |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tease |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rag |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | flaw |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiretap |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bug |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiretapper |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | eavesdrop |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wiretap |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | microphone |
| 6 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Hemiptera |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | insect |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | leaf bug |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lygaeid |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | coreid bug |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedbug |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | backswimmer |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | true bug |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | germy |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | microbial |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | microorganism |