bum
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
only a rotter would do that
Types & categories
- unpleasant person hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
ask for and get free; be a parasite
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
of very poor quality; flimsy
Related & opposite
- shabbiness derivation
- tat derivation
- stinkpot derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
- inferior similar to
Sense 4 noun
a disreputable vagrant
a homeless tramp
Types & categories
Sense 5 verb
be lazy or idle
Her son is just bumming around all day
Types & categories
- laze hypernym
Related & opposite
- idler derivation
Sense 6 noun
person who does no work
a lazy bum
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- grub derivation
- laze derivation
- loaf derivation
- do-nothinga derivation
Sense 7 noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
he deserves a good kick in the butt
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- torso part holonym
Related & opposite
- posterior derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bum |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant person |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | idler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parasite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moocher |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | obtain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | freeload |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shabbiness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinkpot |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferior |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | vagrant |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dosser |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | idler |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | laze |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grub |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | laze |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | loaf |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | do-nothinga |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonworker |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | clock watcher |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | couch potato |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lounger |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | trailer |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | daydreamer |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | goof-off |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lazybones |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lie-abed |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | loon |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | slacker |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sluggard |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiv |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sunbather |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | trifler |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | whittler |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | posterior |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | torso |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |