business
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
he bought his brother's business
Types & categories
- enterprise hypernym
- agency hyponym
- brokerage hyponym
- common carrier hyponym
- chain hyponym
- firm hyponym
- dealership hyponym
- manufacturer hyponym
- partnership hyponym
- processor hyponym
- shipbuilder hyponym
- underperformer hyponym
Parts & wholes
- division member meronym
Related & opposite
- business enterprise domain topic
- shipping room has domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
computers are now widely used in business
Types & categories
- commerce hypernym
- tourism hyponym
- fishing hyponym
- butchering hyponym
- storage hyponym
- manufacture hyponym
- field of operation hyponym
- employee-owned enterprise hyponym
- finance hyponym
- discount business hyponym
- real-estate business hyponym
- publicizing hyponym
- publishing hyponym
- printing hyponym
- packaging hyponym
- agriculture hyponym
- building hyponym
- shipping hyponym
- venture hyponym
Parts & wholes
- market part holonym
- business activity part meronym
Related & opposite
- overcapitalization has domain topic
- operation has domain topic
- business has domain topic
- administration has domain topic
- establishment has domain topic
- gambling house has domain topic
- perspicacity has domain topic
- cinema has domain topic
- business people has domain topic
- business sector has domain topic
- chain has domain topic
- business has domain topic
- capitalist has domain topic
- copartner has domain topic
- player has domain topic
- bankroll has domain topic
- doldrums has domain topic
- privatize has domain topic
- sluggish has domain topic
- hostile has domain topic
- tangible has domain topic
- intangible has domain topic
Sense 3 noun
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
he's not in my line of business
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- confectionery hyponym
- sport hyponym
- farming hyponym
- biz hyponym
- career hyponym
- employment hyponym
- appointment hyponym
- berth hyponym
- salt mine hyponym
- craft hyponym
- profession hyponym
- metier hyponym
- accountancy hyponym
- photography hyponym
- catering hyponym
Related & opposite
- engage derivation
Sense 4 noun
a rightful concern or responsibility
it's none of your business
Types & categories
- worry hypernym
Sense 5 noun
an immediate objective
gossip was the main business of the evening
Types & categories
Sense 6 noun
the volume of commercial activity
business is good today
Types & categories
- business activity hypernym
- trade hyponym
- land-office business hyponym
Related & opposite
- business enterprise domain topic
Sense 7 noun
business concerns collectively
Government and business could not agree
Types & categories
- sector hypernym
- big business hyponym
Related & opposite
- business enterprise domain topic
- incorporate has domain topic
Sense 8 noun
customers collectively
they have an upper class clientele
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Related & opposite
- patronage derivation
Sense 9 noun
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
his business with the cane was hilarious
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | shipping room |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | division |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | enterprise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | agency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brokerage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | common carrier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | firm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dealership |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manufacturer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partnership |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | processor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shipbuilder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | underperformer |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | overcapitalization |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | operation |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | business |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | administration |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | establishment |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | gambling house |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | perspicacity |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | cinema |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | business people |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | business sector |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | chain |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | business |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | capitalist |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | copartner |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | player |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | bankroll |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | doldrums |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | privatize |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | sluggish |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | hostile |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | tangible |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | intangible |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | market |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | business activity |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | commerce |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tourism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fishing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | butchering |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | storage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | manufacture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | field of operation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | employee-owned enterprise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | finance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | discount business |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | real-estate business |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | publicizing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | publishing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | printing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | packaging |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | agriculture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | building |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shipping |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | venture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | engage |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | confectionery |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sport |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | farming |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | biz |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | career |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | employment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | appointment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | berth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | salt mine |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | craft |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | profession |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | metier |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accountancy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | photography |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | catering |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | worry |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | objective |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | occasions |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | business activity |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | trade |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | land-office business |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 7 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | incorporate |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | sector |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | big business |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | patronage |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | acting |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | shtik |