button
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
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
Types & categories
- fastening hypernym
- coat button hyponym
- shirt button hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
provide with buttons
button a shirt
Types & categories
- add hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an electrical switch operated by pressing
the elevator was operated by push buttons
Types & categories
- switch hypernym
- bell push hyponym
- buzzer hyponym
- horn button hyponym
- mouse button hyponym
- panic button hyponym
- reset button hyponym
Parts & wholes
- push-button radio part holonym
Sense 4 verb
fasten with buttons
button the dress
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
Types & categories
- plant part hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment
they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate
Types & categories
- badge hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
Types & categories
- erectile organ hypernym
Parts & wholes
- vulva part holonym
- glans clitoridis part meronym
- prepuce part meronym
Related & opposite
- clitoral derivation
Sense 8 noun
a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
Types & categories
- device hypernym
Sense 9 noun
any artifact that resembles a button
Types & categories
- artifact hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | button |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | button |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buttony |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | beady |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fastening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coat button |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shirt button |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | button |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | stitch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | add |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | push-button radio |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | switch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bell push |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | buzzer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | horn button |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mouse button |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | panic button |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reset button |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | unbutton |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | button |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant part |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | badge |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | clitoral |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | vulva |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | glans clitoridis |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | prepuce |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | erectile organ |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | artifact |