Byzantine
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 native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
Types & categories
- Asian hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Byzantine Empire member holonym
- Byzantium member holonym
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
Byzantine monks
Related & opposite
- Eastern Church pertains to
Sense 3 adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
Related & opposite
- Byzantine Empire pertains to
Sense 4 adjective
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
the Byzantine tax structure
Related & opposite
- complicatedness derivation
- complex similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Byzantine Empire |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Byzantium |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | Asian |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | Eastern Church |
| 3 | pertains to | Related & opposite | Byzantine Empire |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicatedness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | complex |