canary
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
Types & categories
- squealer hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
Related & opposite
- canary yellow derivation
- chromatic similar to
Sense 3 noun
a female singer
Types & categories
- singer hypernym
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 4 noun
a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
Types & categories
- yellow hypernym
Related & opposite
- canary derivation
Sense 5 noun
any of several small Old World finches
Types & categories
- finch hypernym
- common canary hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Serinus member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | confess |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | squealer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | canary yellow |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | chromatic |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | singer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | canary |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | yellow |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Serinus |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | finch |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | common canary |