Cancer
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Related & opposite
- astrology domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini
Types & categories
- constellation instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- zodiac part holonym
Sense 3 noun
the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
Types & categories
- mansion instance hypernym
Sense 4 noun
type genus of the family Cancridae
Types & categories
- arthropod genus hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Cancridae member holonym
- Cancer magister member meronym
- rock crab member meronym
- Jonah crab member meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astrology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | zodiac |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | constellation |
| 3 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | mansion |
| 4 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Cancridae |
| 4 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Cancer magister |
| 4 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | rock crab |
| 4 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Jonah crab |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | arthropod genus |