cancerous
adjective
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
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
relating to or affected with cancer
a cancerous growth
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads
remorse was cancerous within him
Related & opposite
- malign similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cancer |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | malignant |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | malign |