canter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
Types & categories
- gait hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
ride at a canter
The men cantered away
Types & categories
- ride horseback hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
go at a canter, of horses
Types & categories
- pace hypernym
Related & opposite
- canter derivation
Sense 4 verb
ride at a cantering pace
He cantered the horse across the meadow
Types & categories
- ride hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lope |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | canter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | canter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | canter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gait |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | canter |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | riding |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ride horseback |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | canter |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pace |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | canter |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | riding |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | riding |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ride |