caste
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
social status or position conferred by a system based on class
lose caste by doing work beneath one's station
Types & categories
- status hypernym
Sense 2 noun
(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
Types & categories
- social class hypernym
- jati hyponym
Related & opposite
- Hinduism domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
Types & categories
- social class hypernym
Sense 4 noun
in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
Types & categories
- animal group hypernym
Parts & wholes
- colony part holonym
Related & opposite
- entomology domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | status |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Hinduism |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social class |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jati |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | social class |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | entomology |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | colony |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal group |