catcher
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
Types & categories
- infielder hypernym
Related & opposite
- catch derivation
- grab derivation
- baseball domain topic
- softball game domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws
a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment
Types & categories
- position hypernym
Parts & wholes
- baseball team member holonym
Related & opposite
- grab derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grab |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | softball game |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | infielder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grab |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | baseball team |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | position |