cautionary
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
warding off
the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples
Related & opposite
- protective similar to
Sense 2 adjective
serving to warn
shook a monitory finger at him
Related & opposite
- deterrent example derivation
- caveat derivation
- admonish derivation
- caution derivation
- dissuasive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | protective |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deterrent example |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | caveat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | admonish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | caution |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dissuasive |