celibate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
Types & categories
- religious person hypernym
Related & opposite
- celibate derivation
Sense 2 adjective
abstaining from sexual intercourse
celibate priests
Related & opposite
- continence derivation
- celibate derivation
- chaste similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | celibate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | religious person |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | continence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | celibate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | chaste |