ceremony
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a formal event performed on a special occasion
a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
Types & categories
- social occasion hypernym
- circumstance hyponym
- funeral hyponym
- wedding hyponym
- pageantry hyponym
- dedication hyponym
- opening hyponym
- commemoration hyponym
- military ceremony hyponym
- induction hyponym
- exercise hyponym
- fire walking hyponym
- formality hyponym
- Maundy hyponym
- potlatch hyponym
Related & opposite
- celebrate derivation
- ceremonial derivation
Sense 2 noun
any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- tea ceremony hyponym
Related & opposite
- ceremonial derivation
- ceremonious derivation
Sense 3 noun
the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
an inaugural ceremony
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- groundbreaking hyponym
- purgation hyponym
- lustrum hyponym
- religious ceremony hyponym
- military ceremony hyponym
- presentation hyponym
Related & opposite
- ceremonial derivation
- ceremonious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | celebrate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceremonial |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | social occasion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumstance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | funeral |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wedding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pageantry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dedication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | opening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commemoration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | military ceremony |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | induction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exercise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire walking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | formality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Maundy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | potlatch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceremonial |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceremonious |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tea ceremony |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceremonial |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceremonious |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | groundbreaking |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | purgation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lustrum |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | religious ceremony |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | military ceremony |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | presentation |