chair
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down
Types & categories
- seat hypernym
- armchair hyponym
- barber chair hyponym
- chair of state hyponym
- chaise hyponym
- Eames chair hyponym
- fighting chair hyponym
- folding chair hyponym
- highchair hyponym
- ladder-back hyponym
- lawn chair hyponym
- rocking chair hyponym
- straight chair hyponym
- swivel chair hyponym
- tablet-armed chair hyponym
- wheelchair hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
She chaired the department for many years
Types & categories
- head hypernym
Related & opposite
- chairman derivation
Sense 3 noun
the position of professor
he was awarded an endowed chair in economics
Types & categories
- berth hypernym
Related & opposite
- professor derivation
Sense 4 verb
preside over
John moderated the discussion
Types & categories
- hash out hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
address your remarks to the chairperson
Types & categories
- presiding officer hypernym
- Kalon Tripa hyponym
- vice chairman hyponym
Related & opposite
- chairmanship derivation
- presidentship derivation
- presidency derivation
- moderate derivation
- chair derivation
- preside derivation
Sense 6 noun
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
Types & categories
- instrument of execution hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a particular seat in an orchestra
he is second chair violin
Types & categories
- seat hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | backrest |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | leg |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | seat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | armchair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | barber chair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chair of state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chaise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Eames chair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fighting chair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | folding chair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | highchair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ladder-back |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lawn chair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rocking chair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | straight chair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swivel chair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tablet-armed chair |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wheelchair |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chairman |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | head |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | professor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | berth |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lead |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chairman |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hash out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chairmanship |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | presidentship |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | presidency |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chair |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | preside |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | presiding officer |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Kalon Tripa |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vice chairman |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | instrument of execution |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | seat |