committee
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a special group delegated to consider some matter
a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours
Types & categories
- administrative unit hypernym
- Economic and Social Council commission hyponym
- blue ribbon commission hyponym
- board hyponym
- election commission hyponym
- fairness commission hyponym
- planning commission hyponym
- conservancy hyponym
- select committee hyponym
- subcommittee hyponym
- standing committee hyponym
- steering committee hyponym
- ethics committee hyponym
- finance committee hyponym
- politburo hyponym
- political action committee hyponym
- presidium hyponym
- zoning commission hyponym
- panel hyponym
- vestry hyponym
Parts & wholes
- commissioner member meronym
- committee member member meronym
Related & opposite
- commissioner derivation
- entrust derivation
Sense 2 noun
a self-constituted organization to promote something
Types & categories
- nongovernmental organization hypernym
- vigilance committee hyponym
- welcoming committee hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | commissioner |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | entrust |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | commissioner |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | committee member |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | administrative unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Economic and Social Council commission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blue ribbon commission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | board |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | election commission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fairness commission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | planning commission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conservancy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | select committee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subcommittee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | standing committee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | steering committee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ethics committee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | finance committee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | politburo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | political action committee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | presidium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zoning commission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | panel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vestry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | nongovernmental organization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vigilance committee |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | welcoming committee |