congratulation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
Types & categories
- speech act hypernym
Related & opposite
- felicitate derivation
- preen derivation
Sense 2 noun
(usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another
I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage
Types & categories
- verbalism hypernym
Related & opposite
- compliment derivation
- felicitate derivation
- pride derivation
- plural domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | felicitate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | preen |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech act |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compliment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | felicitate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pride |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | verbalism |