converse
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 proposition obtained by conversion
Types & categories
- proposition hypernym
Sense 2 verb
carry on a conversation
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- conversation derivation
Sense 3 adjective
of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other
`parental' and `filial' are converse terms
Related & opposite
- antonymous similar to
Sense 4 adjective
turned about in order or relation
transposed letters
Related & opposite
- backward similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | proposition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conversation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | talk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | contend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | interview |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | interview |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | interview |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chat |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | antonymous |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | backward |