countenance
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
the appearance conveyed by a person's face
a pleasant countenance
Types & categories
- appearance hypernym
- expression hyponym
- poker face hyponym
Sense 2 verb
consent to, give permission
She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- nix antonym
- permission derivation
- license derivation
- sanction derivation
- permissible derivation
- allowable derivation
- permissive derivation
- grant verb group
Sense 3 noun
formal and explicit approval
a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
Types & categories
- commendation hypernym
- O.K. hyponym
- visa hyponym
- nihil obstat hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
Types & categories
- face hypernym
- pudding face hyponym
Parts & wholes
- human head part holonym
Related & opposite
- smile derivation
- Great Britain domain region
- colloquialism domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | appearance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | expression |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poker face |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | nix |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | license |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permissible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allowable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permissive |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | grant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | consent |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brook |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | permit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | authorize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | let in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | privilege |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | legitimate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trust |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | allow in |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | permit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | endorse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | commendation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | O.K. |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | visa |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nihil obstat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | smile |
| 4 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | human head |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | face |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pudding face |