criminal
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
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Types & categories
- principal hypernym
- accessary hyponym
- firebug hyponym
- blackmailer hyponym
- bootlegger hyponym
- briber hyponym
- conspirator hyponym
- desperado hyponym
- fugitive from justice hyponym
- gangster hyponym
- highbinder hyponym
- highjacker hyponym
- hood hyponym
- jail bird hyponym
- abductor hyponym
- mafioso hyponym
- moll hyponym
- liquidator hyponym
- parolee hyponym
- drug peddler hyponym
- racketeer hyponym
- raper hyponym
- recidivist hyponym
- scofflaw hyponym
- runner hyponym
- thief hyponym
- traitor hyponym
- violator hyponym
- Bonney instance hyponym
- Jesse James instance hyponym
- Rob Roy instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- outlaw derivation
- criminalize derivation
- outlawa derivation
- illegitimate derivation
Sense 2 adjective
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
a criminal waste of talent
Related & opposite
- reprehensibility derivation
- reprehend derivation
- wrong similar to
Sense 3 adjective
guilty of crime or serious offense
criminal in the sight of God and man
Related & opposite
- criminalism derivation
- guilty similar to
Sense 4 adjective
involving or being or having the nature of a crime
a criminal offense
Related & opposite
- crime derivation
- crime derivation
- felony derivation
- criminalism derivation
- illegal similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | outlaw |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | criminalize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | outlawa |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | illegitimate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | principal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accessary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | firebug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blackmailer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bootlegger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | briber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conspirator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | desperado |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fugitive from justice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gangster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | highbinder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | highjacker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jail bird |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abductor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mafioso |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moll |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | liquidator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | parolee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drug peddler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | racketeer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | raper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recidivist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scofflaw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | runner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thief |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | traitor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | violator |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bonney |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Jesse James |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rob Roy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reprehensibility |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reprehend |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | wrong |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | criminalism |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | guilty |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crime |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crime |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | felony |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | criminalism |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | illegal |