cuckoo
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
Types & categories
- fool hypernym
Related & opposite
- blunder derivation
- dopy derivation
- buffoonish derivation
- zany derivation
Sense 2 verb
repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call
Types & categories
- echo hypernym
Related & opposite
- cuckoo derivation
Sense 3 noun
any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
Types & categories
- cuculiform bird hypernym
- European cuckoo hyponym
- black-billed cuckoo hyponym
- roadrunner hyponym
- ani hyponym
- coucal hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Cuculidae member holonym
Related & opposite
- cuckoo derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dopy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buffoonish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | zany |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fool |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cuckoo |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | echo |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cuckoo |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Cuculidae |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cuculiform bird |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | European cuckoo |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | black-billed cuckoo |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | roadrunner |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ani |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | coucal |