deaf
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
people who have severe hearing impairments
many of the deaf use sign language
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Parts & wholes
- deaf person member meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make or render deaf
a deafening noise
Types & categories
- desensitize hypernym
Related & opposite
- deaf derivation
Sense 3 adjective
lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
Related & opposite
- hearinga antonym
- deaf derivation
- deafness derivation
- deaf-mute similar to
- deafened similar to
- hard-of-hearing similar to
- profoundly deaf similar to
- tone-deaf similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deaf |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deaf |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | deaf person |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deaf |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | desensitize |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | hearinga |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deaf |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deafness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | deaf-mute |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | deafened |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | hard-of-hearing |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | profoundly deaf |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | tone-deaf |