death
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the event of dying or departure from life
her death came as a terrible shock
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- fatality hyponym
- martyrdom hyponym
- megadeath hyponym
- going hyponym
- wrongful death hyponym
- Crucifixion instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
the animal died a painful death
Types & categories
- organic phenomenon hypernym
- necrobiosis hyponym
- necrosis hyponym
- brain death hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the absence of life or state of being dead
he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
Types & categories
- state hypernym
- eternal rest hyponym
- defunctness hyponym
- neonatal death hyponym
- sudden infant death syndrome hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the time when something ends
it was the death of all his plans
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- lifetime part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
she stayed until his death
Types & categories
- end hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a final state
he came to a bad end
Types & categories
- state hypernym
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Sense 7 noun
the act of killing
he had two deaths on his conscience
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | nativity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fatality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | martyrdom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | megadeath |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | going |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrongful death |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Crucifixion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic phenomenon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | necrobiosis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | necrosis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brain death |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eternal rest |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | defunctness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | neonatal death |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sudden infant death syndrome |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | birth |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lifetime |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | end |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | grave |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | end |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | end |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | die |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadly |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |