degenerate
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Types & categories
- reprobate hypernym
- fetishist hyponym
- masochist hyponym
- nymphomaniac hyponym
- pederast hyponym
- pedophile hyponym
- sadist hyponym
- sadomasochist hyponym
- satyr hyponym
- sodomite hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
grow worse
Her condition deteriorated
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- convalesce antonym
- devolution derivation
- worsening derivation
- degeneracy derivation
- deterioration derivation
- degenerative derivation
Sense 3 adjective
unrestrained by convention or morality
Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | debauch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deviate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | libertine |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aberrant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reprobate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fetishist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | masochist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nymphomaniac |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pederast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pedophile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sadist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sadomasochist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | satyr |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sodomite |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | convalesce |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | devolution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | worsening |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | degeneracy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deterioration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | degenerative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fatigue |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | languish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rot |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | debauch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | self-gratification |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rounder |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pervert |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rip |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | immoral |