depression
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
Types & categories
- psychological state hypernym
- melancholia hyponym
- blue devils hyponym
- funk hyponym
- melancholy hyponym
- slough of despond hyponym
- low spirits hyponym
- dejection hyponym
Related & opposite
- elation antonym
Sense 2 noun
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Types & categories
- crisis hypernym
- economic condition hypernym
- Great Depression instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- fall off derivation
Sense 3 noun
a sunken or depressed geological formation
Types & categories
- geological formation hypernym
- basin hyponym
- bed hyponym
- crater hyponym
- hollow hyponym
- lowland hyponym
- sinkhole hyponym
- oceanic abyss hyponym
- trough hyponym
- valley hyponym
Related & opposite
- natural elevation antonym
Sense 4 noun
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Types & categories
- sadness hypernym
- demoralisation hyponym
- helplessness hyponym
- despondency hyponym
- oppressiveness hyponym
- dysphoria hyponym
Sense 5 noun
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
Types & categories
- air mass hypernym
Parts & wholes
- cyclone part holonym
Sense 6 noun
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Types & categories
- affective disorder hypernym
- agitated depression hyponym
- anaclitic depression hyponym
- dysthymia hyponym
- endogenous depression hyponym
- exogenous depression hyponym
- major depressive episode hyponym
- neurotic depression hyponym
- psychotic depression hyponym
- retarded depression hyponym
Sense 7 noun
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
Types & categories
Sense 8 noun
angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
Types & categories
- angular position hypernym
Sense 9 noun
pushing down
depression of the space bar on the typewriter
Types & categories
- push hypernym
- mouse click hyponym
Related & opposite
- press down derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | elation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | psychological state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | melancholia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blue devils |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | funk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | melancholy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slough of despond |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | low spirits |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dejection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fall off |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | crisis |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | economic condition |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Depression |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | natural elevation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | geological formation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | basin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crater |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hollow |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lowland |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sinkhole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | oceanic abyss |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | trough |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | valley |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sadness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | demoralisation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | helplessness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | despondency |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | oppressiveness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dysphoria |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | cyclone |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | air mass |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | affective disorder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | agitated depression |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | anaclitic depression |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | dysthymia |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | endogenous depression |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | exogenous depression |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | major depressive episode |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | neurotic depression |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychotic depression |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | retarded depression |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | incurvation |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dimple |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | groove |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dimple |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dip |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | incision |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | sag |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrinkle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fissure |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | angular position |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | press down |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | push |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | mouse click |