derelict
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person without a home, job, or property
Types & categories
- pauper hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
worn and broken down by hard use
a creaky shack
Related & opposite
- worn similar to
Sense 3 noun
a ship abandoned on the high seas
Types & categories
- ship hypernym
Related & opposite
- abandoned derivation
Sense 4 adjective
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
Related & opposite
- abandoned ship derivation
- uninhabited similar to
Sense 5 adjective
failing in what duty requires
derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
Related & opposite
- neglectfulness derivation
- laxness derivation
- negligent similar to
Sense 6 adjective
in deplorable condition
a street of bedraggled tenements
Related & opposite
- ragamuffin derivation
- damaged similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pauper |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | worn |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abandoned |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ship |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | abandoned ship |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | uninhabited |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | neglectfulness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | laxness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | negligent |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ragamuffin |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | damaged |