devotion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
feelings of ardent love
their devotion to each other was beautiful
Types & categories
- love hypernym
Related & opposite
- devoted derivation
Sense 2 noun
commitment to some purpose
the devotion of his time and wealth to science
Types & categories
- allegiance hypernym
- cultism hyponym
- hobbyism hyponym
- fetich hyponym
- party spirit hyponym
Related & opposite
- dedicate derivation
Sense 3 noun
religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
Types & categories
- worship hypernym
- bibliolatry hyponym
- verbolatry hyponym
- symbolatry hyponym
- anthropolatry hyponym
- gyneolatry hyponym
- lordolatry hyponym
- thaumatolatry hyponym
- topolatry hyponym
Related & opposite
- dedicate derivation
- idolatrous derivation
Sense 4 noun
(usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently)
he returned to his devotions
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- plural domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | devoted |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | love |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dedicate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | allegiance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cultism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hobbyism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fetich |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | party spirit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dedicate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | idolatrous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | worship |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bibliolatry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | verbolatry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | symbolatry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | anthropolatry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gyneolatry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lordolatry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | thaumatolatry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | topolatry |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | prayer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bhakti |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | novena |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Stations |