directional
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
relating to or indicating directions in space
a directional microphone
Related & opposite
- omnidirectional antonym
- directionality derivation
- direction pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal
he tried to explain the directional trends of modern science
Related & opposite
- management pertains to
Sense 3 adjective
showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on
felt his mother's directing arm around him
Related & opposite
- directiveness derivation
- directive derivation
- mastermind derivation
- direct derivation
- leading similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | omnidirectional |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | directionality |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | direction |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | management |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | directiveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | directive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mastermind |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | direct |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | leading |