distributor
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who markets merchandise
Types & categories
- provider hypernym
- middleman hyponym
- retailer hyponym
- ship chandler hyponym
- wool stapler hyponym
Related & opposite
- distribute derivation
Sense 2 noun
a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
Types & categories
- authority hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a company that markets merchandise
his company is a large distributor of software products
Types & categories
- company hypernym
- direct mailer hyponym
- retail chain hyponym
Sense 4 noun
electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
Types & categories
- electrical device hypernym
Parts & wholes
- ignition system part holonym
- capacitor part meronym
- distributor cam part meronym
- distributor cap part meronym
- distributor point part meronym
- rotor part meronym
Related & opposite
- dispense derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distribute |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | provider |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | middleman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retailer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ship chandler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wool stapler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispense |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | authority |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | company |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | direct mailer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | retail chain |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispense |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ignition system |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | capacitor |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | distributor cam |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | distributor cap |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | distributor point |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rotor |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical device |