dwarf
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is markedly small
Types & categories
- small person hypernym
- pituitary dwarf hyponym
- primordial dwarf hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make appear small by comparison
This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
Types & categories
- overtop hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gnomic derivation
Sense 4 verb
check the growth of
the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines
Types & categories
- stunt hypernym
Related & opposite
- dwarf derivation
Sense 5 noun
a plant or animal that is atypically small
Types & categories
- organism hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dwarf |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dwarf |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | small person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pituitary dwarf |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | primordial dwarf |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dwarf |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadow |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | overtop |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gnomic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | faerie |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Nibelung |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Andvari |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dwarf |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | stunt |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | organism |