elder
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is older than you are
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- elder derivation
Sense 2 adjective
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Bill Adams, Sr.
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Types & categories
- bush hypernym
- American elder hyponym
- blue elder hyponym
- dwarf elder hyponym
- elderberry hyponym
- American red elder hyponym
- red-berried elder hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Sambucus member holonym
Sense 4 noun
any of various church officers
Types & categories
- church officer hypernym
- presbyter hyponym
Related & opposite
- eldership derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elder |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adult |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | doyen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | doyenne |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elder |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | senior |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Sambucus |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bush |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | American elder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blue elder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dwarf elder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | elderberry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | American red elder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | red-berried elder |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | eldership |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | church officer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | presbyter |