elegance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
- dash hyponym
- delicacy hyponym
- courtliness hyponym
- tastefulness hyponym
- breeding hyponym
- chic hyponym
- grandeur hyponym
- eclat hyponym
- class hyponym
Related & opposite
- inelegance antonym
- elegant derivation
- elegant derivation
Sense 2 noun
a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)
the simplicity and elegance of his invention
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
Related & opposite
- elegant derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | inelegance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elegant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elegant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | delicacy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | courtliness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tastefulness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | breeding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grandeur |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eclat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | class |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | elegant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |