eon
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the longest division of geological time
Types & categories
- geological time hypernym
- Phanerozoic instance hyponym
- Precambrian instance hyponym
- Proterozoic instance hyponym
- Archean instance hyponym
- Hadean instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- geological era part meronym
Related & opposite
- aeonian derivation
Sense 2 noun
an immeasurably long period of time
oh, that happened eons ago
Types & categories
- long time hypernym
Related & opposite
- everlasting derivation
Sense 3 noun
(Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
Types & categories
- spiritual being hypernym
Related & opposite
- Gnosticism domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aeonian |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | geological era |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | geological time |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Phanerozoic |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Precambrian |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Proterozoic |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Archean |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hadean |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | everlasting |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | long time |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Gnosticism |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | spiritual being |