excommunicate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
exclude from a church or a religious community
The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
Types & categories
- keep out hypernym
Related & opposite
- communicate antonym
- excommunication derivation
- excommunication derivation
- excommunicate verb group
Sense 2 verb
oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
Types & categories
- boot out hypernym
Related & opposite
- excommunication derivation
- excommunicate verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | communicate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excommunication |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excommunication |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | excommunicate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | keep out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excommunication |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | excommunicate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | boot out |