featherbed
noun
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mattress stuffed with feathers
Types & categories
- mattress hypernym
Sense 2 verb
treat with excessive indulgence
grandparents often pamper the children
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
Related & opposite
- indulging derivation
- baby derivation
- mollycoddle derivation
- pamperer derivation
Sense 3 verb
hire more workers than are necessary
Types & categories
- hire hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mattress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | indulging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | baby |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mollycoddle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pamperer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hire |