feeler
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
Types & categories
- tentacle hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
she rejected his advances
Types & categories
- proffer hypernym
Related & opposite
- approach derivation
Sense 3 noun
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
he had a special antenna for public relations
Types & categories
- sensitiveness hypernym
Sense 4 noun
slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
Types & categories
- tentacle hypernym
Related & opposite
- finger derivation
- feel derivation
- barbellate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | finger |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antennal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tentacle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | approach |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | proffer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sensitiveness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | finger |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | barbellate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | tentacle |