flicker
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a momentary flash of light
Types & categories
- flash hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move back and forth very rapidly
the candle flickered
Types & categories
- move back and forth hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
North American woodpecker
Types & categories
- woodpecker hypernym
- yellowhammer hyponym
- gilded flicker hyponym
- red-shafted flicker hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Colaptes member holonym
Sense 4 verb
shine unsteadily
The candle flickered
Types & categories
- beam hypernym
Related & opposite
- flicker derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of moving back and forth
Types & categories
- movement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
flash intermittently
The lights flicked on and off
Types & categories
- flash hypernym
Related & opposite
- flicker derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flick |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | glitter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flutter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flapping |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move back and forth |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Colaptes |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | woodpecker |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | yellowhammer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gilded flicker |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | red-shafted flicker |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | beam |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | weave |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | falter |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | movement |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | flash |