floater
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
floaters seem to drift through the field of vision
Types & categories
- symptom hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
Types & categories
- debt instrument hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
Types & categories
- poor person hypernym
- bird of passage hypernym
- beachcomber hyponym
- sundowner hyponym
- tramp hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
Types & categories
- employee hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
Types & categories
- voter hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a swimmer who floats in the water
Types & categories
- bather hypernym
Related & opposite
- swim derivation
Sense 7 noun
an object that floats or is capable of floating
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- swim derivation
Sense 8 noun
an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
Types & categories
- insurance policy hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | symptom |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | debt instrument |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stray |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | drifting |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | poor person |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bird of passage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beachcomber |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sundowner |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tramp |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | employee |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | voter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | swim |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | bather |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | swim |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | iceberg |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | insurance policy |