fly-by-night
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 debtor who flees to avoid paying
Types & categories
- debtor hypernym
Related & opposite
- fly-by-night derivation
- fly-by-night derivation
Sense 2 adjective
(of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
a shady operation
Related & opposite
- shadiness derivation
- fly-by-night derivation
- untrustworthy similar to
Sense 3 adjective
ephemeral
the symphony is no fly-by-night venture
Related & opposite
- fly-by-night derivation
- temporary similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fly-by-night |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fly-by-night |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | debtor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shadiness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fly-by-night |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | untrustworthy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fly-by-night |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | temporary |