fondness
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 predisposition to like something
he had a fondness for whiskey
Types & categories
- liking hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a positive feeling of liking
he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
Types & categories
- feeling hypernym
- attachment hyponym
- protectiveness hyponym
- regard hyponym
- soft spot hyponym
Related & opposite
- fond derivation
- warm derivation
- hearty derivation
- warmhearted derivation
Sense 3 noun
a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
Types & categories
- emotionality hypernym
- tenderness hyponym
- uxoriousness hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | take to |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fondp |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | liking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fond |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | warm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hearty |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | warmhearted |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | attachment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | protectiveness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | regard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | soft spot |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | loving |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | doting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fond |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | emotionality |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tenderness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | uxoriousness |