forte
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an asset of special worth or utility
cooking is his forte
Types & categories
- plus hypernym
- green thumb hyponym
Related & opposite
- weak point antonym
- special derivation
- particular derivation
Sense 2 adjective
used chiefly as a direction or description in music
the forte passages in the composition
Related & opposite
- piano antonym
- loudness derivation
- fortemente similar to
- fortissimo similar to
Sense 3 adverb
used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
(music) loud
Types & categories
- loudness hypernym
Related & opposite
- music domain topic
Sense 5 noun
the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sword part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | weak point |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | special |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | particular |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | green thumb |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | piano |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | loudness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fortemente |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fortissimo |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | piano |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | forte |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | loudness |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sword |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |