fox
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
Types & categories
- canid hypernym
- vixen hyponym
- Reynard hyponym
- Vulpes vulpes hyponym
- Vulpes fulva hyponym
- prairie fox hyponym
- kit fox hyponym
- Arctic fox hyponym
- grey fox hyponym
Sense 2 verb
deceive somebody
We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a shifty deceptive person
Types & categories
- beguiler hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
These questions confuse even the experts
Types & categories
- be hypernym
- demoralize hyponym
- baffle hyponym
- disorient hyponym
Related & opposite
- disarray derivation
- obfuscation derivation
- discombobulation derivation
- disconcert verb group
Sense 5 noun
the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
Types & categories
- pelt hypernym
Related & opposite
- fox derivation
Sense 6 verb
become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
Types & categories
- spot hypernym
Related & opposite
- fox derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | canid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vixen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Reynard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Vulpes vulpes |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Vulpes fulva |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prairie fox |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kit fox |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Arctic fox |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grey fox |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trick |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chicanery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hustle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trickery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trickster |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | deceive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snooker |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sidestep |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | trick |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crafty |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | beguiler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | disarray |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | obfuscation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | discombobulation |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | disconcert |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | demoralize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | baffle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | disorient |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fox |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | pelt |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fox |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | spot |