freewheel
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
a clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting)
Types & categories
- clutch hypernym
Sense 2 verb
live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school
Types & categories
- subsist hypernym
Related & opposite
- free spirit derivation
- drift verb group
Sense 3 verb
coast in a vehicle using the freewheel
Types & categories
- coast hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | clutch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | free spirit |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | drift |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | subsist |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | coast |