gang
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 association of criminals
police tried to break up the gang
Types & categories
- association hypernym
- nest hyponym
- youth gang hyponym
Parts & wholes
- organized crime member holonym
- gangster member meronym
Related & opposite
- organized crime derivation
- gangster derivation
Sense 2 verb
act as an organized group
Types & categories
- aggroup hypernym
Related & opposite
- work party derivation
- gang derivation
Sense 3 noun
an informal body of friends
he still hangs out with the same crowd
Types & categories
- gathering hypernym
Related & opposite
- gang derivation
Sense 4 noun
an organized group of workmen
Types & categories
- social unit hypernym
- shift hyponym
- detail hyponym
- chain gang hyponym
- ground crew hyponym
- road gang hyponym
- section gang hyponym
- stage crew hyponym
Parts & wholes
- work force member holonym
- crewman member meronym
Related & opposite
- gang derivation
Sense 5 noun
tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
Types & categories
- tool hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | organized crime |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gangster |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | organized crime |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | gangster |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | association |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | youth gang |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | work party |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gang |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | aggroup |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gang |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | gathering |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gang |
| 4 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | work force |
| 4 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | crewman |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | social unit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shift |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | detail |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | chain gang |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ground crew |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | road gang |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | section gang |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stage crew |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tool |