gatekeeper
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
someone who controls access to something
there are too many gatekeepers between the field officers and the chief
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Sense 2 noun
someone who guards an entrance
Types & categories
- guard hypernym
- commissionaire hyponym
- night porter hyponym
- ticket collector hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | guard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | commissionaire |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | night porter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ticket collector |