general
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a general officer of the highest rank
Types & categories
- general officer hypernym
- Blucher hyponym
- Agricola instance hyponym
- Alcibiades instance hyponym
- Antigonus instance hyponym
- Anthony instance hyponym
- Benedict Arnold instance hyponym
- Belisarius instance hyponym
- Belshazzar instance hyponym
- El Libertador instance hyponym
- Omar Bradley instance hyponym
- Bragg instance hyponym
- Burgoyne instance hyponym
- Burnside instance hyponym
- Caesar instance hyponym
- Chiang Kai-shek instance hyponym
- Churchill instance hyponym
- Mark Clark instance hyponym
- Clausewitz instance hyponym
- Lucius Clay instance hyponym
- Clive instance hyponym
- Cornwallis instance hyponym
- Cromwell instance hyponym
- Cumberland instance hyponym
- Custer instance hyponym
- Dayan instance hyponym
- de Gaulle instance hyponym
- Demetrius instance hyponym
- Doolittle instance hyponym
- Dowding instance hyponym
- Eisenhower instance hyponym
- Eugene instance hyponym
- Flaminius instance hyponym
- Franco instance hyponym
- Garibaldi instance hyponym
- Ulysses Grant instance hyponym
- Groves instance hyponym
- Hannibal instance hyponym
- Bomber Harris instance hyponym
- Hasdrubal instance hyponym
- Hindenburg instance hyponym
- Holofernes instance hyponym
- Hooker instance hyponym
- Sam Houston instance hyponym
- Andrew Jackson instance hyponym
- Thomas Jackson instance hyponym
- Johnston instance hyponym
- Josephus instance hyponym
- Robert E. Lee instance hyponym
- Lucullus instance hyponym
- Luculus instance hyponym
- Lysander instance hyponym
- Lysimachus instance hyponym
- MacArthur instance hyponym
- George Marshall instance hyponym
- George Gordon Meade instance hyponym
- Miltiades instance hyponym
- William Mitchell instance hyponym
- Bernard Law Montgomery instance hyponym
- Napoleon instance hyponym
- Ney instance hyponym
- Pershing instance hyponym
- Pickett instance hyponym
- Pompey instance hyponym
- Powell instance hyponym
- Rochambeau instance hyponym
- Santa Anna instance hyponym
- Saxe instance hyponym
- Scipio instance hyponym
- Winfield Scott instance hyponym
- Seleucus instance hyponym
- Sherman instance hyponym
- Siraj-ud-daula instance hyponym
- Stilwell instance hyponym
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix instance hyponym
- Wallenstein instance hyponym
- George Washington instance hyponym
- Wavell instance hyponym
- Anthony Wayne instance hyponym
- Wellington instance hyponym
- Xenophon instance hyponym
- Zhukov instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- generalcy derivation
- generalship derivation
- general derivation
- military domain topic
Sense 2 verb
command as a general
We are generaled by an incompetent!
Types & categories
- command hypernym
Related & opposite
- general derivation
Sense 3 adjective
applying to all or most members of a category or group
the general public
Related & opposite
- comprehensive also see
- indiscriminate also see
- imprecise also see
- unspecialized also see
- specific antonym
- generality attribute
- generality derivation
- general derivation
- unspecific similar to
- general-purpose similar to
- generic similar to
- gross similar to
- overall similar to
- pandemic similar to
- universal similar to
- widespread similar to
Sense 4 noun
the head of a religious order or congregation
Types & categories
- chief hypernym
Related & opposite
- generalcy derivation
Sense 5 adjective
not specialized or limited to one class of things
general studies
Related & opposite
- generality derivation
- general derivation
- generality derivation
- undiversified similar to
Sense 6 noun
a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
he discussed the general but neglected the particular
Types & categories
- fact hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 adjective
prevailing among and common to the general public
the general discontent
Related & opposite
- common similar to
Sense 8 adjective
affecting the entire body
a general anesthetic
Related & opposite
- local antonym
- generality derivation
- generality derivation
- medicine domain topic
- systemic similar to
Sense 9 adjective
somewhat indefinite
bearing a general resemblance to the original
Related & opposite
- imprecise similar to
Sense 10 adjective
of worldwide scope or applicability
an issue of cosmopolitan import
Related & opposite
- universality derivation
- world derivation
- universalize derivation
- comprehensive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalcy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | general |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | general officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Blucher |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Agricola |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alcibiades |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Antigonus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Anthony |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Benedict Arnold |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Belisarius |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Belshazzar |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | El Libertador |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Omar Bradley |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bragg |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Burgoyne |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Burnside |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Caesar |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Chiang Kai-shek |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Churchill |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mark Clark |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Clausewitz |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lucius Clay |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Clive |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cornwallis |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cromwell |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cumberland |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Custer |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dayan |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | de Gaulle |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Demetrius |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Doolittle |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dowding |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Eisenhower |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Eugene |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Flaminius |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Franco |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Garibaldi |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ulysses Grant |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Groves |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hannibal |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bomber Harris |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hasdrubal |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hindenburg |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Holofernes |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hooker |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sam Houston |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Andrew Jackson |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Thomas Jackson |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Johnston |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Josephus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Robert E. Lee |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lucullus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Luculus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lysander |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lysimachus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | MacArthur |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | George Marshall |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | George Gordon Meade |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Miltiades |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | William Mitchell |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bernard Law Montgomery |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Napoleon |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ney |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pershing |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pickett |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pompey |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Powell |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rochambeau |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Santa Anna |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Saxe |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Scipio |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Winfield Scott |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Seleucus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sherman |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Siraj-ud-daula |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Stilwell |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Wallenstein |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | George Washington |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Wavell |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Anthony Wayne |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Wellington |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Xenophon |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Zhukov |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | general |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | command |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | comprehensive |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | indiscriminate |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | imprecise |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unspecialized |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | specific |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | generality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | generality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | general |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unspecific |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | general-purpose |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | generic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | gross |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | overall |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | pandemic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | universal |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | widespread |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | generalcy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | chief |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | generality |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | general |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | generality |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | undiversified |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | specific |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | general |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | general |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | fact |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | common |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | local |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | generality |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | generality |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | systemic |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | imprecise |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | universality |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | world |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | universalize |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | comprehensive |