gentile
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who does not acknowledge your god
Types & categories
- nonreligious person hypernym
- paynim hyponym
- idolater hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gentile derivation
Sense 5 noun
a Christian
Christians refer to themselves as gentiles
Types & categories
- Christian hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | paganize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heathen |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gentile |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonreligious person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paynim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | idolater |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | non-Jew |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gentile |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | non-Jew |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gentile |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | Christian |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shegetz |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | Christian |