ginger
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
perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
Types & categories
- herb hypernym
- common ginger hyponym
- galangal hyponym
- lesser galangal hyponym
- red ginger hyponym
- shall-flower hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
add ginger to in order to add flavor
ginger the soup
Types & categories
- zest hypernym
Related & opposite
- gingerroot derivation
- powdered ginger derivation
- cooking domain topic
Sense 3 adjective
(used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color
a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes
Related & opposite
- colored similar to
Sense 4 noun
dried ground gingerroot
Types & categories
- spice hypernym
Parts & wholes
- gingerroot substance meronym
Related & opposite
- ginger derivation
Sense 5 noun
pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery
Types & categories
- seasoning hypernym
Parts & wholes
- common ginger part holonym
- powdered ginger substance holonym
- ginger ale substance holonym
Related & opposite
- ginger derivation
Sense 6 noun
liveliness and energy
this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep
Types & categories
- sprightliness hypernym
Related & opposite
- peppy derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Zingiber |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | gingerol |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | herb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | common ginger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | galangal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lesser galangal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | red ginger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shall-flower |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gingerroot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | powdered ginger |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | zest |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | colored |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ginger |
| 4 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | gingerroot |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | spice |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ginger |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | common ginger |
| 5 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | powdered ginger |
| 5 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | ginger ale |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | seasoning |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | peppy |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sprightliness |