guy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an informal term for a youth or man
a nice guy
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
subject to laughter or ridicule
The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
steady or support with a guy wire or cable
The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing
Types & categories
- stabilise hypernym
Related & opposite
- guy cable derivation
Sense 4 noun
a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
Types & categories
- bracing hypernym
Parts & wholes
- tent part holonym
Related & opposite
- guy derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | man |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sod |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | teasing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | derision |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | knock |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ridicule |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rib |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | satirist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mock |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tease |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lampoon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | debunk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stultify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | guy cable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stabilise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | guy |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | tent |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bracing |