handmaid
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
in a subordinate position
theology should be the handmaiden of ethics
Types & categories
- subordinateness hypernym
Related & opposite
- serve well derivation
Sense 2 noun
a personal maid or female attendant
Types & categories
- maid hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | serve well |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | subordinateness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | maid |