hoodoo
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
a tall sandstone hoodoo
Types & categories
- pillar hypernym
Related & opposite
- geology domain topic
Sense 2 verb
bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a practitioner of voodoo
Types & categories
- vodoun hypernym
- non-Christian priest hypernym
Related & opposite
- hoodoo derivation
Sense 4 noun
a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
Types & categories
- good luck charm hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
something believed to bring bad luck
Types & categories
- object hypernym
Related & opposite
- hoodoo derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pillar |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hoodoo |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fetich |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hoodoo |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hoodoo |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vodoun |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | non-Christian priest |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fetishist |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | voodoo |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hoodoo |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | good luck charm |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hoodoo |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |