impulse
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an instinctive motive
profound religious impulses
Types & categories
- motivation hypernym
- abience hyponym
- adience hyponym
- death instinct hyponym
- wanderlust hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a sudden desire
he bought it on an impulse
Types & categories
- desire hypernym
Related & opposite
- whimsical derivation
Sense 3 noun
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus
Types & categories
- electrical discharge hypernym
- action potential hyponym
Sense 4 noun
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
Types & categories
- wave hypernym
Related & opposite
- pulse derivation
- electronics domain topic
Sense 5 noun
the act of applying force suddenly
the impulse knocked him over
Types & categories
- drive hypernym
Related & opposite
- propel derivation
Sense 6 noun
an impelling force or strength
the car's momentum carried it off the road
Types & categories
- forcefulness hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motivation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abience |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adience |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | death instinct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wanderlust |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whimsical |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical discharge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | action potential |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pulse |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | electronics |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | wave |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | propel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | drive |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | forcefulness |