incendiary
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
Types & categories
- crook hypernym
- barnburner hyponym
Related & opposite
- arson derivation
Sense 2 adjective
involving deliberate burning of property
an incendiary fire
Related & opposite
- arson pertains to
Sense 3 noun
a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
Types & categories
- bomb hypernym
Related & opposite
- firebomb derivation
Sense 4 adjective
arousing to action or rebellion
Related & opposite
- sedition derivation
- instigate derivation
- fire up derivation
- provocative similar to
Sense 5 adjective
capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
an incendiary agent
Related & opposite
- combustible similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | arson |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | crook |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | barnburner |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | arson |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | firebomb |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bomb |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sedition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fire up |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | provocative |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | combustible |