incident
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a single distinct event
Types & categories
- happening hypernym
- cause celebre hyponym
- contagion hyponym
- scene hyponym
- sideshow hyponym
Parts & wholes
- episode part holonym
Sense 2 adjective
falling or striking of light rays on something
incident light
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a public disturbance
the police investigated an incident at the bus station
Types & categories
- commotion hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
incidental expenses
Related & opposite
- basic antonym
- omissible similar to
- parenthetical similar to
- peripheral similar to
- secondary similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | episode |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cause celebre |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contagion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sideshow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | incidence |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | incidence |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | commotion |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | basic |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | omissible |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | parenthetical |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | peripheral |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | secondary |