innovation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
Types & categories
- creation hypernym
Related & opposite
- innovate derivation
- groundbreaking derivation
Sense 2 noun
the creation of something in the mind
Types & categories
- creativity hypernym
- concoction hyponym
- contrivance hyponym
Related & opposite
- devise derivation
- conceive derivation
- design derivation
- design derivation
- groundbreaking derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
she looked forward to her initiation as an adult
Types & categories
- commencement hypernym
- authorship hyponym
Related & opposite
- initiate derivation
- initiate derivation
- innovate derivation
- institute derivation
- create derivation
- institutionalize derivation
- launch derivation
- arise derivation
- groundbreaking derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | innovate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | groundbreaking |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | creation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | devise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | design |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | design |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | groundbreaking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | creativity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | concoction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | contrivance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | innovate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | institute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | create |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | institutionalize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | launch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | arise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | groundbreaking |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | commencement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | authorship |