knight
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
Types & categories
- male aristocrat hypernym
- carpet knight hyponym
- knight bachelor hyponym
- knight banneret hyponym
- Knight of the Round Table hyponym
- knight-errant hyponym
- Templar hyponym
- Geraint instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- knight derivation
- chivalrous derivation
- knightly derivation
Sense 2 verb
raise (someone) to knighthood
The Beatles were knighted
Types & categories
- gentle hypernym
Related & opposite
- knight derivation
Sense 3 noun
a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
Types & categories
- chessman hypernym
Related & opposite
- chess game domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | knight |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chivalrous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | knightly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | male aristocrat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carpet knight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knight bachelor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knight banneret |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Knight of the Round Table |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knight-errant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Templar |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Geraint |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | knight |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | gentle |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chess game |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chessman |