launch
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
Types & categories
- motorboat hypernym
Sense 2 verb
set up or found
She set up a literacy program
Types & categories
- open hypernym
Related & opposite
- abolish antonym
- establishment derivation
- founding derivation
- foundation derivation
- founder derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of propelling with force
Types & categories
- actuation hypernym
- rocket firing hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
propel with force
launch the space shuttle
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
launch a ship
Types & categories
- set in motion hypernym
Related & opposite
- launch derivation
Sense 6 verb
begin with vigor
He launched into a long diatribe
Types & categories
- start hypernym
Related & opposite
- plunge verb group
Sense 7 verb
get going; give impetus to
launch a career
Types & categories
Sense 8 verb
smoothen the surface of
launch plaster
Types & categories
- smooth hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motorboat |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | abolish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | establishment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | founding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | foundation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | founder |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | open |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | launch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | launch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | actuation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rocket firing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | launch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | catapult |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | launcher |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | propel |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | float |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | blast off |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | launch |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | set in motion |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | plunge |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | start |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | launch |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | smooth |