mechanical
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
a mechanical process
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- nonmechanical antonym
- mechanism derivation
- mechanism derivation
- automatonlike similar to
- mechanic similar to
- mechanistic similar to
- mechanized similar to
- windupa similar to
Sense 2 adjective
relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
mechanical arts
Related & opposite
- machinery pertains to
Sense 3 adjective
relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonmechanical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mechanism |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mechanism |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | automatonlike |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | mechanic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | mechanistic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | mechanized |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | windupa |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | machinery |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mechanism |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mechanics |
| 3 | pertains to | Related & opposite | mechanics |