merit
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
any admirable quality or attribute
work of great merit
Types & categories
- worth hypernym
Related & opposite
- demerit antonym
Sense 2 verb
be worthy or deserving
You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
Types & categories
- be hypernym
- have it coming hyponym
Related & opposite
- deservingness derivation
- meritorious derivation
Sense 3 noun
the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
Types & categories
- worthiness hypernym
Related & opposite
- merit derivation
- worthp derivation
- meritorious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | demerit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | worth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deservingness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | meritorious |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | have it coming |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | merit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | worthp |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | meritorious |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | worthiness |