mess
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state of confusion and disorderliness
the house was a mess
Types & categories
- disorderliness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
eat in a mess hall
Types & categories
- eat hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
informal terms for a difficult situation
he got into a terrible fix
Types & categories
- difficulty hypernym
- dog's breakfast hyponym
Sense 4 verb
make a mess of or create disorder in
He messed up his room
Types & categories
- disarray hypernym
Related & opposite
- mess derivation
Sense 5 noun
soft semiliquid food
a mess of porridge
Types & categories
- nourishment hypernym
Related & opposite
- mess derivation
Sense 6 noun
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
Types & categories
- meal hypernym
Related & opposite
- mess derivation
Sense 7 noun
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
Types & categories
- dining room hypernym
- officer's mess hyponym
Parts & wholes
- training table part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a batch of letters
Types & categories
- large indefinite quantity hypernym
- deluge hyponym
- haymow hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | muss |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | messy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorderliness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess hall |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | difficulty |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dog's breakfast |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | disarray |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | nourishment |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | meal |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | training table |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | dining room |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | officer's mess |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | cram |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | jam |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | plenteous |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | large indefinite quantity |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | deluge |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | haymow |