minister
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
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
Types & categories
- clergyman hypernym
- ministrant hyponym
Related & opposite
- pastorship derivation
- minister derivation
- ministerial derivation
- pastoral derivation
Sense 2 verb
attend to the wants and needs of others
I have to minister to my mother all the time
Types & categories
- attend hypernym
Related & opposite
- succor derivation
- ministrant derivation
Sense 3 noun
a person appointed to a high office in the government
Minister of Finance
Types & categories
- executive hypernym
- cabinet minister hyponym
- finance minister hyponym
- foreign minister hyponym
- Haman instance hyponym
- Yamani instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- ministerial derivation
Sense 4 verb
work as a minister
She is ministering in an old parish
Types & categories
- work hypernym
Related & opposite
- minister derivation
- ministrant derivation
Sense 5 noun
a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
Types & categories
- diplomat hypernym
Related & opposite
- ministerial derivation
Sense 6 noun
the job of a head of a government department
Types & categories
- public service hypernym
- cabinet minister hyponym
Related & opposite
- ministerial derivation
- Great Britain domain region
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pastorship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | minister |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ministerial |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pastoral |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | clergyman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ministrant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | succor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ministrant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ministerial |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | executive |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cabinet minister |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | finance minister |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | foreign minister |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Haman |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Yamani |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | minister |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ministrant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ministerial |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | diplomat |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ministerial |
| 6 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | public service |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cabinet minister |