missile
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
Types & categories
- rocket hypernym
- weapon hypernym
- air-to-air missile hyponym
- air-to-ground missile hyponym
- ballistic missile hyponym
- guided missile hyponym
- heat-seeking missile hyponym
- sidewinder hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 noun
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- projectile derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nose |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | vane |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rocket |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weapon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | air-to-air missile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | air-to-ground missile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ballistic missile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guided missile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heat-seeking missile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sidewinder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | projectile |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | weapon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | boomerang |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bullet |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cannonball |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dart |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seeker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shot |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spitball |