Missouri
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
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
Types & categories
- American state instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Confederacy member holonym
- Midwest part holonym
- United States part holonym
- Cape Girardeau part meronym
- Columbia part meronym
- Hannibal part meronym
- Independence part meronym
- Jefferson City part meronym
- Kansas City part meronym
- Poplar Bluff part meronym
- St. Joseph part meronym
- St. Louis part meronym
- Sedalia part meronym
- Springfield part meronym
- Osage River part meronym
- Saint Francis River part meronym
- White River part meronym
Sense 2 noun
the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis
The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world
Types & categories
- river instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- United States part holonym
Sense 3 noun
a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
Types & categories
- Siouan hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
Types & categories
- Chiwere hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Confederacy |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Midwest |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | United States |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Cape Girardeau |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Columbia |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Hannibal |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Independence |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Jefferson City |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Kansas City |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Poplar Bluff |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | St. Joseph |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | St. Louis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Sedalia |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Springfield |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Osage River |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Saint Francis River |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | White River |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | American state |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | United States |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | river |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | Siouan |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | Chiwere |