monopoly
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
(economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
a monopoly on silver
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- monopolize derivation
- monopolize derivation
- monopolistic derivation
- economics domain topic
Sense 2 noun
exclusive control or possession of something
They have no monopoly on intelligence
Types & categories
- ascendance hypernym
Related & opposite
- monopolist derivation
- monopolize derivation
- monopolize derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | monopolize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | monopolize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | monopolistic |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | economics |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | market |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | corner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | monopolist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | monopolize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | monopolize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ascendance |