mum
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
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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
of China
Types & categories
- chrysanthemum hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
the witness remained silent
Related & opposite
- muteness derivation
- mum derivation
- uncommunicative similar to
Sense 3 noun
informal terms for a mother
Types & categories
- mother hypernym
Sense 4 noun
secrecy
mum's the word
Types & categories
- secrecy hypernym
Related & opposite
- mum derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chrysanthemum |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | muteness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mum |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncommunicative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mother |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mum |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | secrecy |