novel
noun
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Sense 1 noun
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
Types & categories
- fiction hypernym
- detective novel hyponym
- dime novel hyponym
- novelette hyponym
- roman a clef hyponym
- romance hyponym
- roman fleuve hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
original and of a kind not seen before
the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels
Types & categories
- book hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
pleasantly new or different
common sense of a most refreshing sort
Related & opposite
- new similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | novelette |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | novelist |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fiction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | detective novel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dime novel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | novelette |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roman a clef |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | romance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roman fleuve |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | novelty |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | original |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | novelette |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | novelist |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | book |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | new |