occult
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
She doesn't believe in the supernatural
Types & categories
- causal agent hypernym
Parts & wholes
- spiritual being member meronym
- theurgy part meronym
- destiny part meronym
Related & opposite
- mystic derivation
- supernatural derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
The Sun eclipses the moon today
Types & categories
- overshadow hypernym
Related & opposite
- eclipse derivation
Sense 3 adjective
hidden and difficult to see
an occult fracture
Related & opposite
- invisible similar to
Sense 4 noun
supernatural practices and techniques
he is a student of the occult
Types & categories
- practice hypernym
Related & opposite
- mystic derivation
Sense 5 verb
become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
The beam of light occults every so often
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
mysterious symbols
Related & opposite
- occult arts derivation
- mystery derivation
- occult derivation
- mystic derivation
- esoteric similar to
Sense 7 verb
hide from view
The lids were occulting her eyes
Types & categories
- conceal hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mystic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supernatural |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | spiritual being |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | theurgy |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | destiny |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | causal agent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | eclipse |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | overshadow |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | invisible |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mystic |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | practice |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | occult arts |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mystery |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | occult |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mystic |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | esoteric |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | conceal |