officer
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
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
an officer is responsible for the lives of his men
Types & categories
- serviceman hypernym
- adjutant hyponym
- army officer hyponym
- brass hat hyponym
- chief of staff hyponym
- commander hyponym
- commissioned officer hyponym
- desk officer hyponym
- executive officer hyponym
- inspector general hyponym
- military adviser hyponym
- naval officer hyponym
- noncommissioned officer hyponym
- warrant officer hyponym
- Potemkin hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
direct or command as an officer
Types & categories
- command hypernym
Related & opposite
- military officer derivation
- ship's officer derivation
- policeman derivation
Sense 3 noun
someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust
he is an officer of the court
Types & categories
- holder hypernym
- official hypernym
- probation officer hyponym
- sergeant at arms hyponym
Sense 4 noun
a member of a police force
it was an accident, officer
Types & categories
- lawman hypernym
- bobby hyponym
- cop hyponym
- police captain hyponym
- police constable hyponym
- detective hyponym
- gendarme hyponym
- inspector hyponym
- motorcycle cop hyponym
- police matron hyponym
- Mountie hyponym
- shoofly hyponym
- traffic cop hyponym
- trooper hyponym
- state trooper hyponym
Parts & wholes
- police member holonym
Related & opposite
- officer derivation
Sense 5 noun
a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines
Types & categories
- gob hypernym
- sea captain hyponym
- mate hyponym
- privateer hyponym
- purser hyponym
- navigator hyponym
- steward hyponym
- supercargo hyponym
Related & opposite
- officer derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | officer |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | serviceman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjutant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | army officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brass hat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chief of staff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commander |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commissioned officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | desk officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | executive officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inspector general |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | military adviser |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | naval officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | noncommissioned officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | warrant officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Potemkin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | military officer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ship's officer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | policeman |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | command |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | holder |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | official |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | probation officer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sergeant at arms |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | officer |
| 4 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | police |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lawman |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bobby |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | police captain |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | police constable |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | detective |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gendarme |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | inspector |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | motorcycle cop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | police matron |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mountie |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoofly |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | traffic cop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trooper |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | state trooper |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | officer |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | gob |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sea captain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | privateer |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | purser |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | navigator |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | steward |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | supercargo |