oracle
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
an authoritative person who divines the future
Types & categories
- diviner hypernym
- augur hyponym
- prophetess hyponym
- sibyl hyponym
Related & opposite
- vaticinate derivation
- prophesy derivation
- enigmatic derivation
- prophetic derivation
Sense 2 noun
a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
Types & categories
- prophecy hypernym
Related & opposite
- oracular derivation
Sense 3 noun
a shrine where an oracular god is consulted
Types & categories
- shrine hypernym
- Temple of Apollo instance hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vaticinate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prophesy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | enigmatic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prophetic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | diviner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | augur |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prophetess |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sibyl |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | oracular |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | prophecy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shrine |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Temple of Apollo |