overwork
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
the act of working too much or too long
he became ill from overwork
Types & categories
- toil hypernym
Related & opposite
- overwork derivation
Sense 2 verb
use too much
This play has been overworked
Types & categories
- work on hypernym
Sense 3 verb
work excessively hard
he is exploiting the students
Types & categories
- put to work hypernym
- overdrive hyponym
Related & opposite
- overwork derivation
- exploitation derivation
- exploitative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overwork |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | toil |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | work on |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | overwork |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | exploitation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | exploitative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | put to work |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | overdrive |