peer
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- peer group member holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
look searchingly
We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around
Types & categories
- look hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
Types & categories
- noble hypernym
- baron hyponym
- duke hyponym
- earl hyponym
- Earl Marshal hyponym
- life peer hyponym
- marquess hyponym
- peer of the realm hyponym
- viscount hyponym
- viscountess hyponym
- Cornwallis instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- peerage member holonym
Related & opposite
- Great Britain domain region
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | equalize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | equate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rival |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | equal |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | peer group |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | associate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contemporary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gangsta |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reliever |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | successor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | townsman |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | look |
| 3 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | peerage |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | noble |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | baron |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | duke |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | earl |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Earl Marshal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | life peer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | marquess |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | peer of the realm |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | viscount |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | viscountess |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cornwallis |