pet
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
Types & categories
- animal hypernym
Sense 2 verb
stroke or caress gently
pet the lamb
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- darling derivation
Sense 3 adjective
preferred above all others and treated with partiality
the favored child
Related & opposite
- favorite derivation
- predilection derivation
- darling derivation
- loved similar to
Sense 4 noun
a special loved one
Types & categories
- lover hypernym
- chosen hyponym
- macushla hyponym
- mollycoddle hyponym
- teacher's pet hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
Types & categories
- caress hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
Types & categories
- crossness hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | darling |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | caress |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | canoodle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gentle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | neck |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | favorite |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | predilection |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | darling |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | loved |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pet |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pet |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | beloved |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pet |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lover |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | chosen |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | macushla |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mollycoddle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | teacher's pet |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | caressing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | darling |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fondler |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | caress |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | crossness |