pontificate
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
the government of the Roman Catholic Church
Types & categories
- government hypernym
Parts & wholes
- pope member meronym
Related & opposite
- pontificate derivation
Sense 2 verb
administer a pontifical office
Types & categories
- administer hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
The new professor always pontificates
Types & categories
- talk hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pontificate |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | pope |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | government |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | papacy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pontifex |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | administer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | talk |