potential
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the inherent capacity for coming into being
Types & categories
- possibleness hypernym
- latency hyponym
- prospect hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
existing in possibility
a potential problem
Related & opposite
- actual antonym
- potentiality attribute
- possible action derivation
- possibility derivation
- possibleness derivation
- potentiality derivation
- latent similar to
Sense 3 noun
the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Types & categories
- electrical phenomenon hypernym
- evoked potential hyponym
- resting potential hyponym
Sense 4 adjective
expected to become or be; in prospect
potential clients
Related & opposite
- likelihood derivation
- potentiality derivation
- prospective similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | potential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | potential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | potential |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | possibleness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | latency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prospect |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | actual |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | potentiality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | possible action |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | possibility |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | possibleness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | potentiality |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | latent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical phenomenon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | evoked potential |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | resting potential |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | likelihood |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | potentiality |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | prospective |