prayer
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 communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
the priest sank to his knees in prayer
Types & categories
- worship hypernym
- devotion hyponym
- benediction hyponym
Related & opposite
- pray derivation
Sense 2 noun
reverent petition to a deity
Types & categories
- asking hypernym
- prayer wheel hyponym
- benediction hyponym
- collect hyponym
- commination hyponym
- deprecation hyponym
- thanksgiving hyponym
- intercession hyponym
- invocation hyponym
- requiescat hyponym
Related & opposite
- pray derivation
Sense 3 noun
earnest or urgent request
an entreaty to stop the fighting
Types & categories
- asking hypernym
- adjuration hyponym
- demagoguery hyponym
- plea hyponym
- solicitation hyponym
- suit hyponym
- courtship hyponym
Related & opposite
- appeal derivation
Sense 4 noun
a fixed text used in praying
Types & categories
- sacred text hypernym
- Agnus Dei hyponym
- Mass hyponym
- Shema hyponym
- Angelus instance hyponym
- Ave Maria instance hyponym
- Canticle of Simeon instance hyponym
- Evening Prayer instance hyponym
- Kol Nidre instance hyponym
- Litany instance hyponym
- Lord's Prayer instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- pray derivation
Sense 5 noun
someone who prays to God
Types & categories
- religious person hypernym
- beadsman hyponym
Related & opposite
- pray derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pray |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | worship |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | devotion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | benediction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pray |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | asking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | prayer wheel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | benediction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | collect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | commination |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deprecation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | thanksgiving |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | intercession |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | invocation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | requiescat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | asking |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjuration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | demagoguery |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | plea |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | solicitation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | suit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | courtship |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pray |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sacred text |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Agnus Dei |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mass |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shema |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Angelus |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ave Maria |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Canticle of Simeon |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Evening Prayer |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kol Nidre |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Litany |
| 4 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lord's Prayer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pray |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | religious person |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | beadsman |