projectile
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- projectile derivation
Sense 2 adjective
impelling or impelled forward
a projectile force
Related & opposite
- projectile derivation
- rocket derivation
- dynamic similar to
Sense 3 noun
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
Types & categories
- vehicle hypernym
- missile hyponym
- multistage rocket hyponym
- test rocket hyponym
Parts & wholes
- rocket engine part meronym
Related & opposite
- rocket derivation
- projectile derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | projectile |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weapon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | boomerang |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bullet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cannonball |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dart |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seeker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spitball |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | projectile |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rocket |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dynamic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rocket |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | projectile |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rocket engine |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vehicle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | missile |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | multistage rocket |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | test rocket |