promise
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
Types & categories
- dedication hypernym
- speech act hypernym
- oath hyponym
- parole hyponym
- betrothal hyponym
- pinning hyponym
- rain check hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make a promise or commitment
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- promise derivation
- assurance derivation
- promisee derivation
- promiser derivation
- promissory derivation
Sense 3 noun
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
there is little or no promise that he will recover
Types & categories
- expectation hypernym
- rainbow hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
promise to undertake or give
I promise you my best effort
Types & categories
- declare hypernym
Related & opposite
- promise derivation
- promise derivation
- promisee derivation
- promiser derivation
- promissory derivation
Sense 5 verb
make a prediction about; tell in advance
Call the outcome of an election
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- prediction derivation
- prophecy derivation
- foretelling derivation
- prognosis derivation
- foreboding derivation
- premonition derivation
- predictor derivation
- anticipatory derivation
- prognostic derivation
Sense 6 verb
give grounds for expectations
The new results were promising
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
- promise derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | promise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | promise |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | dedication |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech act |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oath |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | parole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | betrothal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rain check |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | promise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assurance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | promisee |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | promiser |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | promissory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pledge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | swear off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | contract |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | guarantee |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | promise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hope |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hope |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | promise |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expectation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rainbow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | promise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | promise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | promisee |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | promiser |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | promissory |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | prediction |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | prophecy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | foretelling |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognosis |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | foreboding |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | premonition |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | predictor |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | anticipatory |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognostic |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | hazard |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | read |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | second-guess |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | augur |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bet |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | forecast |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | prophesy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | promise |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |