proprietary
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
Types & categories
- ownership hypernym
Related & opposite
- owner derivation
Sense 2 adjective
protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
`Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form
Related & opposite
- nonproprietary antonym
- owner derivation
- branded similar to
- copyrighted similar to
- patented similar to
- trademarked similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | owner |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ownership |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonproprietary |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | owner |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | branded |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | copyrighted |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | patented |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | trademarked |