public
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
people in general considered as a whole
he is a hero in the eyes of the public
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 adjective
not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
the public good
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a body of people sharing some common interest
the reading public
Types & categories
Sense 4 adjective
affecting the people or community as a whole
community leaders
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | audience |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | admass |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | exoteric |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | overt |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | private |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | publicity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | in the public eyep |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | national |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | open |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | semipublic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | state-supported |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unexclusive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | body |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | common |