puppet
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
a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
Types & categories
- figure hypernym
Related & opposite
- puppeteer derivation
Sense 2 noun
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
Types & categories
- slave hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers
Types & categories
- doll hypernym
- hand puppet hyponym
Related & opposite
- puppeteer derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | puppeteer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | figure |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | slave |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | puppeteer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | doll |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hand puppet |