retainer
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 fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
Types & categories
- fee hypernym
- quid pro quo hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
Types & categories
- worker hypernym
- body servant hyponym
- cabin boy hyponym
- domestic hyponym
- factotum hyponym
- familiar hyponym
- flunky hyponym
- major-domo hyponym
- manservant hyponym
- menial hyponym
- scullion hyponym
- servant girl hyponym
Related & opposite
- wait on derivation
Sense 3 noun
a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment
Types & categories
- dental appliance hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quid pro quo |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wait on |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | body servant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cabin boy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | domestic |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | factotum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | familiar |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flunky |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | major-domo |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | manservant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | menial |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scullion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | servant girl |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dental appliance |