revolution
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- Cultural Revolution hyponym
- green revolution hyponym
Related & opposite
- revolutionist derivation
- revolutionize derivation
- revolutionise derivation
- revolutionary derivation
Sense 2 noun
the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
Types & categories
- group action hypernym
- counterrevolution hyponym
- American Revolution instance hyponym
- Chinese Revolution instance hyponym
- Cuban Revolution instance hyponym
- English Revolution instance hyponym
- French Revolution instance hyponym
- Mexican Revolution instance hyponym
- February Revolution instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- revolutionist derivation
- revolutionize derivation
- revolt derivation
- revolutionary derivation
Sense 3 noun
a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
the plane made three rotations before it crashed
Types & categories
- turning hypernym
- dextrorotation hyponym
- levorotation hyponym
- roll hyponym
- orbital rotation hyponym
- spin hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolutionist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolutionize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolutionise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolutionary |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Cultural Revolution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | green revolution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolutionist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolutionize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolutionary |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | group action |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterrevolution |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | American Revolution |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Chinese Revolution |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cuban Revolution |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | English Revolution |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | French Revolution |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mexican Revolution |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | February Revolution |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | orbit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rotate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spin |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rotatory |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | turning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dextrorotation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | levorotation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | roll |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | orbital rotation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spin |