riddle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a difficult problem
Types & categories
- problem hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
pierce with many holes
The bullets riddled his body
Types & categories
- pierce hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
Types & categories
- sieve hypernym
Related & opposite
- riddle derivation
Sense 4 verb
set a difficult problem or riddle
riddle me a riddle
Types & categories
- baffle hypernym
Related & opposite
- riddle derivation
Sense 5 verb
separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
Types & categories
- sift hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
spread or diffuse through
An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- interpenetration derivation
- dispersal derivation
- diffuser derivation
- diffuser derivation
- permeation derivation
- diffusinga derivation
- permeant derivation
- penetrative derivation
Sense 7 verb
speak in riddles
Types & categories
- communicate hypernym
Related & opposite
- riddle derivation
Sense 8 verb
explain a riddle
Types & categories
- solve hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | riddle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | riddle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | problem |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pierce |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | riddle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sieve |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | riddle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | baffle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | riddle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sieve |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | sift |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpenetration |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffuser |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffuser |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffusinga |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeant |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | penetrative |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiritize |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | riddle |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | solve |