role
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
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
the function of a teacher
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
she played the part of Desdemona
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- impersonate derivation
- impersonate derivation
- personify derivation
Sense 3 noun
what something is used for
the function of an auger is to bore holes
Types & categories
- usefulness hypernym
- raison d'etre hyponym
Related & opposite
- functional attribute
- nonfunctional attribute
- serve derivation
Sense 4 noun
normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
what is your role on the team?
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- gender role hyponym
- position hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | officiate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | officiate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | duty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | capacity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | portfolio |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | second fiddle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impersonate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impersonate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | personify |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | portrayal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bit part |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heavy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hero |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ingenue |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | title role |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heroine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | baddie |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | functional |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | nonfunctional |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | serve |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | usefulness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | raison d'etre |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gender role |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | position |