salivate
verb
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
produce saliva
We salivated when he described the great meal
Types & categories
- act involuntarily hypernym
- drivel hyponym
Related & opposite
- saliva derivation
- salivation derivation
Sense 2 verb
be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
She was salivating over the raise she anticipated
Types & categories
- covet hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | saliva |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | salivation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | act involuntarily |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drivel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | covet |