salute
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an act of honor or courteous recognition
a musical salute to the composer on his birthday
Types & categories
- credit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
propose a toast to
Let us toast the birthday girl!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- salutation derivation
- pledge derivation
- wassail derivation
- toaster derivation
- booze entails
Sense 3 noun
a formal military gesture of respect
Types & categories
- greeting hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
greet in a friendly way
I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- salutation derivation
- greeting derivation
- salute derivation
- greeter derivation
Sense 5 noun
an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat
Types & categories
- greeting hypernym
Related & opposite
- salute derivation
Sense 6 verb
express commendation of
I salute your courage!
Types & categories
- praise hypernym
Sense 7 verb
become noticeable
a terrible stench saluted our nostrils
Types & categories
- smell hypernym
Sense 8 verb
honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers
Types & categories
- greet hypernym
Related & opposite
- military greeting derivation
- salutation derivation
Sense 9 verb
recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute
Types & categories
- greet hypernym
Related & opposite
- military greeting derivation
- motion entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | salute |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | salute |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | credit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salutation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pledge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wassail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | toaster |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | booze |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reward |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | salute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | salute |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | greeting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | salutation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | greeting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | salute |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | greeter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | greet |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | salaam |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | salute |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | greeting |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | praise |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | smell |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | military greeting |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | salutation |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | greet |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | military greeting |
| 9 | entails | Related & opposite | motion |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | greet |