school
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
an educational institution
the school was founded in 1900
Types & categories
- educational institution hypernym
- academy hyponym
- correspondence school hyponym
- crammer hyponym
- dancing school hyponym
- direct-grant school hyponym
- driving school hyponym
- finishing school hyponym
- flying school hyponym
- graduate school hyponym
- language school hyponym
- nursing school hyponym
- religious school hyponym
- riding school hyponym
- lyceum hyponym
- secretarial school hyponym
- technical school hyponym
- training school hyponym
- veterinary school hyponym
- conservatory hyponym
- alma mater hyponym
- public school hyponym
- private school hyponym
- dance school hyponym
- day school hyponym
- night school hyponym
- Sunday school hyponym
- grade school hyponym
Parts & wholes
- faculty member meronym
- schoolteacher member meronym
Related & opposite
- school derivation
- scholastic derivation
Sense 2 verb
educate in or as if in a school
The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions
Types & categories
- educate hypernym
- home-school hyponym
Related & opposite
- schooling derivation
- schoolhouse derivation
- schooling derivation
- school derivation
- school derivation
- schooltime derivation
Sense 3 noun
a building where young people receive education
the school was built in 1932
Types & categories
- building hypernym
- conservatoire hyponym
- day school hyponym
Parts & wholes
- school system part holonym
- classroom part meronym
Related & opposite
- school derivation
- scholastic derivation
Sense 4 verb
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Cultivate your musical taste
Types & categories
- fine-tune hypernym
- sophisticate hyponym
Related & opposite
- civilization derivation
- breeding derivation
- refinement derivation
Sense 5 noun
the process of being formally educated at a school
what will you do when you finish school?
Types & categories
- education hypernym
Related & opposite
- school derivation
- scholastic derivation
Sense 6 verb
swim in or form a large group of fish
A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait
Types & categories
- swim hypernym
Related & opposite
- shoal derivation
Sense 7 noun
a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
the Venetian school of painting
Types & categories
- body hypernym
- Ashcan School hyponym
- deconstructivism hyponym
- historical school hyponym
- pointillism hyponym
- art nouveau hyponym
- lake poets hyponym
- secession hyponym
Sense 8 noun
the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
stay after school
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Parts & wholes
- study hall part meronym
Related & opposite
- school derivation
- scholastic derivation
Sense 9 noun
an educational institution's faculty and students
the school keeps parents informed
Types & categories
- educational institution hypernym
Related & opposite
- school derivation
- scholastic derivation
Sense 10 noun
a large group of fish
a school of small glittering fish swam by
Types & categories
- animal group hypernym
Parts & wholes
- fish member meronym
Related & opposite
- school derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | school |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scholastic |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | faculty |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | schoolteacher |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | educational institution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | academy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | correspondence school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crammer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dancing school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | direct-grant school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | driving school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | finishing school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flying school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | graduate school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | language school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nursing school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | religious school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | riding school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lyceum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | secretarial school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | technical school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | training school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | veterinary school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conservatory |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alma mater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | public school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | private school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dance school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | day school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | night school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Sunday school |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grade school |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | schooling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | schoolhouse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | schooling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | school |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | school |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | schooltime |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | educate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | home-school |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | school |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scholastic |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | school system |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | classroom |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | building |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conservatoire |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | day school |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | civilization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | breeding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | refinement |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fine-tune |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sophisticate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | school |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scholastic |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | education |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoal |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | swim |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | body |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | Ashcan School |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | deconstructivism |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | historical school |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pointillism |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | art nouveau |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | lake poets |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | secession |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | school |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | scholastic |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | study hall |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | school |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | scholastic |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | educational institution |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | school |
| 10 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | fish |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal group |