sheep
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
Types & categories
- bovid hypernym
- ewe hyponym
- tup hyponym
- wether hyponym
- black sheep hyponym
- domestic sheep hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 noun
a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
Types & categories
- simpleton hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
his students followed him like sheep
Types & categories
- follower hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Ovis |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | fold |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | herd |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | trotter |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | withers |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bovid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ewe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wether |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | black sheep |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | domestic sheep |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | simpleton |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | follower |