shooting
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of firing a projectile
his shooting was slow but accurate
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
killing someone by gunfire
when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoot |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fire control |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | actuation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | countershot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | firing off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gunfire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | headshot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shellfire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | potshot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pip |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | homicide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drive-by killing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drive-by shooting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wing shooting |