show-stopper
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 act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
Types & categories
- routine hypernym
Sense 2 noun
something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal
she has a show-stopper of a smile
Types & categories
- attractiveness hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | routine |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attractiveness |