sibilate
verb
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 verb
pronounce with an initial sibilant
Types & categories
- sound out hypernym
Related & opposite
- sibilant derivation
- sibilation derivation
- continuant derivation
Sense 2 verb
utter a sibilant
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
- assibilate hyponym
Related & opposite
- sibilant derivation
- sibilation derivation
- continuant derivation
Sense 3 verb
express or utter with a hiss
Types & categories
- mouth hypernym
Related & opposite
- sibilant derivation
- boo derivation
- sibilation derivation
- hiss derivation
Sense 4 verb
make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Related & opposite
- boo derivation
- hiss derivation
- hisser derivation
- continuant derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sibilant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sibilation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | continuant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sibilant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sibilation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | continuant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | assibilate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sibilant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | boo |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sibilation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hiss |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | boo |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hiss |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hisser |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | continuant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |