sideline
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
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position
The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President
Types & categories
- demote hypernym
Sense 3 noun
an auxiliary line of merchandise
Types & categories
- line of business hypernym
Sense 4 noun
an auxiliary activity
Types & categories
- pastime hypernym
- speleology hyponym
Related & opposite
- hobbyist derivation
- avocational derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | touchline |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | demote |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | line of business |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hobbyist |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | avocational |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pastime |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | speleology |