sloth
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a disinclination to work or exert yourself
Types & categories
- hesitation hypernym
Related & opposite
- indolent derivation
Sense 2 noun
any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
Types & categories
- edentate hypernym
- three-toed sloth hyponym
- Choloepus didactylus hyponym
- two-toed sloth hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Bradypodidae member holonym
Sense 3 noun
apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Types & categories
- mortal sin hypernym
Related & opposite
- indolent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | indolent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hesitation |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Bradypodidae |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | edentate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | three-toed sloth |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Choloepus didactylus |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | two-toed sloth |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | indolent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mortal sin |