soft spot
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a place of especial vulnerability
Types & categories
- weakness hypernym
- Achilles' heel hyponym
- jugular hyponym
- underbelly hyponym
Related & opposite
- good part antonym
Sense 2 noun
a sentimental affection
she had a soft spot for her youngest son
Types & categories
- affectionateness hypernym
Sense 3 noun
any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
Types & categories
- orifice hypernym
- anterior fontanelle hyponym
- sphenoid fontanelle hyponym
Parts & wholes
- child's body part holonym
- cranium part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | good part |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weakness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Achilles' heel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jugular |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | underbelly |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | affectionateness |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | child's body |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | cranium |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | orifice |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | anterior fontanelle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sphenoid fontanelle |