solace
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
second place was no consolation to him
Types & categories
- comfort hypernym
- cold comfort hyponym
- silver lining hyponym
Related & opposite
- comfort derivation
Sense 2 verb
give moral or emotional strength to
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- consolation derivation
- consolation derivation
- allayer derivation
- comforter derivation
- solacement derivation
- consolatory derivation
- consolable derivation
Sense 3 noun
comfort in disappointment or misery
Types & categories
- comfort hypernym
Related & opposite
- comfort derivation
Sense 4 noun
the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
his presence was a consolation to her
Types & categories
- succor hypernym
Related & opposite
- comfort derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comfort |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | comfort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cold comfort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silver lining |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allayer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comforter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | solacement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolatory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolable |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | still |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | allay |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | comfort |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | comfort |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | comfort |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | succor |