spearhead
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
Types & categories
- leader hypernym
Related & opposite
- spearhead derivation
Sense 2 verb
be the leader of
She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease
Types & categories
- head hypernym
Related & opposite
- spearhead derivation
Sense 3 noun
the leading military unit in an attack
Types & categories
- military unit hypernym
Related & opposite
- military domain topic
Sense 4 noun
the head and sharpened point of a spear
Types & categories
- point hypernym
Parts & wholes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spearhead |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | leader |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spearhead |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | head |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | military unit |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | pike |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |