sphere
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a particular environment or walk of life
his social sphere is limited
Types & categories
- environment hypernym
- distaff hyponym
- front hyponym
- realm hyponym
- lap hyponym
- political arena hyponym
- preserve hyponym
- responsibility hyponym
Sense 2 noun
any spherically shaped artifact
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- ball-shaped derivation
- spherical derivation
Sense 3 noun
the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
Types & categories
- geographical area hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a particular aspect of life or activity
he was helpless in an important sector of his life
Types & categories
- aspect hypernym
- department hyponym
Sense 5 noun
a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
Types & categories
- round shape hypernym
- conglomeration hyponym
- globe hyponym
- drop hyponym
Related & opposite
- ball-shaped derivation
Sense 6 noun
a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center
Types & categories
- round shape hypernym
Parts & wholes
- steradian part meronym
Related & opposite
- ball-shaped derivation
Sense 7 noun
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
Types & categories
- surface hypernym
Parts & wholes
- solar apex part meronym
- celestial point part meronym
- nadir part meronym
- zenith part meronym
- zodiac part meronym
Related & opposite
- empyrean derivation
- firmamental derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | environment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distaff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | front |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | realm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | political arena |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | preserve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | responsibility |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ball-shaped |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spherical |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | artifact |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | globe |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | geographical area |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | aspect |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | department |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ball-shaped |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | round shape |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | conglomeration |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | globe |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ball-shaped |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | steradian |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | round shape |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | empyrean |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | firmamental |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | solar apex |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | celestial point |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nadir |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | zenith |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | zodiac |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | surface |