spirit
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the vital principle or animating force within living things
Types & categories
- vital principle hypernym
- soul hyponym
Related & opposite
- spiritize derivation
Sense 2 verb
infuse with spirit
The company spirited him up
Types & categories
- liven hypernym
Related & opposite
- sprightliness derivation
- emotional state derivation
- flavor derivation
Sense 3 noun
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
the feel of the city excited him
Types & categories
- atmosphere hypernym
- Hollywood hyponym
- Zeitgeist hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- spiritize derivation
Sense 5 noun
any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
Types & categories
- spiritual being hypernym
- control hyponym
- evil spirit hyponym
- banshee hyponym
- genie hyponym
- familiar spirit hyponym
- peri hyponym
- apparition hyponym
- presence hyponym
- kachina hyponym
- numen hyponym
- python hyponym
- sylvan hyponym
- thunderbird hyponym
- zombi hyponym
Related & opposite
- apparitional derivation
Sense 6 noun
the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
his emotional state depended on her opinion
Types & categories
- emotion hypernym
- embarrassment hyponym
- exaltation hyponym
- gratification hyponym
- happiness hyponym
- state hyponym
- unhappiness hyponym
Related & opposite
- spirit derivation
Sense 7 noun
the intended meaning of a communication
Types & categories
- meaning hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 noun
animation and energy in action or expression
it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
Types & categories
- vivification hypernym
- pertness hyponym
- airiness hyponym
- alacrity hyponym
- vim hyponym
- elan hyponym
- esprit hyponym
- breeziness hyponym
- irrepressibility hyponym
- high-spiritedness hyponym
- ebullience hyponym
- pep hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
he had a change of heart
Types & categories
- disposition hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiritize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | vital principle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soul |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprightliness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | emotional state |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flavor |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | liven |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spirit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiritize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appear |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | atmosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Hollywood |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Zeitgeist |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiritize |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fibre |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | courage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cowardice |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | apparitional |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | spiritual being |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | control |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | evil spirit |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | banshee |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | genie |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | familiar spirit |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | peri |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | apparition |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | presence |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | kachina |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | numen |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | python |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sylvan |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | thunderbird |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | zombi |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spirit |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | emotion |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | embarrassment |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | exaltation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | gratification |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | happiness |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | state |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | unhappiness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | purpose |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | mean |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | meaning |
| 8 | attribute | Related & opposite | lively |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | spirit |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiritize |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | full of life |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | springy |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | spanking |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | racy |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprightly |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | vivification |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | pertness |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | airiness |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | alacrity |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | vim |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | elan |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | esprit |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | breeziness |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | irrepressibility |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | high-spiritedness |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | ebullience |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | pep |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | disposition |