spoonfeeding
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon
Types & categories
- feeding hypernym
Related & opposite
- spoonfeed derivation
Sense 2 noun
teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought
Types & categories
- teaching hypernym
Related & opposite
- spoonfeed derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoonfeed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoonfeed |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | teaching |