staff
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
the hospital has an excellent nursing staff
Types & categories
- personnel hypernym
- newsroom hyponym
- office staff hyponym
- research staff hyponym
- sales staff hyponym
- security staff hyponym
- service staff hyponym
- general staff hyponym
- headquarters staff hyponym
Parts & wholes
- staff member member meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
provide with staff
This position is not always staffed
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
he walked with the help of a wooden staff
Types & categories
- stick hypernym
- alpenstock hyponym
- baton hyponym
- shepherd's crook hyponym
- crutch hyponym
- distaff hyponym
- flagpole hyponym
- pikestaff hyponym
- quarterstaff hyponym
Sense 4 verb
serve on the staff of
The two men staff the reception desk
Types & categories
- serve hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the body of teachers and administrators at a school
the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university
Types & categories
- body hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
Types & categories
- building material hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a rod carried as a symbol
Types & categories
Sense 8 noun
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
Types & categories
- musical notation hypernym
Parts & wholes
- staff line part meronym
- space part meronym
Related & opposite
- music domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | staff |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | staff |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | staff member |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | personnel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | newsroom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | office staff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | research staff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sales staff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | security staff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | service staff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | general staff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | headquarters staff |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | faculty |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | staff |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ply |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | man |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stick |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | alpenstock |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | baton |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shepherd's crook |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crutch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | distaff |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | flagpole |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pikestaff |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quarterstaff |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | faculty |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | staff |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | serve |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | staff |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | staff |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | school |
| 5 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | professor |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | body |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | building material |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | symbol |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | crosier |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | mace |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | scepter |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | tipstaff |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | staff line |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | space |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical notation |