stale
verb
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 verb
urinate, of cattle and horses
Types & categories
- pee hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
stale bread
Related & opposite
- old also see
- unoriginal also see
- fresh antonym
- staleness attribute
- staleness derivation
- addled similar to
- spoilt similar to
- cold similar to
- day-old similar to
- hard similar to
- flyblown similar to
- limp similar to
- musty similar to
- rancid similar to
- rotten similar to
- tainted similar to
- putrid similar to
- putrescent similar to
Sense 3 adjective
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
moth-eaten theories about race
Related & opposite
- staleness derivation
- unoriginal similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pee |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | old |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unoriginal |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | fresh |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | staleness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | staleness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | addled |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | spoilt |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cold |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | day-old |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | hard |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | flyblown |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | limp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | musty |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | rancid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | rotten |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | tainted |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | putrid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | putrescent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | staleness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unoriginal |