standby
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that can be relied on when needed
Types & categories
- thing hypernym
Related & opposite
- stick around derivation
Sense 2 adjective
ready for emergency use
a standby generator
Related & opposite
- secondary similar to
Sense 3 noun
an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
Types & categories
- actor hypernym
Related & opposite
- understudy derivation
- stick around derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stick around |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thing |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | secondary |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | understudy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stick around |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | actor |