sucker
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Types & categories
- dupe hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a shoot arising from a plant's roots
Types & categories
- shoot hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
Types & categories
- drinker hypernym
Related & opposite
- suck derivation
Sense 4 noun
flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
Types & categories
- freshwater fish hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sucker part holonym
Sense 5 noun
hard candy on a stick
Types & categories
- candy hypernym
Sense 6 noun
an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- wet-nurse derivation
Sense 7 noun
mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
Types & categories
- catostomid hypernym
- buffalo fish hyponym
- hog sucker hyponym
- redhorse hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Catostomidae member holonym
- sucker part meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cod |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | soak up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gull |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | dupe |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shoot |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suck |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | drinker |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sucker |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | freshwater fish |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | candy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wet-nurse |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | organ |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cupule |
| 7 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Catostomidae |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sucker |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | catostomid |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | buffalo fish |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | hog sucker |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | redhorse |