superficies
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
the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance
the audience was held by the substance of the play rather than by the superficies of the production
Types & categories
- appearance hypernym
Related & opposite
- superficial derivation
- plural domain usage
Sense 2 noun
outer surface of an area or a body
Types & categories
- surface hypernym
Related & opposite
- superficial derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | superficial |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | appearance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | superficial |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | surface |