tinsel
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
a showy decoration that is basically valueless
all the tinsel of self-promotion
Types & categories
- decoration hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
impart a cheap brightness to
his tinseled image of Hollywood
Types & categories
- contribute hypernym
Related & opposite
- tinsel derivation
Sense 3 noun
a thread with glittering metal foil attached
Types & categories
- thread hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
adorn with tinsel
snow flakes tinseled the trees
Types & categories
- ornament hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
interweave with tinsel
tinseled velvet
Types & categories
- weave hypernym
Related & opposite
- tinsel derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinsel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinsel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clinquant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decoration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinsel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | contribute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinsel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinsel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clinquant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | thread |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinsel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinsel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ornament |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tinsel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | weave |