traffic
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
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
Types & categories
- collection hypernym
- air traffic hyponym
- commuter traffic hyponym
- pedestrian traffic hyponym
- vehicular traffic hyponym
Sense 2 verb
deal illegally
traffic drugs
Types & categories
- trade hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
buying and selling; especially illicit trade
Types & categories
- commerce hypernym
- drug traffic hyponym
- barratry hyponym
- slave trade hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
trade or deal a commodity
They trafficked with us for gold
Types & categories
- trade hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines
Types & categories
- communication hypernym
Sense 6 noun
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
Types & categories
- interchange hypernym
- relation hyponym
Related & opposite
- deal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | collection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | air traffic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | commuter traffic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pedestrian traffic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vehicular traffic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | traffic |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | crime |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | trade |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | traffic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | traffic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | commerce |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | drug traffic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | barratry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | slave trade |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | traffic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | seller |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | commerce |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | trade |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | deal |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | interchange |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | relation |