tribe
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 social division of (usually preliterate) people
Types & categories
- social group hypernym
- phyle hyponym
Parts & wholes
- moiety member meronym
Related & opposite
- tribal derivation
Sense 2 noun
a federation (as of American Indians)
Types & categories
- nation hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- tribal derivation
- United States domain region
Sense 3 noun
(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
Types & categories
- taxonomic group hypernym
- Bovini hyponym
- Bambuseae hyponym
Parts & wholes
- family member holonym
Related & opposite
- biology domain topic
Sense 4 noun
group of people related by blood or marriage
Types & categories
- social group hypernym
- mishpocha hyponym
- family unit hyponym
- folks hyponym
- genealogy hyponym
- totem hyponym
- Tribes of Israel hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- family relationship derivation
- akinp derivation
- kindred derivation
- tribal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tribal |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | moiety |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | social group |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phyle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tribal |
| 2 | domain region | Related & opposite | United States |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Maya |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Nahuatl |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Olmec |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | nation |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | family |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | taxonomic group |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Bovini |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Bambuseae |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | family relationship |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | akinp |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | kindred |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tribal |
| 4 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | relative |
| 4 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | clansman |
| 4 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | tribesman |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | social group |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mishpocha |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | family unit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | folks |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | genealogy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | totem |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Tribes of Israel |