trigger
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
lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
Types & categories
- lever hypernym
- hair trigger hyponym
Parts & wholes
- gun part holonym
Related & opposite
- trigger derivation
Sense 2 verb
put in motion or move to act
trigger a reaction
Types & categories
- initiate hypernym
Related & opposite
- hap causes
- human action derivation
- actuation derivation
- trigger derivation
- actuator derivation
- tripper derivation
- activation derivation
- spark derivation
Sense 3 noun
a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- plutonium trigger hyponym
Sense 4 verb
release or pull the trigger on
Trigger a gun
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
an act that sets in motion some course of events
Types & categories
- causing hypernym
- instigation hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | gun |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lever |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hair trigger |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | hap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | human action |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | actuation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | actuator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tripper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | activation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | initiate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | plutonium trigger |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | fire |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lead up |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | induct |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | causing |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | instigation |