umbrella
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 adjective
covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups
an umbrella organization
Related & opposite
- comprehensive similar to
Sense 3 noun
a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
an air umbrella over England
Types & categories
- defense hypernym
Related & opposite
- military domain topic
Sense 4 noun
having the function of uniting a group of similar things
the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups
Types & categories
- uniting hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gore |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | handle |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rib |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | canopy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gamp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | comprehensive |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | defense |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | uniting |