usher
verb
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 verb
take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
The usher showed us to our seats
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- guide derivation
Sense 2 noun
an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
Types & categories
- official hypernym
Related & opposite
- usherette derivation
Sense 3 noun
someone employed to conduct others
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | guide |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | marshal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | usherette |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | official |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | usherette |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | maneuver |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lead |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | usher |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | escort |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | usherette |