utilitarian
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
Types & categories
- moralist hypernym
Related & opposite
- utilitarian derivation
Sense 2 adjective
having a useful function
utilitarian steel tables
Related & opposite
- usefulness derivation
- utilitarian derivation
- functional similar to
Sense 3 adjective
having utility often to the exclusion of values
plain utilitarian kitchenware
Related & opposite
- usefulness derivation
- useful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | utilitarian |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | moralist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | usefulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | utilitarian |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | functional |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | usefulness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | useful |