vamp
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
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make up
vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
an improvised musical accompaniment
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
piece (something old) with a new part
vamp up an old speech
Types & categories
Sense 5 noun
piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
act seductively with (someone)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
revamp my old boots
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tease |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vamp |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tease |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | coquettish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | woman |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | manufacture |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical accompaniment |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | patch |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | revamp |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | upper |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | piece of leather |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirt |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | flirt |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | vamp |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | fix |