waxy
adjective
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 adjective
made of or covered with wax
waxen candles
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
easily impressed or influenced
an impressionable youngster
Related & opposite
- unimpressionable antonym
- impress derivation
- easy similar to
- spinnable similar to
- pliant similar to
- susceptible similar to
Sense 3 adjective
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
a flexible wire
Related & opposite
- pliability derivation
- pliancy derivation
- twist derivation
- bend derivation
- flexile similar to
Sense 4 adjective
having the paleness of wax
the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor
Related & opposite
- colorless similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waxiness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wax |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | wax |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unimpressionable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impress |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | easy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | spinnable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pliant |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | susceptible |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliability |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pliancy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | twist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bend |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | flexile |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | colorless |