word
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
words are the blocks from which sentences are made
Types & categories
- language unit
- anagram
- anaphor
- antonym
- back-formation
- charade
- cognate word
- content word
- contraction
- deictic
- derivative
- diminutive
- dirty word
- disyllable
- form
- four-letter word
- function word
- guide word
- head word
- headword
- heteronym
- holonym
- homonym
- hypernym
- hyponym
- key word
- hybrid
- loanword
- meronym
- metonym
- monosyllable
- neologism
- nonce word
- oxytone
- palindrome
- primitive
- paroxytone
- partitive
- polysemant
- polysyllable
- proparoxytone
- quantifier
- quantifier
- reduplication
- retronym
- substantive
- synonym
- term
- terminology
- trisyllable
- troponym
- vocable
- classifier
- written word
- syncategorem
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
put into words or an expression
He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a brief statement
he didn't say a word about it
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
information about recent and important events
they awaited news of the outcome
Types & categories
Sense 5 noun
a verbal command for action
when I give the word, charge!
Types & categories
Sense 6 noun
an exchange of views on some topic
we had a good discussion
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a promise
he gave his word
Types & categories
Sense 8 noun
a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory
large computers use words up to 64 bits long
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 9 noun
a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
he forgot the password
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrase |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | syllable |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | affix |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | language unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anagram |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anaphor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antonym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | back-formation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | charade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cognate word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | content word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contraction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deictic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | derivative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diminutive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dirty word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disyllable |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | form |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | four-letter word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | function word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guide word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | head word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | headword |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heteronym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holonym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | homonym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypernym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyponym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | key word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hybrid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | loanword |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meronym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metonym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monosyllable |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neologism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonce word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oxytone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | palindrome |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | primitive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paroxytone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partitive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | polysemant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | polysyllable |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proparoxytone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quantifier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quantifier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reduplication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retronym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | substantive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | synonym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | term |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | terminology |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trisyllable |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | troponym |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vocable |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | classifier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | written word |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | syncategorem |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conceptualization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | word |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrase |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | word |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | formulation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | articulation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wording |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | idiomatic expression |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | express |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ask |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lexicalize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogmatize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | formularize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | couch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | phrase |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | statement |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | information |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | good word |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | latest |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | update |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | order |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | hash out |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech communication |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | argumentation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | deliberation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | group discussion |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | panel discussion |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | postmortem |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | public discussion |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | negotiation |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | promise |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | kibibyte |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | byte |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | computer memory unit |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | arcanum |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | positive identification |