word (n)

n06286395

type n
lex_filenum 10
def a unit of language that native speakers can identify
examples words are the blocks from which sentences are made
he hardly said ten words all morning
Outgoing links
Hypernym language unit, linguistic unit
Derivationally related form word → word
Hyponym anagram; anaphor; antonym, opposite word, opposite; back-formation; charade; cognate, cognate word; content word, open-class word; contraction; deictic, deictic word; derivative; diminutive; dirty word; disyllable, dissyllable; form, word form, signifier, descriptor; four-letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word; function word, closed-class word; guide word, guideword, catchword; head, head word; headword; heteronym; holonym, whole name; homonym; hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word; hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word; key word; loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid; loanword, loan; meronym, part name; metonym; monosyllable, monosyllabic word; neologism, neology, coinage; nonce word, hapax legomenon; oxytone; palindrome; primitive; paroxytone; partitive; polysemant, polysemantic word, polysemous word; polysyllable, polysyllabic word; proparoxytone; quantifier; quantifier, logical quantifier; reduplication; retronym; substantive; synonym, equivalent word; term; terminology, nomenclature, language; trisyllable; troponym, manner name; vocable, spoken word; classifier; written word; syncategorem, syncategoreme
Part meronym syllable; affix
Incoming links
Pertainym (pertains to noun) verbal → word; lexical → word; nonlexical → word
Hyponym language unit, linguistic unit
Hypernym anagram; anaphor; antonym, opposite word, opposite; back-formation; charade; cognate, cognate word; content word, open-class word; contraction; deictic, deictic word; derivative; diminutive; dirty word; disyllable, dissyllable; form, word form, signifier, descriptor; four-letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word; function word, closed-class word; guide word, guideword, catchword; head, head word; headword; heteronym; holonym, whole name; homonym; hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word; hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word; key word; loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid; loanword, loan; meronym, part name; metonym; monosyllable, monosyllabic word; neologism, neology, coinage; nonce word, hapax legomenon; oxytone; palindrome; primitive; paroxytone; partitive; polysemant, polysemantic word, polysemous word; polysyllable, polysyllabic word; proparoxytone; quantifier; quantifier, logical quantifier; reduplication; retronym; substantive; synonym, equivalent word; term; terminology, nomenclature, language; trisyllable; troponym, manner name; vocable, spoken word; classifier; written word; syncategorem, syncategoreme
Part holonym syllable; affix
Derivationally related form word → word

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