WordNet Search - 3.1
-
WordNet home page
-
Glossary
-
Help
Word to search for:
Display Options:
(Select option to change)
Hide Example Sentences
Hide Glosses
Show Frequency Counts
Show Database Locations
Show Lexical File Info
Show Lexical File Numbers
Show Sense Keys
Show Sense Numbers
Show all
Hide all
Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S:
(n)
curate
,
minister of religion
,
minister
,
parson
,
pastor
,
rector
(a person authorized to conduct religious worship)
"clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
S:
(n)
minister
,
government minister
(a person appointed to a high office in the government)
"Minister of Finance"
S:
(n)
minister
,
diplomatic minister
(a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador)
S:
(n)
minister
(the job of a head of a government department)
Verb
S:
(v)
minister
(attend to the wants and needs of others)
"I have to minister to my mother all the time"
S:
(v)
minister
(work as a minister)
"She is ministering in an old parish"