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)
town
(an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
"they drive through town on their way to work"
S:
(n)
town
,
townspeople
,
townsfolk
(the people living in a municipality smaller than a city)
"the whole town cheered the team"
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
municipality
(people living in a town or city having local self-government)
S:
(n)
city
,
metropolis
(people living in a large densely populated municipality)
"the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
S:
(n)
town
,
townspeople
,
townsfolk
(the people living in a municipality smaller than a city)
"the whole town cheered the team"
S:
(n)
township
,
town
(an administrative division of a county)
"the town is responsible for snow removal"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
Town
,
Ithiel Town
(United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844))
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
architect
,
designer
(someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))
S:
(n)
creator
(a person who grows or makes or invents things)
S:
(n)
person
,
individual
,
someone
,
somebody
,
mortal
,
soul
(a human being)
"there was too much for one person to do"
S:
(n)
organism
,
being
(a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
S:
(n)
living thing
,
animate thing
(a living (or once living) entity)
S:
(n)
whole
,
unit
(an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
S:
(n)
object
,
physical object
(a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
"it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S:
(n)
causal agent
,
cause
,
causal agency
(any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))