word

Noun
  1. A unit of language that native speakers can identify (synset 106297048)
    "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
    is a type of: language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
    subtypes:
    • anagram - a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
    • anaphor - a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
    • antonym, opposite, opposite word - a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
    • paronym - a word that strongly resembles another word in spelling
    • back-formation - a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
    • charade - a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
    • cognate, cognate word - a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
    • content word, open-class word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
    • contraction - a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
    • deictic, deictic word - a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs
    • derivative - (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word
    • diminutive - a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
    • dirty word - a word that is considered to be unmentionable
    • dissyllable, disyllable - a word having two syllables
    • descriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
    • four-letter anglo-saxon word, four-letter word - any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
    • closed-class word, function word - a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
    • catchword, guide word, guideword - a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
    • head, head word - (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
    • headword - a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
    • heteronym - two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
    • holonym, whole name - a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part
    • homonym - two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings
    • hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word - a word that is more generic than a given word
    • hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word - a word that is more specific than a given word
    • key word - a significant word used in indexing or cataloging
    • hybrid, loan-blend, loanblend - a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
    • loan, loanword - a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
    • meronym, part name - a word that names a part of a larger whole
    • metonym - a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
    • monosyllabic word, monosyllable - a word or utterance of one syllable
    • coinage, neologism, neology - a newly invented word or phrase
    • hapax legomenon, nonce word - a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
    • oxytone - word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable
    • palindrome - a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
    • primitive - a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
    • paroxytone - word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable
    • partitive - word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
    • polysemant, polysemantic word, polysemous word - a word having more than one meaning
    • polysyllabic word, polysyllable - a word of more than three syllables
    • proparoxytone - word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult
    • quantifier - (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')
    • logical quantifier, quantifier - (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
    • reduplication - a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
    • retronym - a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate
    • substantive - any word or group of words functioning as a noun
    • equivalent word, synonym - two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
    • term - a word or expression used for some particular thing
    • language, nomenclature, terminology - a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
    • trisyllable - a word having three syllables
    • manner name, troponym - a word that denotes a manner of doing something
    • spoken word, vocable - a word that is spoken aloud
    • classifier - a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs
    • written word - the written form of a word
    • syncategorem, syncategoreme - a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition
    has:
    • syllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
    • affix - a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
  2. A brief statement (synset 106750911)
    "he didn't say a word about it"
    is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
  3. Information about recent and important events (synset 106654787)
    "they awaited news of the outcome"
    is a type of: info, information - a message received and understood
    subtypes:
    same as: intelligence, news, tidings
  4. A verbal command for action (synset 107183893)
    "when I give the word, charge!"
    is a type of: order - (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
  5. An exchange of views on some topic (synset 107155367)
    "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
    is a type of: language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication - (language) communication by word of mouth
    subtypes:
    same as: discussion, give-and-take
  6. A promise (synset 107241961)
    "he gave his word"
    is a type of: promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
    same as: parole, word of honor
  7. A string of bits stored in computer memory (synset 113648798)
    "large computers use words up to 64 bits long"
    is a type of: computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
    has: byte - a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
    is a part of: k, kb, kib, kibibyte, kilobyte - a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
  8. The divine word of God;
    The second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) (synset 109560255)
    is an instance of: hypostasis, hypostasis of christ - any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
    specific instances:
    same as: logos, son
  9. A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group (synset 106686933)
    "he forgot the password"
    is a type of:
    • arcanum, secret - information known only to a special group
    • positive identification - evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance
    same as: countersign, parole, password, watchword
  10. The sacred writings of the Christian religions (synset 106443410)
    "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
    associated with:
    • covenant - (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
    • eisegesis - personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas
    • exegesis - an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)
    • gabriel - (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
    • noachian deluge, noah and the flood, noah's flood, the flood - (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
    • demythologise, demythologize - remove the mythical element from (writings)
    is a type of: religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
    subtypes: family bible - a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births
    specific instances:
    has:
    • old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
    • testament - either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible
    • new testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
    • text - a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon
    same as: bible, book, christian bible, good book, holy scripture, holy writ, scripture, word of god
Verb
  1. Put into words or an expression (synset 200982485)
    "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
    is a type of: evince, express, show - give expression to
    subtypes:
    same as: articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase

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