word, n.
(words)
freq. cnt. 147
(words)
freq. cnt. 147
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 117 freq. cnt.: 117
word
sample sentences
"words are the blocks from which sentences are made""he hardly said ten words all morning"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
anagram
anaphor
opposite, antonym, opposite word
paronym
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
spoken word, vocable
classifier
written word
syncategorem, syncategoreme
part meronym
a brief statement
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 18
word
sample sentences
"he didn't say a word about it"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
information about recent and important events
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3
intelligence news tidings word
sample sentences
"they awaited news of the outcome"
an exchange of views on some topic
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 3
discussion give-and-take word
sample sentences
"we had a good discussion""we had a word or two about it"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
a verbal command for action
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
word
a promise
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
parole word word of honor
a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
<noun.communication>
countersign parole password watchword word
sample sentences
"he forgot the password"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a string of bits stored in computer memory
<noun.quantity>
word
sample sentences
"large computers use words up to 64 bits long"
semantic pointers
hypernym
part meronym
part holonym