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title="w:Semantic network">Semantic network</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_field" class="extiw" title="w:Semantic field">Wikipedia </a></span><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_network" class="extiw" title="w:Semantic network">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <p>There are several different kinds of semantic relations and at least the following ones are relevant to Wiktionary. Terms that are semantically related to a given term can be included both at the term’s page and at a <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Thesaurus" title="Wiktionary:Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> page. </p><p><br style="clear: both;"/> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Relation </th> <th>Description </th> <th>Section </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Synonymy">Synonymy</a> </td> <td>Each listed synonym denotes the same as this entry. </td> <td><tt>====Synonyms====</tt> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Antonymy">Antonymy</a> </td> <td>Each listed antonym denotes the opposite of this entry. </td> <td><tt>====Antonyms====</tt> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Hypernymy">Hypernymy</a> </td> <td>Each listed hypernym is superordinate to this entry; this entry’s referent is a kind of that denoted by listed hypernym. </td> <td><tt>====Hypernyms====</tt> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Hyponymy">Hyponymy</a> </td> <td>Each listed hyponym is subordinate to this entry; each listed hyponym’s referent is a kind 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</td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#Coordinate_term">Coordinate term</a> </td> <td>Each listed coordinate term shares a hypernym with this entry. </td> <td><tt>====Coordinate terms====</tt> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="#Otherwise_related">Otherwise related</a></i> </td> <td>Each listed “otherwise related” term semantically relates to this entry. </td> <td><tt>====See also====</tt> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Synonymy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Synonymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Synonymy"></span>Synonymy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Synonymy"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synonymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div 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</a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <dl><dd><i>Definition</i>: Each listed synonym denotes the same as this entry. <dl><dd>The equivalence may be less than perfect (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cognitive_synonymy" class="extiw" title="w:cognitive synonymy">cognitive synonymy</a>) but should pass the practical test that "often when people say <i>X</i> they are referring to a thing that term <i>Y</i> also often refers to"; this may exclude some <a href="/wiki/plesionym" title="plesionym">plesionyms</a>, but this test allows for some variability in what "not everyone considers to be wholly differentiated."</dd></dl></dd> <dd><i>Properties</i>: <a href="/wiki/symmetric" title="symmetric">symmetric</a> and <a href="/wiki/reflexive" title="reflexive">reflexive</a></dd> <dd><i>Section</i>: <code>====Synonyms====</code></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/synonymy" title="synonymy">Synonymy</a> is a <a href="/wiki/symmetric" title="symmetric">symmetric</a> and <a href="/wiki/reflexive" title="reflexive">reflexive</a> relation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples-Synonymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples-Synonymy"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples-Synonymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/pretty" title="pretty">pretty</a> and <a href="/wiki/attractive" title="attractive">attractive</a> are <i>synonyms</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/sick" title="sick">sick</a> and <a href="/wiki/ill" title="ill">ill</a> are <i>synonyms</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/pocketable" title="pocketable">pocketable</a> and <a href="/wiki/pocket-sized" title="pocket-sized">pocket-sized</a> are <i>synonyms</i> even though some <a href="/wiki/edge_case" title="edge case">edge cases</a> may exist in which they are <a href="/wiki/differentiable" title="differentiable">differentiable</a>; <i>synonym</i> in a work such as Wiktionary does not imply solely <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cognitive_synonymy" class="extiw" title="w:cognitive synonymy">cognitive synonymy</a></li> <li><code style="white-space:pre-wrap">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:synonym_of#top" title="Template:synonym of">synonym of</a>|en|ill}}</code> produces <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Synonym of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ill#English" title="ill">ill</a></i></span></span></li> <li><code style="white-space:pre-wrap">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:sense#top" title="Template:sense">sense</a>|unwell of health}}</code> produces <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">unwell of health</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span>, useful for disambiguating between synonyms for a partial sense.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage-Synonymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage-Synonymy"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage-Synonymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">====Synonyms====</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">l</span><span class="p">|</span>en<span class="p">|</span>synonym<span class="p">}}</span> (allows language-specific link) <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">synonym</span><span class="p">]]</span> (also acceptable) </pre></div> <p>There is also another method to show synonyms, under each definition sense; see it at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Synonyms" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Synonyms</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Antonymy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Antonymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Antonymy"></span>Antonymy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Antonymy"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Antonymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <dl><dd><i>Definition</i>: Each listed antonym denotes the opposite of this entry.</dd> <dd><i>Properties</i>: <a href="/wiki/symmetric" title="symmetric">symmetric</a></dd> <dd><i>Section</i>: <code>====Antonyms====</code></dd> <dd><i>Template</i>: <code style="white-space:pre-wrap">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:antonyms#top" title="Template:antonyms">antonyms</a>}}</code>, as an alternative to listing synonyms in a separate section.</dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/antonymy" title="antonymy">Antonymy</a> is a <a href="/wiki/symmetric" title="symmetric">symmetric</a> relation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples_2" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples_2-Antonymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples_2-Antonymy"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples_2-Antonymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/up" title="up">up</a> and <a href="/wiki/down" title="down">down</a> are <i>antonyms</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/dead" title="dead">dead</a> and <a href="/wiki/alive" title="alive">alive</a> are <i>antonyms</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/parent" title="parent">parent</a> and <a href="/wiki/child" title="child">child</a> are <i>antonyms</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_2" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage_2-Antonymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage_2-Antonymy"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage_2-Antonymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">====Antonyms====</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">l</span><span class="p">|</span>en<span class="p">|</span>antonym<span class="p">}}</span> (allows language-specific link) <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">antonym</span><span class="p">]]</span> (also acceptable) </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Hypernymy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Hypernymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Hypernymy"></span>Hypernymy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Hypernymy"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hypernymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypernymy" class="extiw" title="w:Hypernymy">Hypernymy</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypernymy" class="extiw" title="w:Hypernymy">Wikipedia </a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <dl><dd><i>Definition</i>: Each listed hypernym is superordinate to this entry. This entry’s referent is (one of) the kind(s) of things each hypernym refers to.</dd> <dd><i>Properties</i>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span></dd> <dd><i>Section</i>: <code>====Hypernyms====</code></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/hypernymy" title="hypernymy">Hypernymy</a> is a <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span> relation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples_3" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples_3-Hypernymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples_3-Hypernymy"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples_3-Hypernymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/animal" title="animal">animal</a> is a <i>hypernym</i> of <a href="/wiki/mammal" title="mammal">mammal</a> (mammals are animals); <a href="/wiki/mammal" title="mammal">mammal</a> is a <i>hypernym</i> of <a href="/wiki/dog" title="dog">dog</a> (dogs are mammals)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/plant" title="plant">plant</a> is a <i>hypernym</i> of <a href="/wiki/flower" title="flower">flower</a> which is a <i>hypernym</i> of <a href="/wiki/tulip" title="tulip">tulip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/red" title="red">red</a> is a <i>hypernym</i> of <a href="/wiki/scarlet" title="scarlet">scarlet</a>, <a href="/wiki/vermilion" title="vermilion">vermilion</a>, <a href="/wiki/carmine" title="carmine">carmine</a> and <a href="/wiki/crimson" title="crimson">crimson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_3" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage_3-Hypernymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage_3-Hypernymy"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage_3-Hypernymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">====Hypernyms====</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">l</span><span class="p">|</span>en<span class="p">|</span>hypernym<span class="p">}}</span> (allows language-specific link) <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">hypernym</span><span class="p">]]</span> (also acceptable) </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Hyponymy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Hyponymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Hyponymy"></span>Hyponymy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Hyponymy"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Hyponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponymy" class="extiw" title="w:Hyponymy">Hyponymy</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponymy" class="extiw" title="w:Hyponymy">Wikipedia </a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <dl><dd><i>Definition</i>: Each listed hyponym is subordinate to this entry. Each hyponym refers to a specific kind of the thing described by this entry.</dd> <dd><i>Properties</i>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span></dd> <dd><i>Section</i>: <code>====Hyponyms====</code></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/hyponymy" title="hyponymy">Hyponymy</a> is a <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span> relation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples_4" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples_4-Hyponymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples_4-Hyponymy"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples_4-Hyponymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/dog" title="dog">dog</a> is a <i>hyponym</i> of <a href="/wiki/mammal" title="mammal">mammal</a> (dogs are among the various animals which are mammals); <a href="/wiki/mammal" title="mammal">mammal</a> is a <i>hyponym</i> of <a href="/wiki/animal" title="animal">animal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/tulip" title="tulip">tulip</a> is a <i>hyponym</i> of <a href="/wiki/flower" title="flower">flower</a> which is a <i>hyponym</i> of <a href="/wiki/plant" title="plant">plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/scarlet" title="scarlet">scarlet</a>, <a href="/wiki/vermilion" title="vermilion">vermilion</a>, <a href="/wiki/carmine" title="carmine">carmine</a> and <a href="/wiki/crimson" title="crimson">crimson</a> are <i>hyponyms</i> of <a href="/wiki/red" title="red">red</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_4" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage_4-Hyponymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage_4-Hyponymy"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage_4-Hyponymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">====Hyponyms====</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">l</span><span class="p">|</span>en<span class="p">|</span>hyponym<span class="p">}}</span> (allows language-specific link) <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">hyponym</span><span class="p">]]</span> (also acceptable) </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Meronymy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Meronymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Meronymy"></span>Meronymy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Meronymy"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Meronymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meronymy" class="extiw" title="w:Meronymy">Meronymy</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meronymy" class="extiw" title="w:Meronymy">Wikipedia </a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <dl><dd><i>Definition</i>: Each listed meronym denotes part of this entry’s referent.</dd> <dd><i>Properties</i>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span></dd> <dd><i>Section</i>: <code>====Meronyms====</code></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/meronymy" title="meronymy">Meronymy</a> is a <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span> relation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples_5" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples_5-Meronymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples_5-Meronymy"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples_5-Meronymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/bark" title="bark">bark</a> is a <i>meronym</i> of <a href="/wiki/tree" title="tree">tree</a> (bark is part of what makes up a tree); <a href="/wiki/tree" title="tree">tree</a> is a <i>meronym</i> of <a href="/wiki/forest" title="forest">forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/elbow" title="elbow">elbow</a> is a <i>meronym</i> of <a href="/wiki/arm" title="arm">arm</a> which is a <i>meronym</i> of <a href="/wiki/body" title="body">body</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_5" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage_5-Meronymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage_5-Meronymy"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage_5-Meronymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">====Meronyms====</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">l</span><span class="p">|</span>en<span class="p">|</span>meronym<span class="p">}}</span> (allows language-specific link) <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">meronym</span><span class="p">]]</span> (also acceptable) </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Holonymy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Holonymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Holonymy"></span>Holonymy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Holonymy"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Holonymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holonymy" class="extiw" title="w:Holonymy">Holonymy</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holonymy" class="extiw" title="w:Holonymy">Wikipedia </a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <dl><dd><i>Definition</i>: Each listed holonym has this entry’s referent as a part of itself; this entry’s referent is part of each listed holonym.</dd> <dd><i>Properties</i>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span></dd> <dd><i>Section</i>: <code>====Holonyms====</code></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/holonymy" title="holonymy">Holonymy</a> is a <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span> relation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples_6" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples_6-Holonymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples_6-Holonymy"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples_6-Holonymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/forest" title="forest">forest</a> is a <i>holonym</i> of <a href="/wiki/tree" title="tree">tree</a> (forests contain trees); <a href="/wiki/tree" title="tree">tree</a> is a <i>holonym</i> of <a href="/wiki/bark" title="bark">bark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/body" title="body">body</a> is a <i>holonym</i> of <a href="/wiki/arm" title="arm">arm</a> which is a <i>holonym</i> of <a href="/wiki/elbow" title="elbow">elbow</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_6" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage_6-Holonymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage_6-Holonymy"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage_6-Holonymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">====Holonyms====</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">l</span><span class="p">|</span>en<span class="p">|</span>holonym<span class="p">}}</span> (allows language-specific link) <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">holonym</span><span class="p">]]</span> (also acceptable) </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Troponymy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Troponymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Troponymy"></span>Troponymy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Troponymy"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Troponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troponymy" class="extiw" title="w:Troponymy">Troponymy</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troponymy" class="extiw" title="w:Troponymy">Wikipedia </a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <dl><dd><i>Definition</i>: Each listed troponym denotes a particular way to do this entry’s referent.</dd> <dd><i>Properties</i>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span></dd> <dd><i>Section</i>: <code>====Troponyms====</code></dd></dl> <p><i><a href="/wiki/troponymy" title="troponymy">Troponymy</a></i> is a <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/transitive#English:_set_theory" title="transitive">transitive</a></span> relation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples_7" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples_7-Troponymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples_7-Troponymy"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples_7-Troponymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>to <a href="/wiki/trim" title="trim">trim</a> and to <a href="/wiki/slice" title="slice">slice</a> are <i>troponyms</i> of to <a href="/wiki/cut" title="cut">cut</a></li> <li>to <a href="/wiki/slide" title="slide">slide</a> and to <a href="/wiki/spin" title="spin">spin</a> are <i>troponyms</i> of to <a href="/wiki/move" title="move">move</a></li> <li>to <a href="/wiki/snack" title="snack">snack</a> and to <a href="/wiki/nibble" title="nibble">nibble</a> are <i>troponyms</i> of to <a href="/wiki/eat" title="eat">eat</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_7" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage_7-Troponymy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage_7-Troponymy"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage_7-Troponymy"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">====Troponyms====</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">l</span><span class="p">|</span>en<span class="p">|</span>troponym<span class="p">}}</span> (allows language-specific link) <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">troponym</span><span class="p">]]</span> (also acceptable) </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Coordinate_term" data-mw-thread-id="h-Coordinate_term"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Coordinate_term"></span>Coordinate term<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Coordinate_term"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Coordinate term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Definition</i>: Each listed coordinate term shares a <a href="/wiki/hypernym" title="hypernym">hypernym</a> with this entry.</dd> <dd><i>Properties</i>: <a href="/wiki/symmetric" title="symmetric">symmetric</a> and <a href="/wiki/reflexive" title="reflexive">reflexive</a></dd> <dd><i>Section</i>: <code>====Coordinate terms====</code></dd> <dd><i>Template</i>: <code style="white-space:pre-wrap">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:coordinate_terms#top" title="Template:coordinate terms">coordinate terms</a>}}</code>, as an alternative to listing coordinate terms in a separate section.</dd></dl> <p>Most coordinate terms should not be added to this section. They should be added to categories instead. Only words that don’t belong in any other sections and are strongly related should be here. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Examples_8" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples_8-Coordinate_term"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples_8-Coordinate_term"></span>Examples<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples_8-Coordinate_term"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/man" title="man">man</a> and <a href="/wiki/woman" title="woman">woman</a> are <i>coordinate terms</i> since they share various <i>hypernyms</i>, from the most obvious (for example, <a href="/wiki/human" title="human">human</a>, <a href="/wiki/person" title="person">person</a>, <a href="/wiki/adult" title="adult">adult</a>) to others (for example, <a href="/wiki/vertebrate" title="vertebrate">vertebrate</a>, <a href="/wiki/mammal" title="mammal">mammal</a>, <a href="/wiki/resident" title="resident">resident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frenchman" title="Frenchman">Frenchman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Englishman" title="Englishman">Englishman</a> are <i>coordinate terms</i> since they share various <i>hypernyms</i>, from the most obvious (for example, <a href="/wiki/human" title="human">human</a>, <a href="/wiki/nationality" title="nationality">nationality</a>, <a href="/wiki/person" title="person">person</a>) to others (for example, <a href="/wiki/vertebrate" title="vertebrate">vertebrate</a>, <a href="/wiki/mammal" title="mammal">mammal</a>, <a href="/wiki/resident" title="resident">resident</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/cat" title="cat">cat</a> and <a href="/wiki/dog" title="dog">dog</a> are <i>coordinate terms</i> since they share several <i>hypernyms</i>, including <a href="/wiki/pet" title="pet">pet</a>, <a href="/wiki/animal" title="animal">animal</a>, <a href="/wiki/mammal" title="mammal">mammal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/vertebrate" title="vertebrate">vertebrate</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_8" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage_8-Coordinate_term"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage_8-Coordinate_term"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage_8-Coordinate_term"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="nn">Category</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nt">Category of shared hypernym</span><span class="p">]]</span> </pre></div> <dl><dd><b>or</b></dd></dl> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">====Coordinate terms====</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">l</span><span class="p">|</span>en<span class="p">|</span>coordinate term<span class="p">}}</span> (allows language-specific link) <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">coordinate term</span><span class="p">]]</span> (also acceptable) </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Otherwise_related" data-mw-thread-id="h-Otherwise_related"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Otherwise_related"></span>Otherwise related<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Otherwise_related"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Otherwise related"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Definition</i>: Each listed “otherwise related” term semantically relates to this entry.</dd> <dd><i>Section</i>: <code>====See also====</code></dd></dl> <p>If the semantic relation is none of the above (such as, for example, <a href="/wiki/plesionym" title="plesionym">plesionymic</a>, such that it is partially overlapping on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/semantic_field" class="extiw" title="w:semantic field">semantic field</a> but with important distinctions), or if you don't know exactly how a word is <i>semantically</i> related to the word defined by the entry you are editing, please add it to this section. However, since almost all words are semantically related to each other on <i>some</i> (sufficiently remote) abstract level, please use your own judgement on whether somebody possibly would find it useful. </p><p>A representative example of a pair of words whose semantic relation to each other is clear and is relevant, but they are not synonymous (or synonymous only in the loosest sense of that term), is <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nonexpert#English" title="nonexpert">nonexpert</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/amateur#English" title="amateur">amateur</a></i>: usually the two concepts are <a href="/wiki/coinstantiate" title="coinstantiate">coinstantiated</a>, which makes them clearly and relevantly semantically related, but the other instances in which they are <i>not</i> coinstantiated, and their perennial potential <i>not</i> to be coinstantiated, have practical importance, so it is reasonable not to call them synonyms but rather to place them in "see also" position. </p><p>Other relevant pages on Wiktionary can also be linked here, such as appendices and categories. </p><p>Note: For any links to <em>external</em> sites, including sister projects like Wikipedia, use the section <code>====Further reading====</code> (<i>see <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Votes/2017-03/%22External_sources%22,_%22External_links%22,_%22Further_information%22_or_%22Further_reading%22" title="Wiktionary:Votes/2017-03/"External sources", "External links", "Further information" or "Further reading"">this vote</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_9" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage_9-Otherwise_related"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage_9-Otherwise_related"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage_9-Otherwise_related"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="gu">====See also====</span> <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nt">l</span><span class="p">|</span>en<span class="p">|</span>related term<span class="p">}}</span> (allows language-specific link) <span class="k">*</span> <span class="p">[[</span><span class="nt">related term</span><span class="p">]]</span> (also acceptable) </pre></div> <p>Note that for <i>etymologically</i> related words (in the same language), the header <code>====Related terms====</code> should be used – see <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Etymology" title="Wiktionary:Etymology">Wiktionary:Etymology</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary:Semantic_relations&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Related_terms" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:Related terms">Wiktionary:Related terms</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">etymologically related; 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