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particle
Overview of noun particle
The noun particle has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (87) atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck -- ((nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything)
2. (31) particle, subatomic particle -- (a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions)
3. (1) particle -- (a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun particle
3 senses of particle
Sense 1
atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
particle, subatomic particle
=> body
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
particle
=> function word, closed-class word
=> word
=> language unit, linguistic unit
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun particle
2 of 3 senses of particle
Sense 1
atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
=> grain
=> chylomicron
=> flyspeck
=> identification particle
Sense 2
particle, subatomic particle
=> virion
=> alpha particle
=> beta particle
=> boson
=> deuteron
=> elementary particle, fundamental particle
=> fermion
=> ion
=> magnetic monopole
=> micelle
=> prion
=> virino
=> scintilla
=> superstring
=> thermion
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun particle
3 senses of particle
Sense 1
atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
=> material, stuff
Sense 2
particle, subatomic particle
=> body
Sense 3
particle
=> function word, closed-class word
Antonyms of noun particle
Member Holonyms of noun particle
Substance Holonyms of noun particle
Part Holonyms of noun particle
Member Meronyms of noun particle
Substance Meronyms of noun particle
Part Meronyms of noun particle
Meronyms of noun particle
Holonyms of noun particle
Attributes of noun particle
Derived Forms of noun particle
Domain of noun particle
Domain Terms of noun particle
Familiarity of noun particle
particle used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun particle
3 senses of particle
Sense 1
atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
> material, stuff
=> rind
=> atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck
=> ammunition
=> floccule, floc
=> HAZMAT
=> raw material, staple
=> sorbate
=> sorbent, sorbent material
=> diamagnet
=> mineral
=> rock, stone
=> adhesive material, adhesive agent, adhesive
=> sealing material
=> animal material
=> fluff
=> bimetal
=> abrasive, abradant, abrasive material
=> chemical, chemical substance
=> composite material
=> conductor
=> insulator, dielectric, nonconductor
=> contaminant, contamination
=> particulate, particulate matter
=> dust
=> elastomer
=> earth, ground
=> discharge, emission
=> detritus
=> waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
=> fiber, fibre
=> filling, fill
=> foam
=> lubricant, lubricator, lubricating substance, lube
=> homogenate
=> humate
=> impregnation
=> paper
=> packing material, packing, wadding
=> coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
=> plant material
=> radioactive material
=> thickening, thickener
=> toner
=> transparent substance, translucent substance
=> undercut
=> builder, detergent builder
=> vernix, vernix caseosa
=> wad
Sense 2
particle, subatomic particle
> body
=> chromosome
=> inclusion body, cellular inclusion, inclusion
=> mass
=> particle, subatomic particle
Sense 3
particle
> function word, closed-class word
=> determiner, determinative
=> preposition
=> pronoun
=> conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative
=> particle
Meronyms of noun particle
3 senses of particle
Sense 2
particle, subatomic particle
=> body
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 3
particle
=> function word, closed-class word
HAS PART: grammatical meaning
=> word
HAS PART: syllable
HAS PART: affix
Holonyms of noun particle
Grep of noun particle
alpha particle
antiparticle
beta particle
elementary particle
fundamental particle
heavy particle
identification particle
j particle
k particle
lambda particle
particle
particle accelerator
particle beam
particle board
particle physics
psi particle
quasiparticle
small-particle pollution
strange particle
subatomic particle
tau-minus particle
tau-plus particle
wave-particle duality
weakly interacting massive particle
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