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case
Overview of noun case
The noun case has 18 senses (first 15 from tagged texts)
1. (705) lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa -- (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord")
2. (703) case, instance, example -- (an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths")
3. (237) event, case -- (a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled")
4. (106) case -- (a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir")
5. (98) case -- (the actual state of things; "that was not the case")
6. (84) case -- (a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly")
7. (48) case -- (a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage")
8. (45) subject, case, guinea pig -- (a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities")
9. (34) case -- (a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor")
10. (10) case, caseful -- (the quantity contained in a case)
11. (8) case, display case, showcase, vitrine -- (a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home)
12. (7) case -- (a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters")
13. (5) case, grammatical case -- (nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence)
14. (4) shell, case, casing -- (the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case")
15. (3) character, eccentric, type, case -- (a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case")
16. sheath, case -- (an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part)
17. casing, case -- (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced")
18. case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip -- (bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase")
Overview of verb case
The verb case has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) case -- (look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed")
2. encase, incase, case -- (enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun case
18 senses of case
Sense 1
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
=> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
=> due process, due process of law
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
case, instance, example
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
event, case
=> circumstance
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
case
=> problem
=> question, head
=> subject, topic, theme
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
case
=> fact
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
case
=> argument, statement
=> evidence
=> indication, indicant
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
case
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
subject, case, guinea pig
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
case
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 10
case, caseful
=> containerful
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 11
case, display case, showcase, vitrine
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 12
case
=> state of mind, frame of mind
=> temporary state
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> psychological state, mental state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 13
case, grammatical case
=> grammatical category, syntactic category
=> class, category, family
=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 14
shell, case, casing
=> housing
=> protective covering, protective cover, protection
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 15
character, eccentric, type, case
=> adult, grownup
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 16
sheath, case
=> covering, natural covering, cover
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 17
casing, case
=> framework, frame, framing
=> supporting structure
=> structure, construction
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 18
case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip
=> bed linen
=> linen
=> white goods, household linen
=> drygoods, soft goods
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun case
8 of 18 senses of case
Sense 1
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
=> civil suit
=> class action, class-action suit
=> countersuit
=> criminal suit
=> moot
=> paternity suit, bastardy proceeding
Sense 2
case, instance, example
=> humiliation, mortification
=> piece, bit
=> time, clip
Sense 7
case
=> baggage, luggage
=> briefcase
=> cardcase
=> cigarette case
=> compact, powder compact
=> dispatch case, dispatch box
=> glasses case
=> gun case
=> kit
=> letter case
=> locket
=> pillbox
=> portfolio
=> quiver
=> shoe
=> sleeve
=> wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook
=> watch case
=> writing desk
Sense 9
case
=> client
=> patient
=> welfare case, charity case
Sense 11
case, display case, showcase, vitrine
=> trophy case
Sense 13
case, grammatical case
=> nominative, nominative case, subject case
=> oblique, oblique case
Sense 14
shell, case, casing
=> boot
=> gearbox, gear case
=> jacket
Sense 16
sheath, case
=> theca
=> lorica
=> medullary sheath, myelin sheath
=> neurolemma, neurilemma
=> husk
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun case
18 senses of case
Sense 1
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
=> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
Sense 2
case, instance, example
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Sense 3
event, case
=> circumstance
Sense 4
case
=> problem
Sense 5
case
=> fact
Sense 6
case
=> argument, statement
Sense 7
case
=> container
Sense 8
subject, case, guinea pig
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Sense 9
case
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Sense 10
case, caseful
=> containerful
Sense 11
case, display case, showcase, vitrine
=> container
Sense 12
case
=> state of mind, frame of mind
Sense 13
case, grammatical case
=> grammatical category, syntactic category
Sense 14
shell, case, casing
=> housing
Sense 15
character, eccentric, type, case
=> adult, grownup
Sense 16
sheath, case
=> covering, natural covering, cover
Sense 17
casing, case
=> framework, frame, framing
Sense 18
case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip
=> bed linen
Antonyms of noun case
Member Holonyms of noun case
Substance Holonyms of noun case
Part Holonyms of noun case
2 of 18 senses of case
Sense 14
shell, case, casing
PART OF: grandfather clock, longcase clock
Sense 17
casing, case
PART OF: doorway, door, room access, threshold
PART OF: window
Member Meronyms of noun case
Substance Meronyms of noun case
Part Meronyms of noun case
Meronyms of noun case
Holonyms of noun case
2 of 18 senses of case
Sense 14
shell, case, casing
PART OF: grandfather clock, longcase clock
Sense 17
casing, case
PART OF: doorway, door, room access, threshold
PART OF: window
Attributes of noun case
Derived Forms of noun case
5 of 18 senses of case
Sense 7
case
RELATED TO>(verb) case#2
=> encase, incase, case
Sense 10
case, caseful
RELATED TO>(verb) case#2
=> encase, incase, case
Sense 11
case, display case, showcase, vitrine
RELATED TO>(verb) case#2
=> encase, incase, case
Sense 14
shell, case, casing
RELATED TO>(verb) case#2
=> encase, incase, case
Sense 16
sheath, case
RELATED TO>(verb) case#2
=> encase, incase, case
Domain of noun case
1 of 18 senses of case
Sense 1
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun case
Familiarity of noun case
case used as a noun is very familiar (polysemy count =18)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun case
18 senses of case
Sense 1
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
=> foreclosure
=> intervention
=> procedure
=> legal action, action, action at law
=> lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
=> adoption
=> appeal
=> bankruptcy
=> receivership
=> litigation, judicial proceeding
=> naturalization, naturalisation
=> trial
=> trial
=> review
=> hearing
Sense 2
case, instance, example
> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
=> avalanche
=> experience
=> trouble
=> treat
=> miracle
=> wonder, marvel
=> thing
=> episode
=> eventuality, contingency, contingence
=> beginning
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> one-off
=> periodic event, recurrent event
=> change, alteration, modification
=> error, computer error
=> accident, fortuity, chance event
=> fire
=> incident
=> discharge
=> case, instance, example
=> movement, motion
=> failure
=> success
=> appearance
=> destiny, fate
=> disappearance
=> disappearance
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> finish
=> interruption, break
=> sound
=> union
=> news event
=> flash
=> convergence
=> juncture, occasion
=> outburst, burst, flare-up
=> outbreak, eruption, irruption
=> reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
=> boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
=> crash, collapse
=> supervention
Sense 3
event, case
> circumstance
=> event, case
=> hinge
=> playing field
Sense 4
case
> problem
=> puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser
=> case
=> homework problem
=> riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser
=> poser, stumper, toughie, sticker
=> Gordian knot
=> crossword puzzle, crossword
=> koan
=> word square, acrostic
=> pons asinorum
=> rebus
Sense 5
case
> fact
=> case
=> detail, item, point
=> particular, specific
=> general
=> matter of fact
=> observation
=> reason
=> score
=> truth
Sense 6
case
> argument, statement
=> proof
=> counterargument
=> pro
=> con
=> case
=> clincher, determiner, determining factor
=> adducing
=> last word
=> specious argument
Sense 7
case
> container
=> bag
=> bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
=> basket, handbasket
=> bin
=> bowl, pipe bowl
=> box
=> bread-bin, breadbox
=> bunker
=> can, tin, tin can
=> canister, cannister, tin
=> capsule
=> cargo container
=> case
=> case, display case, showcase, vitrine
=> cassette
=> cup
=> cylinder
=> dice cup, dice box
=> dish
=> dispenser
=> drawer
=> Dumpster
=> empty
=> envelope
=> glass, drinking glass
=> grab bag
=> magnetic bottle
=> mailer
=> manger, trough
=> mold, mould, cast
=> package, parcel
=> pan
=> pod, fuel pod
=> pot, flowerpot
=> powder horn, powder flask
=> receptacle
=> reliquary
=> saltcellar
=> savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank
=> scuttle, coal scuttle
=> shaker
=> spoon
=> storage ring
=> thimble
=> time capsule
=> vessel
=> wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file
=> watering can, watering pot
=> wheeled vehicle
=> workbasket, workbox, workbag
Sense 8
subject, case, guinea pig
> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> self
=> adult, grownup
=> adventurer, venturer
=> anomaly, unusual person
=> applicant, applier
=> appointee, appointment
=> capitalist
=> captor, capturer
=> changer, modifier
=> color-blind person
=> commoner, common man, common person
=> communicator
=> contestant
=> coward
=> creator
=> disputant, controversialist, eristic
=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist
=> entertainer
=> experimenter
=> expert
=> face
=> female, female person
=> individualist
=> inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
=> native, indigen, indigene
=> innocent, inexperienced person
=> intellectual, intellect
=> juvenile, juvenile person
=> lover
=> leader
=> male, male person
=> money handler, money dealer
=> national, subject
=> nonreligious person
=> nonworker
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
=> percher
=> precursor, forerunner
=> primitive, primitive person
=> religious person
=> sensualist
=> traveler, traveller
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> unskilled person
=> worker
=> African
=> person of color, person of colour
=> Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
=> White, white person, Caucasian
=> Amerindian, Native American
=> Slav
=> gentile
=> Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
=> Aries, Ram
=> Taurus, Bull
=> Gemini, Twin
=> Cancer, Crab
=> Leo, Lion
=> Virgo, Virgin
=> Libra, Balance
=> Scorpio, Scorpion
=> Sagittarius, Archer
=> Capricorn, Goat
=> Aquarius, Water Bearer
=> Pisces, Fish
=> abator
=> abjurer
=> abomination
=> abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker
=> achiever, winner, success, succeeder
=> acquaintance, friend
=> acquirer
=> active
=> actor, doer, worker
=> adjudicator
=> admirer
=> adoptee
=> adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
=> advisee
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
=> affiant
=> agnostic, doubter
=> amateur
=> ancient
=> anti
=> anti-American
=> apprehender
=> appreciator
=> archaist
=> arrogator
=> assessee
=> asthmatic
=> authority
=> autodidact
=> baby boomer, boomer
=> baby buster, buster
=> bad guy
=> bad person
=> baldhead, baldpate, baldy
=> balker, baulker, noncompliant
=> bullfighter, toreador
=> bather
=> beard
=> bedfellow
=> bereaved, bereaved person
=> best, topper
=> biter
=> blogger
=> blond, blonde
=> bluecoat
=> bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman
=> bomber
=> brunet, brunette
=> buster
=> candidate, prospect
=> cardholder
=> case
=> cashier
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
=> censor
=> chameleon
=> charmer, beguiler
=> child, baby
=> chutzpanik
=> closer
=> clumsy person
=> collector, aggregator
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
=> complexifier
=> compulsive
=> computer user
=> contemplative
=> convert
=> copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
=> counter
=> counterterrorist
=> crawler, creeper
=> creature, wight
=> creditor
=> cripple
=> dancer, social dancer
=> dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
=> deaf person
=> debaser, degrader
=> debtor, debitor
=> defecator, voider, shitter
=> delayer
=> deliverer
=> demander
=> dieter
=> differentiator, discriminator
=> disentangler, unraveler, unraveller
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
=> divider
=> domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
=> double, image, look-alike
=> dresser
=> dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler
=> drug user, substance abuser, user
=> dyslectic
=> ectomorph
=> effecter, effector
=> Elizabethan
=> emotional person
=> endomorph
=> enjoyer
=> enrollee
=> ethnic
=> explorer, adventurer
=> extrovert, extravert
=> faddist
=> faller
=> fastener
=> fiduciary
=> first-rater
=> follower
=> free agent, free spirit, freewheeler
=> friend
=> fugitive, runaway, fleer
=> gainer
=> gainer, weight gainer
=> gambler
=> gatekeeper
=> gatherer
=> good guy
=> good person
=> granter
=> greeter, saluter, welcomer
=> grinner
=> groaner
=> grunter
=> guesser
=> handicapped person
=> hater
=> heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
=> homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
=> homunculus
=> hope
=> hoper
=> huddler
=> hugger
=> immune
=> insured, insured person
=> interpreter
=> introvert
=> Jat
=> jewel, gem
=> jumper
=> killer, slayer
=> relative, relation
=> kink
=> kneeler
=> knocker
=> knower, apprehender
=> large person
=> Latin
=> laugher
=> learner, scholar, assimilator
=> left-hander, lefty, southpaw
=> life
=> lightning rod
=> linguist, polyglot
=> literate, literate person
=> liver
=> longer, thirster, yearner
=> loose cannon
=> machine
=> mailer
=> malcontent
=> man
=> manipulator
=> man jack
=> married
=> masturbator, onanist
=> measurer
=> nonmember
=> mesomorph
=> mestizo, ladino
=> middlebrow
=> miracle man, miracle worker
=> misogamist
=> mixed-blood
=> modern
=> monolingual
=> mother hen
=> mouse
=> mutilator, maimer, mangler
=> namer
=> namesake
=> neglecter
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> neutral
=> nondescript
=> nonparticipant
=> nonpartisan, nonpartizan
=> nonperson, unperson
=> nonresident
=> nonsmoker
=> nude, nude person
=> nurser
=> occultist
=> optimist
=> orphan
=> ostrich
=> ouster, ejector
=> outcaste
=> outdoorsman
=> owner, possessor
=> pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler
=> pansexual
=> pardoner, forgiver, excuser
=> partner
=> party
=> passer
=> personage
=> personification
=> perspirer, sweater
=> philosopher
=> picker, chooser, selector
=> pisser, urinator
=> planner, contriver, deviser
=> posturer
=> powderer
=> preserver
=> propositus
=> public relations person
=> pursuer
=> pussycat
=> quarter
=> quitter
=> radical
=> realist
=> rectifier
=> redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop
=> registrant
=> reliever, allayer, comforter
=> repeater
=> rescuer, recoverer, saver
=> rester
=> restrainer, controller
=> revenant
=> rich person, wealthy person, have
=> right-hander, right hander, righthander
=> riser
=> romper
=> roundhead
=> ruler, swayer
=> rusher
=> scientist, man of science
=> scratcher
=> second-rater, mediocrity
=> seeder, cloud seeder
=> seeker, searcher, quester
=> segregate
=> sentimentalist, romanticist
=> sex object
=> shaker, mover and shaker
=> showman
=> signer, signatory
=> simpleton, simple
=> six-footer
=> skidder, slider, slipper
=> slave
=> slave
=> sleepyhead
=> sloucher
=> small person
=> smasher
=> smiler
=> sneezer
=> sniffer
=> sniffler, sniveler
=> snuffer
=> snuffler
=> socializer, socialiser
=> sort
=> sounding board
=> sphinx
=> spitter, expectorator
=> sport
=> sprawler
=> spurner
=> squinter, squint-eye
=> stifler, smotherer
=> stigmatic, stigmatist
=> stooper
=> struggler
=> subject, case, guinea pig
=> supernumerary
=> surrenderer, yielder
=> survivalist
=> survivor
=> suspect
=> tagger
=> tagger
=> tapper
=> tempter
=> termer
=> terror, scourge, threat
=> testator, testate
=> thin person, skin and bones, scrag
=> third-rater
=> thrower
=> tiger
=> totemist
=> toucher
=> transfer, transferee
=> transsexual, transexual
=> transvestite, cross-dresser
=> trier, attempter, essayer
=> turner
=> tyrant
=> undoer, opener, unfastener, untier
=> user
=> vanisher
=> victim, dupe
=> Victorian
=> visionary
=> visually impaired person
=> waiter
=> waker
=> walk-in
=> wanter, needer
=> ward
=> warrior
=> watcher
=> weakling, doormat, wuss
=> wiggler, wriggler, squirmer
=> winker
=> withholder
=> witness
=> worldling
=> yawner
Sense 9
case
> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> self
=> adult, grownup
=> adventurer, venturer
=> anomaly, unusual person
=> applicant, applier
=> appointee, appointment
=> capitalist
=> captor, capturer
=> changer, modifier
=> color-blind person
=> commoner, common man, common person
=> communicator
=> contestant
=> coward
=> creator
=> disputant, controversialist, eristic
=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist
=> entertainer
=> experimenter
=> expert
=> face
=> female, female person
=> individualist
=> inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
=> native, indigen, indigene
=> innocent, inexperienced person
=> intellectual, intellect
=> juvenile, juvenile person
=> lover
=> leader
=> male, male person
=> money handler, money dealer
=> national, subject
=> nonreligious person
=> nonworker
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
=> percher
=> precursor, forerunner
=> primitive, primitive person
=> religious person
=> sensualist
=> traveler, traveller
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> unskilled person
=> worker
=> African
=> person of color, person of colour
=> Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
=> White, white person, Caucasian
=> Amerindian, Native American
=> Slav
=> gentile
=> Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
=> Aries, Ram
=> Taurus, Bull
=> Gemini, Twin
=> Cancer, Crab
=> Leo, Lion
=> Virgo, Virgin
=> Libra, Balance
=> Scorpio, Scorpion
=> Sagittarius, Archer
=> Capricorn, Goat
=> Aquarius, Water Bearer
=> Pisces, Fish
=> abator
=> abjurer
=> abomination
=> abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker
=> achiever, winner, success, succeeder
=> acquaintance, friend
=> acquirer
=> active
=> actor, doer, worker
=> adjudicator
=> admirer
=> adoptee
=> adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
=> advisee
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
=> affiant
=> agnostic, doubter
=> amateur
=> ancient
=> anti
=> anti-American
=> apprehender
=> appreciator
=> archaist
=> arrogator
=> assessee
=> asthmatic
=> authority
=> autodidact
=> baby boomer, boomer
=> baby buster, buster
=> bad guy
=> bad person
=> baldhead, baldpate, baldy
=> balker, baulker, noncompliant
=> bullfighter, toreador
=> bather
=> beard
=> bedfellow
=> bereaved, bereaved person
=> best, topper
=> biter
=> blogger
=> blond, blonde
=> bluecoat
=> bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman
=> bomber
=> brunet, brunette
=> buster
=> candidate, prospect
=> cardholder
=> case
=> cashier
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
=> censor
=> chameleon
=> charmer, beguiler
=> child, baby
=> chutzpanik
=> closer
=> clumsy person
=> collector, aggregator
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
=> complexifier
=> compulsive
=> computer user
=> contemplative
=> convert
=> copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
=> counter
=> counterterrorist
=> crawler, creeper
=> creature, wight
=> creditor
=> cripple
=> dancer, social dancer
=> dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
=> deaf person
=> debaser, degrader
=> debtor, debitor
=> defecator, voider, shitter
=> delayer
=> deliverer
=> demander
=> dieter
=> differentiator, discriminator
=> disentangler, unraveler, unraveller
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
=> divider
=> domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
=> double, image, look-alike
=> dresser
=> dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler
=> drug user, substance abuser, user
=> dyslectic
=> ectomorph
=> effecter, effector
=> Elizabethan
=> emotional person
=> endomorph
=> enjoyer
=> enrollee
=> ethnic
=> explorer, adventurer
=> extrovert, extravert
=> faddist
=> faller
=> fastener
=> fiduciary
=> first-rater
=> follower
=> free agent, free spirit, freewheeler
=> friend
=> fugitive, runaway, fleer
=> gainer
=> gainer, weight gainer
=> gambler
=> gatekeeper
=> gatherer
=> good guy
=> good person
=> granter
=> greeter, saluter, welcomer
=> grinner
=> groaner
=> grunter
=> guesser
=> handicapped person
=> hater
=> heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
=> homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
=> homunculus
=> hope
=> hoper
=> huddler
=> hugger
=> immune
=> insured, insured person
=> interpreter
=> introvert
=> Jat
=> jewel, gem
=> jumper
=> killer, slayer
=> relative, relation
=> kink
=> kneeler
=> knocker
=> knower, apprehender
=> large person
=> Latin
=> laugher
=> learner, scholar, assimilator
=> left-hander, lefty, southpaw
=> life
=> lightning rod
=> linguist, polyglot
=> literate, literate person
=> liver
=> longer, thirster, yearner
=> loose cannon
=> machine
=> mailer
=> malcontent
=> man
=> manipulator
=> man jack
=> married
=> masturbator, onanist
=> measurer
=> nonmember
=> mesomorph
=> mestizo, ladino
=> middlebrow
=> miracle man, miracle worker
=> misogamist
=> mixed-blood
=> modern
=> monolingual
=> mother hen
=> mouse
=> mutilator, maimer, mangler
=> namer
=> namesake
=> neglecter
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> neutral
=> nondescript
=> nonparticipant
=> nonpartisan, nonpartizan
=> nonperson, unperson
=> nonresident
=> nonsmoker
=> nude, nude person
=> nurser
=> occultist
=> optimist
=> orphan
=> ostrich
=> ouster, ejector
=> outcaste
=> outdoorsman
=> owner, possessor
=> pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler
=> pansexual
=> pardoner, forgiver, excuser
=> partner
=> party
=> passer
=> personage
=> personification
=> perspirer, sweater
=> philosopher
=> picker, chooser, selector
=> pisser, urinator
=> planner, contriver, deviser
=> posturer
=> powderer
=> preserver
=> propositus
=> public relations person
=> pursuer
=> pussycat
=> quarter
=> quitter
=> radical
=> realist
=> rectifier
=> redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop
=> registrant
=> reliever, allayer, comforter
=> repeater
=> rescuer, recoverer, saver
=> rester
=> restrainer, controller
=> revenant
=> rich person, wealthy person, have
=> right-hander, right hander, righthander
=> riser
=> romper
=> roundhead
=> ruler, swayer
=> rusher
=> scientist, man of science
=> scratcher
=> second-rater, mediocrity
=> seeder, cloud seeder
=> seeker, searcher, quester
=> segregate
=> sentimentalist, romanticist
=> sex object
=> shaker, mover and shaker
=> showman
=> signer, signatory
=> simpleton, simple
=> six-footer
=> skidder, slider, slipper
=> slave
=> slave
=> sleepyhead
=> sloucher
=> small person
=> smasher
=> smiler
=> sneezer
=> sniffer
=> sniffler, sniveler
=> snuffer
=> snuffler
=> socializer, socialiser
=> sort
=> sounding board
=> sphinx
=> spitter, expectorator
=> sport
=> sprawler
=> spurner
=> squinter, squint-eye
=> stifler, smotherer
=> stigmatic, stigmatist
=> stooper
=> struggler
=> subject, case, guinea pig
=> supernumerary
=> surrenderer, yielder
=> survivalist
=> survivor
=> suspect
=> tagger
=> tagger
=> tapper
=> tempter
=> termer
=> terror, scourge, threat
=> testator, testate
=> thin person, skin and bones, scrag
=> third-rater
=> thrower
=> tiger
=> totemist
=> toucher
=> transfer, transferee
=> transsexual, transexual
=> transvestite, cross-dresser
=> trier, attempter, essayer
=> turner
=> tyrant
=> undoer, opener, unfastener, untier
=> user
=> vanisher
=> victim, dupe
=> Victorian
=> visionary
=> visually impaired person
=> waiter
=> waker
=> walk-in
=> wanter, needer
=> ward
=> warrior
=> watcher
=> weakling, doormat, wuss
=> wiggler, wriggler, squirmer
=> winker
=> withholder
=> witness
=> worldling
=> yawner
Sense 10
case, caseful
> containerful
=> armful
=> bag, bagful
=> barrel, barrelful
=> barrow, barrowful
=> barnful
=> basin, basinful
=> basket, basketful
=> bin, binful
=> bottle, bottleful
=> bowl, bowlful
=> box, boxful
=> bucket, bucketful
=> can, canful
=> capful
=> carful
=> cartload
=> carton, cartonful
=> case, caseful
=> cask, caskful
=> crate, crateful
=> cup, cupful
=> dish, dishful
=> dustpan, dustpanful
=> flask, flaskful
=> glass, glassful
=> handful, fistful
=> hatful
=> headful
=> houseful
=> jar, jarful
=> jug, jugful
=> keg, kegful
=> kettle, kettleful
=> lapful
=> mouthful
=> mug, mugful
=> pail, pailful
=> pipeful
=> pitcher, pitcherful
=> plate, plateful
=> pocketful
=> pot, potful
=> roomful
=> sack, sackful
=> scoop, scoopful
=> shelfful
=> shoeful
=> shovel, shovelful, spadeful
=> skepful
=> spoon, spoonful
=> tablespoon, tablespoonful
=> dessertspoon, dessertspoonful
=> tank, tankful
=> teacup, teacupful
=> teaspoon, teaspoonful
=> thimble, thimbleful
=> tub, tubful
Sense 11
case, display case, showcase, vitrine
> container
=> bag
=> bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
=> basket, handbasket
=> bin
=> bowl, pipe bowl
=> box
=> bread-bin, breadbox
=> bunker
=> can, tin, tin can
=> canister, cannister, tin
=> capsule
=> cargo container
=> case
=> case, display case, showcase, vitrine
=> cassette
=> cup
=> cylinder
=> dice cup, dice box
=> dish
=> dispenser
=> drawer
=> Dumpster
=> empty
=> envelope
=> glass, drinking glass
=> grab bag
=> magnetic bottle
=> mailer
=> manger, trough
=> mold, mould, cast
=> package, parcel
=> pan
=> pod, fuel pod
=> pot, flowerpot
=> powder horn, powder flask
=> receptacle
=> reliquary
=> saltcellar
=> savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank
=> scuttle, coal scuttle
=> shaker
=> spoon
=> storage ring
=> thimble
=> time capsule
=> vessel
=> wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file
=> watering can, watering pot
=> wheeled vehicle
=> workbasket, workbox, workbag
Sense 12
case
> state of mind, frame of mind
=> case
=> thinking cap
Sense 13
case, grammatical case
> grammatical category, syntactic category
=> case, grammatical case
=> part of speech, form class, word class
=> number
=> person
=> gender, grammatical gender
=> tense
=> semantic role, participant role
Sense 14
shell, case, casing
> housing
=> binnacle
=> cabinet, console
=> crankcase
=> distributor housing
=> journal box
=> lamp house, lamphouse, lamp housing
=> radome, radar dome
=> shell, case, casing
Sense 15
character, eccentric, type, case
> adult, grownup
=> brachycephalic
=> caregiver
=> catch, match
=> centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist
=> character, eccentric, type, case
=> conservative, conservativist
=> dolichocephalic
=> elder, senior
=> ex-spouse
=> host
=> important person, influential person, personage
=> Jack of all trades
=> liberal, liberalist, progressive
=> liberal
=> militarist, warmonger
=> oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
=> pacifist, pacificist, disarmer
=> patrician
=> pledgee
=> pledger
=> professional, professional person
=> sobersides
=> sophisticate, man of the world
=> stay-at-home, homebody
=> stoic, unemotional person
=> thoroughbred
=> woman, adult female
Sense 16
sheath, case
> covering, natural covering, cover
=> scale
=> shell
=> test
=> body covering
=> sheath, case
=> integument
=> blanket, mantle
=> crust, incrustation, encrustation
=> envelope
=> indumentum, indument
=> shell
=> shell, eggshell
=> skim
=> slough
=> snowcap
=> vesture
=> peridium
=> pericarp, seed vessel
=> perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium
=> theca, sac
=> indusium
=> bark
Sense 17
casing, case
> framework, frame, framing
=> airframe
=> arbor, arbour, bower, pergola
=> bustle
=> casing, case
=> climbing frame
=> clotheshorse
=> coaming
=> cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet
=> deckle
=> derrick
=> doorframe, doorcase
=> fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot
=> gantry, gauntry
=> grate, grating
=> grill, grille, grillwork
=> gun carriage
=> handbarrow
=> hayrack, hayrig
=> honeycomb
=> lattice, latticework, fretwork
=> mounting
=> oxbow
=> picture frame
=> rack
=> ribbing
=> sash, window sash
=> sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck
=> stocks
=> stocks
=> stretcher
=> tambour, embroidery frame, embroidery hoop
=> tenter
=> truss
=> undercarriage
=> walker, baby-walker, go-cart
=> walker, Zimmer, Zimmer frame
=> wattle
=> window
=> window frame
Sense 18
case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip
> bed linen
=> case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip
=> pillow sham
=> sheet, bed sheet
Meronyms of noun case
18 senses of case
Sense 7
case
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 8
subject, case, guinea pig
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 9
case
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 11
case, display case, showcase, vitrine
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 13
case, grammatical case
=> grammatical category, syntactic category
=> class, category, family
HAS MEMBER: superphylum
Sense 14
shell, case, casing
=> housing
=> protective covering, protective cover, protection
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 15
character, eccentric, type, case
=> adult, grownup
HAS PART: adult body
HAS PART: pubic hair, bush, crotch hair
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 16
sheath, case
=> covering, natural covering, cover
=> natural object
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 17
casing, case
=> framework, frame, framing
HAS PART: backing, mount
HAS PART: brace, bracing
=> supporting structure
=> structure, construction
HAS PART: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
HAS PART: plate
HAS PART: structural member
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 18
case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip
=> bed linen
=> linen
=> white goods, household linen
=> drygoods, soft goods
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun case
2 of 18 senses of case
Sense 14
shell, case, casing
PART OF: grandfather clock, longcase clock
Sense 17
casing, case
PART OF: doorway, door, room access, threshold
PART OF: wall
PART OF: building, edifice
PART OF: room
PART OF: building, edifice
PART OF: hallway, hall
PART OF: window
PART OF: building, edifice
Grep of noun case
ablative case
accusative case
antitrust case
attache case
bookcase
braincase
briefcase
carcase
cardcase
case
case-fatality proportion
case-hardened steel
case-to-infection proportion
case-to-infection ratio
case agreement
case history
case in point
case knife
case law
case load
case officer
case shot
case study
casebook
caseful
casein
casein glue
casein paint
casemaking clothes moth
casement
casement window
casern
casework
caseworker
caseworm
casey jones
casey stengel
charity case
cigarette case
crankcase
custody case
dative case
dispatch case
display case
doorcase
dressing case
dutch case-knife bean
gear case
genitive case
glasses case
grammatical case
gun case
index case
letter case
lower-case letter
lowercase
mental case
moving staircase
nominative case
notecase
nut case
nutcase
objective case
oblique case
overnight case
packing case
pencil case
pillowcase
possessive case
seedcase
showcase
spore case
staircase
subject case
suitcase
test case
timbale case
tool case
trespass on the case
trophy case
upper-case letter
uppercase
vocative case
watch case
welfare case
wing case
Antonyms of verb case
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb case
2 senses of case
Sense 1
case
=> inspect
=> examine, see
Sense 2
encase, incase, case
=> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
=> surround, skirt, border
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb case
1 of 2 senses of case
Sense 2
encase, incase, case
=> pack
=> box, package
=> sack
=> crate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb case
2 senses of case
Sense 1
case
=> inspect
Sense 2
encase, incase, case
=> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
'Cause To' of verb case
Derived Forms of verb case
1 of 2 senses of case
Sense 2
encase, incase, case
RELATED TO>(noun) case#10
=> case, caseful
RELATED TO>(noun) case#16
=> sheath, case
RELATED TO>(noun) case#14
=> shell, case, casing
RELATED TO>(noun) case#11
=> case, display case, showcase, vitrine
RELATED TO>(noun) case#7
=> case
RELATED TO>(noun) casing#1
=> shell, case, casing
Domain of verb case
Domain Terms of verb case
Familiarity of verb case
case used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb case
2 senses of case
Sense 1
case
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
encase, incase, case
EX: They case the goods
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb case
2 senses of case
Sense 1
case
> inspect
=> review, go over, survey
=> perambulate
=> case
=> vet
Sense 2
encase, incase, case
> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
=> tuck, insert
=> wall in, wall up
=> embower, bower
=> enshrine, shrine
=> encase, incase, case
=> immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up
=> frame, frame in, border
=> glass, glass in
=> bank
=> dike, dyke
=> encapsulate
=> fence, fence in
=> rope in, rope off, cordon off
=> casket
=> corral
=> fortify, fort
=> hedge, hedge in
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb case
Sense 1
case
=> inspect
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Sense 2
encase, incase, case
=> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
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Grep of verb case
case
caseate
discase
encase
incase
uncase
Grep of adj case
case-by-case
case-hardened
casebook
cased
caseous
lowercase
uppercase
Grep of adv case
in any case
in case
in one case
just in case
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