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language
Overview of noun language
The noun language has 6 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (486) language, linguistic communication -- (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written")
2. (155) speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication -- ((language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets")
3. (28) terminology, nomenclature, language -- (a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology")
4. (25) linguistic process, language -- (the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings")
5. (13) language, speech -- (the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals")
6. (5) lyric, words, language -- (the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun language
6 senses of language
Sense 1
language, linguistic communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
terminology, nomenclature, language
=> word
=> language unit, linguistic unit
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
linguistic process, language
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
language, speech
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
lyric, words, language
=> text, textual matter
=> matter
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun language
5 of 6 senses of language
Sense 1
language, linguistic communication
=> dead language
=> words
=> source language
=> object language, target language
=> sign language, signing
=> artificial language
=> metalanguage
=> native language
=> indigenous language
=> superstrate, superstratum
=> natural language, tongue
=> lingua franca, interlanguage, koine
=> string of words, word string, linguistic string
=> barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught
=> slanguage
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> words
=> pronunciation, orthoepy
=> conversation
=> discussion, give-and-take, word
=> saying, expression, locution
=> non-standard speech
=> idiolect
=> monologue
=> spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm
=> dictation
=> soliloquy, monologue
Sense 3
terminology, nomenclature, language
=> markup language
=> toponymy, toponomy
Sense 4
linguistic process, language
=> reading
Sense 6
lyric, words, language
=> love lyric
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun language
6 senses of language
Sense 1
language, linguistic communication
=> communication
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
Sense 3
terminology, nomenclature, language
=> word
Sense 4
linguistic process, language
=> higher cognitive process
Sense 5
language, speech
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
Sense 6
lyric, words, language
=> text, textual matter
Antonyms of noun language
Member Holonyms of noun language
Substance Holonyms of noun language
Part Holonyms of noun language
1 of 6 senses of language
Sense 6
lyric, words, language
PART OF: song, vocal
Member Meronyms of noun language
Substance Meronyms of noun language
Part Meronyms of noun language
1 of 6 senses of language
Sense 5
language, speech
HAS PART: lexis
HAS PART: vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon
Meronyms of noun language
1 of 6 senses of language
Sense 5
language, speech
HAS PART: lexis
HAS PART: vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon
Holonyms of noun language
1 of 6 senses of language
Sense 6
lyric, words, language
PART OF: song, vocal
Attributes of noun language
Derived Forms of noun language
Domain of noun language
1 of 6 senses of language
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
TOPIC>(noun) language#1, linguistic communication#1
Domain Terms of noun language
2 of 6 senses of language
Sense 1
language, linguistic communication
TOPIC TERM>(adj) limpid#3, lucid#1, luculent#1, pellucid#2, crystal clear#2, perspicuous#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) well-turned#2
TOPIC TERM>(adj) uncorrupted#1, undefiled#2
TOPIC TERM>(adj) synchronic#2, descriptive#2
TOPIC TERM>(adj) diachronic#1, historical#4
TOPIC TERM>(noun) accent#5, accent mark#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) expressive style#1, style#3
TOPIC TERM>(noun) speech#2, speech communication#1, spoken communication#1, spoken language#1, language#2, voice communication#1, oral communication#1
TOPIC TERM>(verb) alphabetize#2
Sense 5
language, speech
TOPIC TERM>(verb) verbalize#4, verbalise#4
Familiarity of noun language
language used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun language
6 senses of language
Sense 1
language, linguistic communication
> communication
=> publication
=> message
=> contagion, infection
=> language, linguistic communication
=> written communication, written language
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> didacticism
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> sign
=> indication, indicant
=> visual communication
=> display
=> expressive style, style
=> paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
=> auditory communication
=> voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox
=> psychic communication, psychical communication, anomalous communication
=> voice
=> document
Sense 2
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
> auditory communication
=> audio, sound
=> music
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> utterance, vocalization
Sense 3
terminology, nomenclature, language
> word
=> anagram
=> anaphor
=> antonym, opposite word, opposite
=> 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
=> vocable, spoken word
=> classifier
=> written word
=> syncategorem, syncategoreme
Sense 4
linguistic process, language
> higher cognitive process
=> search
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> suggestion
=> decision making, deciding
=> knowing
=> linguistic process, language
Sense 5
language, speech
> faculty, mental faculty, module
=> attention
=> language, speech
=> memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity
=> reason, understanding, intellect
=> sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
=> volition, will
Sense 6
lyric, words, language
> text, textual matter
=> cookie
=> copy, written matter
=> draft, draft copy
=> electronic text
=> installment, instalment
=> letter, missive
=> line
=> lipogram
=> lyric, words, language
=> stanza
Meronyms of noun language
6 senses of language
Sense 3
terminology, nomenclature, language
=> word
HAS PART: syllable
HAS PART: affix
Sense 5
language, speech
HAS PART: lexis
HAS PART: vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon
Sense 6
lyric, words, language
=> text, textual matter
HAS PART: word order
HAS PART: book
HAS PART: chapter
HAS PART: foreword, preface, prolusion
HAS PART: paragraph
HAS PART: passage
=> matter
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Holonyms of noun language
1 of 6 senses of language
Sense 6
lyric, words, language
PART OF: song, vocal
Grep of noun language
afrasian language
afroasiatic language
algebraic language
algonquian language
algorithmic language
altaic language
american-indian language
american language
american sign language
amerindian language
anatolian language
application-oriented language
arabic language
armenian language
artificial language
assembly language
athapaskan language
austro-asiatic language
austronesian language
authoring language
baltic language
balto-slavic language
bantoid language
body language
caddoan language
canaanitic language
caribbean language
caucasian language
celtic language
chadic language
chukchi language
command language
computer-oriented language
computer language
contour language
dardic language
dead language
dravidian language
east germanic language
english language
eskimo-aleut language
ethiopian language
first language
german language
germanic language
hamitic language
hellenic language
high-level language
hmong language
human language technology
hypertext mark-up language
hypertext markup language
indigenous language
indo-european language
indo-iranian language
interlanguage
iranian language
iroquoian language
italic language
job-control language
kadai language
khoisan language
language
language area
language barrier
language learning
language lesson
language requirement
language school
language system
language teaching
language unit
language zone
latinian language
list-processing language
machine-oriented language
machine language
maracan language
markup language
maternal language
mayan language
metalanguage
mongolic language
multidimensional language
muskhogean language
muskogean language
native language
natural language
natural language processing
natural language processing application
natural language processor
niger-kordofanian language
nilo-saharan language
nilotic language
north germanic language
object-oriented programing language
object-oriented programming language
object language
one-dimensional language
papuan language
paralanguage
problem-oriented language
programing language
programming language
quechuan language
query language
register language
romance language
sanskritic language
scandinavian language
search language
shoshonean language
shoshonian language
sign language
sinitic language
sino-tibetan language
siouan language
slanguage
slavic language
slavonic language
source language
spoken language
standard generalized markup language
stratified language
syntax language
tanoan language
target language
tibeto-burman language
tonal language
tone language
tungusic language
tupi-guarani language
turkic language
unstratified language
uralic language
uto-aztecan language
wakashan language
west germanic language
written language
Grep of adj language
sign-language
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