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canker
Overview of noun canker
The noun canker has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. canker -- (a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark)
2. canker, canker sore -- (an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth))
3. pestilence, canker -- (a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst")
Overview of verb canker
The verb canker has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. canker -- (become infected with a canker)
2. canker -- (infect with a canker)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun canker
3 senses of canker
Sense 1
canker
=> plant disease
=> disease
=> illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
canker, canker sore
=> ulcer, ulceration
=> lesion
=> pathology
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
pestilence, canker
=> influence
=> determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
=> cognitive factor
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun canker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun canker
3 senses of canker
Sense 1
canker
=> plant disease
Sense 2
canker, canker sore
=> ulcer, ulceration
Sense 3
pestilence, canker
=> influence
Antonyms of noun canker
Member Holonyms of noun canker
Substance Holonyms of noun canker
Part Holonyms of noun canker
Member Meronyms of noun canker
Substance Meronyms of noun canker
Part Meronyms of noun canker
Meronyms of noun canker
Holonyms of noun canker
Attributes of noun canker
Derived Forms of noun canker
1 of 3 senses of canker
Sense 2
canker, canker sore
RELATED TO>(adj) cankerous#1
=> cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous
RELATED TO>(verb) canker#1
=> canker
RELATED TO>(verb) canker#2
=> canker
Domain of noun canker
Domain Terms of noun canker
Familiarity of noun canker
canker used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun canker
3 senses of canker
Sense 1
canker
> plant disease
=> blight
=> leaf disease
=> rust
=> blackheart
=> black knot
=> black rot
=> black spot
=> bottom rot
=> brown rot
=> gummosis
=> canker
=> cotton ball
=> crown gall
=> crown wart
=> damping off
=> dieback
=> dry rot
=> heartrot
=> mosaic
=> rhizoctinia disease
=> pink disease
=> potato wart
=> root rot
=> scorch
=> sweet-potato ring rot
=> sclerotium disease, sclerotium rot
=> Dutch elm disease
=> ergot
=> foot rot
=> pinkroot
=> wilt, wilt disease
=> smut
=> soft rot
=> yellow dwarf
=> yellow spot
Sense 2
canker, canker sore
> ulcer, ulceration
=> aphthous ulcer
=> bedsore, pressure sore, decubitus ulcer
=> chancroid
=> peptic ulcer, peptic ulceration
=> canker, canker sore
=> noli-me-tangere
=> noma
Sense 3
pestilence, canker
> influence
=> imponderable
=> imprint
=> morale builder
=> pestilence, canker
=> support
=> temptation, enticement
Meronyms of noun canker
3 senses of canker
Sense 1
canker
=> plant disease
=> disease
HAS PART: symptom
HAS PART: sign
HAS PART: syndrome
Holonyms of noun canker
Grep of noun canker
apple canker
blight canker
canker
canker brake
canker sore
cankerweed
cankerworm
chestnut canker
stem canker
Antonyms of verb canker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb canker
2 senses of canker
Sense 1
canker
=> sicken, come down
=> worsen, decline
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 2
canker
=> infect
=> give
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb canker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb canker
2 senses of canker
Sense 1
canker
=> sicken, come down
Sense 2
canker
=> infect
'Cause To' of verb canker
Derived Forms of verb canker
2 senses of canker
Sense 1
canker
RELATED TO>(noun) canker#2
=> canker, canker sore
Sense 2
canker
RELATED TO>(noun) canker#2
=> canker, canker sore
Domain of verb canker
Domain Terms of verb canker
Familiarity of verb canker
canker used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb canker
2 senses of canker
Sense 1
canker
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
canker
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb canker
2 senses of canker
Sense 1
canker
> sicken, come down
=> wan
=> contract, take, get
=> canker
Sense 2
canker
> infect
=> canker
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb canker
Sense 1
canker
=> sicken, come down
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Sense 2
canker
=> infect
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Grep of verb canker
canker
Grep of adj canker
cankerous
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