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invention
Overview of noun invention
The noun invention has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (6) invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design -- (the creation of something in the mind)
2. (6) invention, innovation -- (a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation)
3. (3) invention -- (the act of inventing)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun invention
3 senses of invention
Sense 1
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
=> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
invention, innovation
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
invention
=> creating by mental acts
=> creation, creative activity
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun invention
2 of 3 senses of invention
Sense 1
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
=> concoction
=> contrivance
Sense 3
invention
=> neologism, neology, coinage
=> devisal, contrivance
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun invention
3 senses of invention
Sense 1
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
=> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
Sense 2
invention, innovation
=> creation
Sense 3
invention
=> creating by mental acts
Antonyms of noun invention
Member Holonyms of noun invention
Substance Holonyms of noun invention
Part Holonyms of noun invention
Member Meronyms of noun invention
Substance Meronyms of noun invention
Part Meronyms of noun invention
Meronyms of noun invention
Holonyms of noun invention
Attributes of noun invention
Derived Forms of noun invention
2 of 3 senses of invention
Sense 1
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
RELATED TO>(verb) invent#1
=> invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
Sense 3
invention
RELATED TO>(verb) invent#2
=> fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
RELATED TO>(verb) invent#1
=> invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
Domain of noun invention
Domain Terms of noun invention
Familiarity of noun invention
invention used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun invention
3 senses of invention
Sense 1
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
=> fecundity, fruitfulness
=> flight
=> genius, wizardry
=> imagination, imaginativeness, vision
=> invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
=> inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness
Sense 2
invention, innovation
> creation
=> art, fine art
=> classic
=> composition
=> improvisation
=> invention, innovation
=> master, master copy, original
=> needlework, needlecraft
=> product, production
=> remake, remaking
=> representation
=> piece
Sense 3
invention
> creating by mental acts
=> formation
=> design, designing
=> programming, programing, computer programming, computer programing
=> verbal creation
=> realization, realisation, actualization, actualisation
=> composing, composition
=> invention
=> conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation
Meronyms of noun invention
3 senses of invention
Sense 1
invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
=> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
HAS PART: divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking
Sense 2
invention, innovation
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun invention
Grep of noun invention
invention
patent of invention
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