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tragedy
Overview of noun tragedy
The noun tragedy has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (8) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm -- (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster")
2. (1) tragedy -- (drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tragedy
2 senses of tragedy
Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> misfortune, bad luck
=> trouble
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
tragedy
=> drama
=> writing style, literary genre, genre
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun tragedy
2 senses of tragedy
Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty
=> apocalypse
=> famine
=> kiss of death
=> meltdown
=> plague
=> visitation
=> tidal wave
=> tsunami
Sense 2
tragedy
=> tragicomedy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tragedy
2 senses of tragedy
Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> misfortune, bad luck
Sense 2
tragedy
=> drama
Antonyms of noun tragedy
1 of 2 senses of tragedy
Sense 2
tragedy
Antonym of comedy (Sense 1)
=>comedy
Member Holonyms of noun tragedy
Substance Holonyms of noun tragedy
Part Holonyms of noun tragedy
Member Meronyms of noun tragedy
Substance Meronyms of noun tragedy
Part Meronyms of noun tragedy
Meronyms of noun tragedy
Holonyms of noun tragedy
Attributes of noun tragedy
Derived Forms of noun tragedy
2 senses of tragedy
Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
RELATED TO>(adj) tragic#1
=> tragic, tragical
Sense 2
tragedy
RELATED TO>(adj) tragic#2
=> tragic
Domain of noun tragedy
Domain Terms of noun tragedy
Familiarity of noun tragedy
tragedy used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun tragedy
2 senses of tragedy
Sense 1
calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
> misfortune, bad luck
=> pity, shame
=> mishap, misadventure, mischance
=> calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> adversity
=> hardship
=> knock
Sense 2
tragedy
> drama
=> closet drama
=> comedy
=> tragedy
Meronyms of noun tragedy
2 senses of tragedy
Holonyms of noun tragedy
Grep of noun tragedy
tragedy
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