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life line
Overview of noun life-line
The noun life line has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. line of life, life line, lifeline -- (a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live)
The noun lifeline has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
2. lifeline -- (support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection); "the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin"; "she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief")
3. lifeline -- (line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver)
4. lifeline -- (line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun life-line
1 sense of life line
Sense 1
line of life, life line, lifeline
=> wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
=> depression, impression, imprint
=> concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
=> solid
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
3 of 4 senses of lifeline
Sense 2
lifeline
=> support
=> influence
=> determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
=> cognitive factor
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
lifeline
=> line
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
lifeline
=> line
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun life-line
1 of 4 senses of lifeline
Sense 4
lifeline
=> ridge rope
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun life-line
1 sense of life line
Sense 1
line of life, life line, lifeline
=> wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
3 of 4 senses of lifeline
Sense 2
lifeline
=> support
Sense 3
lifeline
=> line
Sense 4
lifeline
=> line
Antonyms of noun life-line
Member Holonyms of noun life-line
Substance Holonyms of noun life-line
Part Holonyms of noun life-line
Member Meronyms of noun life-line
Substance Meronyms of noun life-line
Part Meronyms of noun life-line
Meronyms of noun life-line
Holonyms of noun life-line
Attributes of noun life-line
Derived Forms of noun life-line
Domain of noun life-line
Domain Terms of noun life-line
Familiarity of noun life-line
life line used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
lifeline used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun life-line
1 sense of life line
Sense 1
line of life, life line, lifeline
> wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
=> crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line
=> dermatoglyphic
=> frown line
=> line of life, life line, lifeline
=> line of heart, heart line, love line, mensal line
=> line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn
3 of 4 senses of lifeline
Sense 2
lifeline
> support
=> anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin
=> lifeline
Sense 3
lifeline
> line
=> becket
=> cord
=> lanyard, laniard
=> lifeline
=> lifeline
=> mooring, mooring line
=> painter
=> ratline, ratlin
=> rope
=> sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
=> shroud
=> strand
=> towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope
=> trace
Sense 4
lifeline
> line
=> becket
=> cord
=> lanyard, laniard
=> lifeline
=> lifeline
=> mooring, mooring line
=> painter
=> ratline, ratlin
=> rope
=> sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
=> shroud
=> strand
=> towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope
=> trace
Meronyms of noun life-line
1 sense of life line
3 of 4 senses of lifeline
Sense 3
lifeline
=> line
HAS PART: bitter end
HAS PART: drip loop
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 4
lifeline
=> line
HAS PART: bitter end
HAS PART: drip loop
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun life-line
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