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gloss
Overview of noun gloss
The noun gloss has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. gloss, rubric -- (an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text)
2. glossary, gloss -- (an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field)
3. polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish -- (the property of being smooth and shiny)
4. semblance, gloss, color, colour -- (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color")
Overview of verb gloss
The verb gloss has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. gloss -- (give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing)
2. gloss, comment, annotate -- (provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written")
3. gloss -- (provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase)
4. color, colour, gloss -- (gloss or excuse; "color a lie")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss, rubric
=> explanation, account
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
glossary, gloss
=> wordbook
=> reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts
=> book
=> publication
=> work, piece of work
=> product, production
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
=> radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency
=> brightness
=> light, lightness
=> visual property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> smoothness
=> texture
=> tactile property, feel
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
semblance, gloss, color, colour
=> appearance, visual aspect
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun gloss
2 of 4 senses of gloss
Sense 3
polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
=> French polish
=> glaze
Sense 4
semblance, gloss, color, colour
=> color of law, colour of law
=> simulacrum
=> face value
=> guise, pretense, pretence, pretext
=> disguise, camouflage
=> verisimilitude
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss, rubric
=> explanation, account
Sense 2
glossary, gloss
=> wordbook
Sense 3
polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
=> radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency
=> smoothness
Sense 4
semblance, gloss, color, colour
=> appearance, visual aspect
Antonyms of noun gloss
Member Holonyms of noun gloss
Substance Holonyms of noun gloss
Part Holonyms of noun gloss
Member Meronyms of noun gloss
Substance Meronyms of noun gloss
Part Meronyms of noun gloss
Meronyms of noun gloss
Holonyms of noun gloss
Attributes of noun gloss
Derived Forms of noun gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss, rubric
RELATED TO>(verb) gloss#3
=> gloss
RELATED TO>(verb) gloss#2
=> gloss, comment, annotate
Sense 2
glossary, gloss
RELATED TO>(verb) gloss#3
=> gloss
RELATED TO>(verb) gloss#2
=> gloss, comment, annotate
Sense 3
polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
RELATED TO>(adj) glossy#1
=> glossy, satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick
RELATED TO>(verb) gloss#1
=> gloss
Sense 4
semblance, gloss, color, colour
RELATED TO>(verb) gloss#4
=> color, colour, gloss
Domain of noun gloss
Domain Terms of noun gloss
Familiarity of noun gloss
gloss used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss, rubric
> explanation, account
=> simplification
=> accounting
=> reason
=> justification
=> exposition
=> explication
=> gloss, rubric
=> deriving, derivation, etymologizing
=> definition
=> interpretation
=> walk-through
Sense 2
glossary, gloss
> wordbook
=> dictionary, lexicon
=> onomasticon
=> vocabulary
=> glossary, gloss
=> thesaurus, synonym finder
Sense 3
polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
> radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency
=> gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency
=> shininess, sheen, luster, lustre
=> polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
> smoothness
=> silkiness, sleekness
=> slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip
=> fineness, powderiness
=> polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
Sense 4
semblance, gloss, color, colour
> appearance, visual aspect
=> agerasia
=> look
=> view
=> color, colour
=> complexion, skin condition
=> impression, effect
=> perspective, linear perspective
=> phase
=> vanishing point
=> superficies
=> format
=> form, shape, cast
=> persona, image
=> semblance, gloss, color, colour
=> face
=> countenance, visage
=> hairiness, pilosity
=> hairlessness
=> beauty
=> ugliness
=> disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity
=> homeliness, plainness
=> blemish, defect, mar
=> stain, discoloration, discolouration
=> plainness
=> ornateness, elaborateness
=> decorativeness
=> etiolation
=> sleekness
Meronyms of noun gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss, rubric
=> explanation, account
HAS PART: explicandum, explanandum
HAS PART: explanans
Sense 2
glossary, gloss
=> wordbook
=> reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts
=> book
HAS PART: signature
HAS PART: running head, running headline
=> publication
HAS PART: format
HAS PART: spread, spread head, spreadhead, facing pages
HAS PART: text, textual matter
HAS PART: word order
HAS PART: book
HAS PART: chapter
HAS PART: foreword, preface, prolusion
HAS PART: paragraph
HAS PART: passage
HAS PART: contents, table of contents
HAS PART: cartoon, sketch
HAS PART: artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter
=> work, piece of work
=> product, production
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun gloss
Grep of noun gloss
bugloss
gloss
glossa
glossalgia
glossarist
glossary
glossina
glossiness
glossinidae
glossitis
glossodia
glossodynia
glossodynia exfoliativa
glossolalia
glossopharyngeal nerve
glossopsitta
glossopsitta versicolor
glossoptosis
glossy
glossy snake
lip-gloss
pangloss
semigloss
viper's bugloss
Antonyms of verb gloss
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss
=> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Also See> gloss over#1; gloss over#2
Sense 2
gloss, comment, annotate
=> rede, interpret
=> explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
gloss
=> translate, interpret, render
=> repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 4
color, colour, gloss
=> apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
=> defend, support, fend for
=> argue, reason
=> present, represent, lay out
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb gloss
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss
=> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
Also See> gloss over#1; gloss over#2
Sense 2
gloss, comment, annotate
=> rede, interpret
Sense 3
gloss
=> translate, interpret, render
Sense 4
color, colour, gloss
=> apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
'Cause To' of verb gloss
Derived Forms of verb gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss
RELATED TO>(noun) gloss#3
=> polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
Sense 2
gloss, comment, annotate
RELATED TO>(noun) gloss#2
=> glossary, gloss
RELATED TO>(noun) gloss#1
=> gloss, rubric
Sense 3
gloss
RELATED TO>(noun) gloss#2
=> glossary, gloss
RELATED TO>(noun) gloss#1
=> gloss, rubric
Sense 4
color, colour, gloss
RELATED TO>(noun) gloss#4
=> semblance, gloss, color, colour
Domain of verb gloss
Domain Terms of verb gloss
Familiarity of verb gloss
gloss used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
gloss, comment, annotate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
gloss
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
color, colour, gloss
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb gloss
4 senses of gloss
Sense 1
gloss
> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> Simonize, Simonise
=> slick, sleek
=> buff, burnish, furbish, flush
=> gloss
Sense 2
gloss, comment, annotate
> rede, interpret
=> moralize, moralise
=> deconstruct
=> reinterpret, re-explain
=> commentate
=> misinterpret
=> gloss, comment, annotate
=> commentate
Sense 3
gloss
> translate, interpret, render
=> retranslate
=> mistranslate
=> gloss
=> Latinize
Sense 4
color, colour, gloss
> apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
=> color, colour, gloss
=> plead
=> extenuate, palliate, mitigate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb gloss
Sense 1
gloss
=> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
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Sense 2
gloss, comment, annotate
=> rede, interpret
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Sense 3
gloss
=> translate, interpret, render
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Sense 4
color, colour, gloss
=> apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
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Grep of verb gloss
gloss
gloss over
Grep of adj gloss
glossopharyngeal
glossy
glossy-coated
glossy-furred
glossy-haired
Grep of adv gloss
glossily
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