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temper
Overview of noun temper
The noun temper has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) pique, temper, irritation -- (a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood")
2. (2) temper, mood, humor, humour -- (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor")
3. (2) temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness -- (a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees")
4. temper, toughness -- (the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking)
Overview of verb temper
The verb temper has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. anneal, temper, normalize -- (toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass")
2. temper, harden -- (harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel")
3. temper -- (adjust the pitch (of pianos))
4. temper, season, mollify -- (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism")
5. chasten, moderate, temper -- (restrain or temper)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun temper
4 senses of temper
Sense 1
pique, temper, irritation
=> annoyance, chafe, vexation
=> anger, choler, ire
=> emotion
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
temper, mood, humor, humour
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
=> ill nature
=> disposition, temperament
=> nature
=> trait
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
temper, toughness
=> elasticity, snap
=> physical property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun temper
2 of 4 senses of temper
Sense 2
temper, mood, humor, humour
=> peeve
=> sulk, sulkiness
=> good humor, good humour, good temper, amiability
=> ill humor, ill humour, distemper
Sense 3
temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
=> querulousness
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun temper
4 senses of temper
Sense 1
pique, temper, irritation
=> annoyance, chafe, vexation
Sense 2
temper, mood, humor, humour
=> feeling
Sense 3
temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
=> ill nature
Sense 4
temper, toughness
=> elasticity, snap
Antonyms of noun temper
Member Holonyms of noun temper
Substance Holonyms of noun temper
Part Holonyms of noun temper
Member Meronyms of noun temper
Substance Meronyms of noun temper
Part Meronyms of noun temper
Meronyms of noun temper
Holonyms of noun temper
Attributes of noun temper
Derived Forms of noun temper
3 of 4 senses of temper
Sense 1
pique, temper, irritation
RELATED TO>(verb) temper#5
=> chasten, moderate, temper
Sense 3
temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
RELATED TO>(verb) temper#5
=> chasten, moderate, temper
Sense 4
temper, toughness
RELATED TO>(verb) temper#2
=> temper, harden
RELATED TO>(verb) temper#1
=> anneal, temper, normalize
Domain of noun temper
Domain Terms of noun temper
Familiarity of noun temper
temper used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun temper
4 senses of temper
Sense 1
pique, temper, irritation
> annoyance, chafe, vexation
=> pique, temper, irritation
=> frustration
=> aggravation, exasperation
=> harassment, torment
=> displeasure
Sense 2
temper, mood, humor, humour
> feeling
=> affect
=> emotion
=> thing
=> glow
=> faintness
=> soul, soulfulness
=> passion, passionateness
=> sentiment
=> complex
=> ambivalence, ambivalency
=> apathy
=> desire
=> sex, sexual urge
=> pleasure, pleasance
=> pain, painfulness
=> pang, stab, twinge
=> liking
=> dislike
=> gratitude
=> ingratitude, ungratefulness
=> unconcern
=> shame
=> pride, pridefulness
=> humility, humbleness
=> astonishment, amazement
=> devastation
=> expectation
=> levity
=> gravity, solemnity
=> sensitivity, sensitiveness
=> agitation
=> calmness
=> fearlessness, bravery
=> happiness
=> sadness, unhappiness
=> hope
=> despair
=> affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
=> temper, mood, humor, humour
=> sympathy, fellow feeling
=> enthusiasm
Sense 3
temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
> ill nature
=> crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness
=> crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness
=> sulkiness, sullenness, moroseness, sourness
=> temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
=> impatience
=> shrewishness
=> asperity, sharpness
Sense 4
temper, toughness
> elasticity, snap
=> resilience, resiliency
=> bounce, bounciness
=> give, spring, springiness
=> stretch, stretchiness, stretchability
=> temper, toughness
=> elasticity of shear
Meronyms of noun temper
4 senses of temper
Sense 3
temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
=> ill nature
=> disposition, temperament
HAS PART: cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
HAS PART: uncheerfulness
Holonyms of noun temper
Grep of noun temper
bad temper
canine distemper
distemper
equine distemper
good temper
ill temper
quick temper
short temper
temper
tempera
temperament
temperance
temperate rain forest
temperate zone
temperateness
temperature
temperature change
temperature gradient
temperature reduction
temperature scale
temperature unit
tempering
Antonyms of verb temper
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb temper
5 senses of temper
Sense 1
anneal, temper, normalize
=> toughen
=> strengthen
=> change
Sense 2
temper, harden
=> modify
=> change
Sense 3
temper
=> adjust, set, correct
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
temper, season, mollify
=> weaken
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
chasten, moderate, temper
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb temper
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb temper
5 senses of temper
Sense 1
anneal, temper, normalize
=> toughen
Sense 2
temper, harden
=> modify
Sense 3
temper
=> adjust, set, correct
Sense 4
temper, season, mollify
=> weaken
Sense 5
chasten, moderate, temper
=> change, alter, modify
'Cause To' of verb temper
Derived Forms of verb temper
3 of 5 senses of temper
Sense 1
anneal, temper, normalize
RELATED TO>(noun) temper#4
=> temper, toughness
RELATED TO>(noun) tempering#1
=> annealing, tempering
RELATED TO>(noun) temperance#3
=> temperance
Sense 2
temper, harden
RELATED TO>(noun) temper#4
=> temper, toughness
RELATED TO>(noun) tempering#1
=> annealing, tempering
RELATED TO>(noun) temperance#3
=> temperance
Sense 5
chasten, moderate, temper
RELATED TO>(noun) temper#1
=> pique, temper, irritation
RELATED TO>(noun) temper#3
=> temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness
Domain of verb temper
Domain Terms of verb temper
Familiarity of verb temper
temper used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb temper
5 senses of temper
Sense 1
anneal, temper, normalize
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
temper, harden
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
temper
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
temper, season, mollify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
chasten, moderate, temper
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb temper
5 senses of temper
Sense 1
anneal, temper, normalize
> toughen
=> season, harden
=> anneal, temper, normalize
Sense 2
temper, harden
> modify
=> optimize, optimise
=> attemper
=> syncopate
=> update
=> update
=> soup up, hop up, hot up
=> cream
=> qualify, restrict
=> corrupt, spoil
=> temper, harden
=> specialize, specialise
=> buffer
=> inflect
=> cushion, buffer, soften
Sense 3
temper
> adjust, set, correct
=> proportion
=> modulate
=> temper
=> tune, tune up
=> calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
=> tune, tune up
=> time
=> trim
=> zero, zero in
=> zero
=> readjust, reset
=> attune
=> time
=> set
=> regulate, modulate
=> focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen
=> synchronize, synchronise, sync
=> pressurize, pressurise
=> depressurize, depressurise, decompress
=> match, fit
=> plumb
=> align, ordinate, coordinate
=> harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
=> linearize, linearise
=> justify
=> citify
Sense 4
temper, season, mollify
> weaken
=> de-energize, de-energise
=> break
=> devitalize, devitalise
=> shake
=> depress
=> unbrace
=> etiolate
=> cripple, stultify
=> dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> rarefy, attenuate
=> blunt
=> temper, season, mollify
=> enfeeble, debilitate, drain
=> enervate
=> dampen
=> neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate
=> emasculate, castrate
=> wash out
Sense 5
chasten, moderate, temper
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb temper
Sense 1
anneal, temper, normalize
=> toughen
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Sense 2
temper, harden
=> modify
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Sense 3
temper
=> adjust, set, correct
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Sense 4
temper, season, mollify
=> weaken
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Sense 5
chasten, moderate, temper
=> change, alter, modify
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Grep of verb temper
attemper
distemper
lose one's temper
temper
Grep of adj temper
temperamental
temperate
tempered
tempering
Grep of adv temper
temperamentally
temperately
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