GULF as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
    • there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
    Hypernyms(s) gulf is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a deep wide chasm
    Hypernyms(s) gulf is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land
    • larger than a bay
    Hypernyms(s) gulf is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)