PARTICLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
   Hypernyms(s) particle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • function word (what does function word mean?)
   • closed-class word (what does closed-class word mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
   Hypernyms(s) particle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • body (what does body mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • virion (what does virion mean?)
   • alpha particle (what does alpha particle mean?)
   • beta particle (what does beta particle mean?)
   • boson (what does boson mean?)
   • deuteron (what does deuteron mean?)
   • elementary particle (what does elementary particle mean?)
   • fundamental particle (what does fundamental particle mean?)
   • subatomic particle (what does subatomic particle mean?)
   • fermion (what does fermion mean?)
   • ion (what does ion mean?)
   • magnetic monopole (what does magnetic monopole mean?)
   • micelle (what does micelle mean?)
   • prion (what does prion mean?)
   • virino (what does virino mean?)
   • scintilla (what does scintilla mean?)
   • superstring (what does superstring mean?)
   • thermion (what does thermion mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
   Synonym(s)
   • atom (what does atom mean?)
   • corpuscle (what does corpuscle mean?)
   • molecule (what does molecule mean?)
   • mote (what does mote mean?)
   • speck (what does speck mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) particle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • material (what does material mean?)
   • stuff (what does stuff mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • grain (what does grain mean?)
   • chylomicron (what does chylomicron mean?)
   • flyspeck (what does flyspeck mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • atomize (what does atomize mean?)
   • atomise (what does atomise mean?)