REVOLUTION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
    Hypernyms(s) revolution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
    Usage Example(s)
    • the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution
    Hypernyms(s) revolution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the plane made three rotations before it crashed
    • the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
    Hypernyms(s) revolution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)