jack
English Thesaurus
1. male donkey (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | ass, |
| definition | : | hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse (noun.animal) |
2. any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas (noun.animal)
| hyponym | : | leatherjack, leatherjacket, |
| definition | : | any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | amberfish, amberjack, |
| definition | : | any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | seriola dorsalis, yellowtail, |
| definition | : | game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | carangidae, family carangidae, |
| definition | : | large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas (noun.animal) |
3. tool for exerting pressure or lifting (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | tool, |
| definition | : | an implement used in the practice of a vocation (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bumper jack, |
| definition | : | a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper (noun.artifact) |
4. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince (noun.artifact)
5. small flag indicating a ship's nationality (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | flag, |
| definition | : | emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design (noun.artifact) |
6. game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | game equipment, |
| definition | : | equipment or apparatus used in playing a game (noun.artifact) |
7. an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | electrical device, |
| definition | : | a device that produces or is powered by electricity (noun.artifact) |
8. a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | ball, |
| definition | : | round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | bowls, lawn bowling, |
| definition | : | a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack (noun.act) |
9. immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | edible fruit, |
| definition | : | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh (noun.food) |
10. someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | bracero, |
| definition | : | a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | cleaner, |
| definition | : | someone whose occupation is cleaning (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | digger, |
| definition | : | a laborer who digs (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | dishwasher, |
| definition | : | someone who washes dishes (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | gandy dancer, |
| definition | : | a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | gravedigger, |
| definition | : | a person who earns a living by digging graves (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hewer, |
| definition | : | a person who hews (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hod carrier, hodman, |
| definition | : | a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | gipsy, gypsy, itinerant, |
| definition | : | a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | miner, mineworker, |
| definition | : | laborer who works in a mine (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | platelayer, tracklayer, |
| definition | : | a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | porter, |
| definition | : | a person employed to carry luggage and supplies (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | rail-splitter, splitter, |
| definition | : | a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sawyer, |
| definition | : | one who is employed to saw wood (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | section hand, |
| definition | : | a laborer assigned to a section gang (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sprayer, |
| definition | : | a worker who applies spray to a surface (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | stacker, |
| definition | : | a laborer who builds up a stack or pile (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | steeplejack, |
| definition | : | someone who builds or maintains very tall structures (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | fireman, stoker, |
| definition | : | a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | woodcutter, |
| definition | : | cuts down trees and chops wood as a job (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | wrecker, |
| definition | : | someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | yardman, |
| definition | : | a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns) (noun.person) |
11. a man who serves as a sailor (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | crewman, sailor, |
| definition | : | any member of a ship's crew (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | deckhand, roustabout, |
| definition | : | a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | officer, ship's officer, |
| definition | : | a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | pilot, |
| definition | : | a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sea lawyer, |
| definition | : | an argumentative and contentious seaman (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | whaler, |
| definition | : | a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales (noun.person) |
12. a small worthless amount (noun.quantity)
13. hunt with a jacklight (verb.competition)
14. lift with a special device (verb.contact)
15. tool for exerting pressure or lifting (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | jack, jack up, |
| definition | : | lift with a special device (verb.contact) |
16. someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor (noun.person)
17. a man who serves as a sailor (noun.person)
| derivation | : | seamanship, |
| definition | : | skill in sailing (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | seamanlike, seamanly, |
| definition | : | characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship (adj.all) |
18. lift with a special device (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | jack, |
| definition | : | tool for exerting pressure or lifting (noun.artifact) |
19. tool for exerting pressure or lifting (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | jack, jack up, |
| definition | : | lift with a special device (verb.contact) |
20. someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor (noun.person)
21. a man who serves as a sailor (noun.person)
| derivation | : | seamanship, |
| definition | : | skill in sailing (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | seamanlike, seamanly, |
| definition | : | characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship (adj.all) |
22. lift with a special device (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | jack, |
| definition | : | tool for exerting pressure or lifting (noun.artifact) |
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