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lynchpin
Overview of noun lynchpin
The noun lynchpin has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin -- (a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm")
2. linchpin, lynchpin -- (pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lynchpin
2 senses of lynchpin
Sense 1
anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin
=> support
=> influence
=> determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
=> cognitive factor
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
linchpin, lynchpin
=> pin
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun lynchpin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lynchpin
2 senses of lynchpin
Sense 1
anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin
=> support
Sense 2
linchpin, lynchpin
=> pin
Antonyms of noun lynchpin
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Attributes of noun lynchpin
Derived Forms of noun lynchpin
Domain of noun lynchpin
Domain Terms of noun lynchpin
Familiarity of noun lynchpin
lynchpin used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun lynchpin
2 senses of lynchpin
Sense 1
anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin
> support
=> anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin
=> lifeline
Sense 2
linchpin, lynchpin
> pin
=> barrette
=> bitt pin
=> hairpin
=> hatpin
=> linchpin, lynchpin
=> peg, nog
=> rivet
=> safety pin
=> skewer
=> straight pin
=> wrist pin, gudgeon pin
Meronyms of noun lynchpin
2 senses of lynchpin
Sense 2
linchpin, lynchpin
=> pin
HAS PART: head
HAS PART: pinhead
HAS PART: point
HAS PART: shank, stem
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun lynchpin
Grep of noun lynchpin
lynchpin
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