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spy
Overview of noun spy
The noun spy has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) spy, undercover agent -- ((military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors)
2. spy -- (a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night")
Overview of verb spy
The verb spy has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) descry, spot, espy, spy -- (catch sight of)
2. (2) spy, stag, snoop, sleuth -- (watch, observe, or inquire secretly)
3. spy -- (secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage; "spy for the Russians")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spy
2 senses of spy
Sense 1
spy, undercover agent
=> secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
=> agent
=> representative
=> negotiator, negotiant, treater
=> communicator
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
spy
=> spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
=> perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun spy
2 senses of spy
Sense 1
spy, undercover agent
=> counterspy, mole
=> double agent
=> espionage agent
=> foreign agent
=> infiltrator
=> sleeper
HAS INSTANCE=> Mata Hari, Margarete Gertrud Zelle
Sense 2
spy
=> snoop, snooper
=> tail, shadow, shadower
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spy
2 senses of spy
Sense 1
spy, undercover agent
=> secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
Sense 2
spy
=> spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
Antonyms of noun spy
Member Holonyms of noun spy
Substance Holonyms of noun spy
Part Holonyms of noun spy
Member Meronyms of noun spy
Substance Meronyms of noun spy
Part Meronyms of noun spy
Meronyms of noun spy
Holonyms of noun spy
Attributes of noun spy
Derived Forms of noun spy
2 senses of spy
Sense 1
spy, undercover agent
RELATED TO>(verb) spy#3
=> spy
RELATED TO>(verb) spy#2
=> spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
Sense 2
spy
RELATED TO>(verb) spy#3
=> spy
RELATED TO>(verb) spy#2
=> spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
Domain of noun spy
1 of 2 senses of spy
Sense 1
spy, undercover agent
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Domain Terms of noun spy
Familiarity of noun spy
spy used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun spy
2 senses of spy
Sense 1
spy, undercover agent
> secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
=> agent-in-place
=> agent provocateur, provocateur
=> bridge agent
=> case officer
=> codetalker, windtalker
=> foot
=> NOC
=> spy, undercover agent
=> walk-in
Sense 2
spy
> spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
=> browser
=> bystander
=> cheerer
=> eyewitness
=> gawker
=> moviegoer, motion-picture fan
=> ogler
=> onlooker, looker-on
=> playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer
=> rubberneck, rubbernecker
=> spy
=> starer
=> voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper
Meronyms of noun spy
2 senses of spy
Sense 1
spy, undercover agent
=> secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
=> agent
=> representative
=> negotiator, negotiant, treater
=> communicator
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
spy
=> spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
=> perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun spy
Grep of noun spy
counterspy
northern spy
spy
spy satellite
spyeria
spyglass
spyhole
spying
spymaster
spyware
Antonyms of verb spy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spy
3 senses of spy
Sense 1
descry, spot, espy, spy
=> sight
=> perceive, comprehend
Sense 2
spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
=> monitor, supervise, ride herd on
=> observe
=> watch
Sense 3
spy
=> investigate, inquire, enquire
=> probe, examine
=> investigate, look into
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spy
3 senses of spy
Sense 1
descry, spot, espy, spy
=> sight
Sense 2
spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
=> monitor, supervise, ride herd on
Sense 3
spy
=> investigate, inquire, enquire
'Cause To' of verb spy
Derived Forms of verb spy
3 senses of spy
Sense 1
descry, spot, espy, spy
RELATED TO>(noun) spying#3
=> detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
Sense 2
spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
RELATED TO>(noun) spy#1
=> spy, undercover agent
RELATED TO>(noun) spy#2
=> spy
RELATED TO>(noun) spying#1
=> spying
Sense 3
spy
RELATED TO>(noun) spy#2
=> spy
RELATED TO>(noun) spy#1
=> spy, undercover agent
RELATED TO>(noun) spying#2
=> spying, undercover work
Domain of verb spy
Domain Terms of verb spy
Familiarity of verb spy
spy used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb spy
3 senses of spy
Sense 1
descry, spot, espy, spy
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
spy
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb spy
3 senses of spy
Sense 1
descry, spot, espy, spy
> sight
=> descry, spot, espy, spy
=> detect, observe, find, discover, notice
Sense 2
spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
> monitor, supervise, ride herd on
=> spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
Sense 3
spy
> investigate, inquire, enquire
=> spy
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spy
Sense 1
descry, spot, espy, spy
=> sight
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Sense 2
spy, stag, snoop, sleuth
=> monitor, supervise, ride herd on
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Sense 3
spy
=> investigate, inquire, enquire
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Grep of verb spy
espy
spy
Grep of adj spy
crispy
raspy
wispy
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