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black out
Overview of noun black-out
The noun blackout has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) blackout -- (a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting)
2. (1) blackout, brownout, dimout -- (darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft))
3. blackout -- (the failure of electric power for a general region)
4. blackout -- (a momentary loss of consciousness)
5. amnesia, memory loss, blackout -- (partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening")
Overview of verb black-out
The verb black out has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (1) black out -- (obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived")
2. (1) black out, blacken out -- (darken completely; "The dining room blackened out")
3. (1) black out -- (suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out")
4. (1) zonk out, pass out, black out -- (lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun black-out
5 senses of blackout
Sense 1
blackout
=> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
=> time interval, interval
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
blackout, brownout, dimout
=> dark, darkness
=> illumination
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
blackout
=> power outage, power failure
=> breakdown, equipment failure
=> failure
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
blackout
=> unconsciousness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
amnesia, memory loss, blackout
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun black-out
1 of 5 senses of blackout
Sense 5
amnesia, memory loss, blackout
=> anterograde amnesia, posttraumatic amnesia
=> retrograde amnesia
=> forgetfulness
=> selective amnesia
=> transient global amnesia
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun black-out
5 senses of blackout
Sense 1
blackout
=> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
Sense 2
blackout, brownout, dimout
=> dark, darkness
Sense 3
blackout
=> power outage, power failure
Sense 4
blackout
=> unconsciousness
Sense 5
amnesia, memory loss, blackout
=> cognitive state, state of mind
Antonyms of noun black-out
Member Holonyms of noun black-out
Substance Holonyms of noun black-out
Part Holonyms of noun black-out
Member Meronyms of noun black-out
Substance Meronyms of noun black-out
Part Meronyms of noun black-out
Meronyms of noun black-out
Holonyms of noun black-out
Attributes of noun black-out
Derived Forms of noun black-out
4 of 5 senses of blackout
Sense 1
blackout
RELATED TO>(verb) black out#3
=> black out
Sense 2
blackout, brownout, dimout
RELATED TO>(verb) black out#2
=> black out, blacken out
Sense 3
blackout
RELATED TO>(verb) black out#2
=> black out, blacken out
Sense 4
blackout
RELATED TO>(verb) black out#4
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
Domain of noun black-out
1 of 5 senses of blackout
Sense 2
blackout, brownout, dimout
TOPIC>(noun) aircraft#1
Domain Terms of noun black-out
Familiarity of noun black-out
blackout used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun black-out
5 senses of blackout
Sense 1
blackout
> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
=> lapse
=> blackout
=> caesura
=> dead air
=> delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
=> halftime
=> respite, rest, relief, rest period
=> time-out
=> letup, lull
Sense 2
blackout, brownout, dimout
> dark, darkness
=> night
=> total darkness, lightlessness, blackness, pitch blackness, black
=> blackout, brownout, dimout
=> semidarkness
Sense 3
blackout
> power outage, power failure
=> blackout
=> flame-out
Sense 4
blackout
> unconsciousness
=> automatic pilot, autopilot
=> unknowingness, unawareness
=> blackout
=> grogginess, stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness
=> coma, comatoseness
=> electrosleep
=> semicoma
=> insensibility
=> trance
=> semitrance
=> narcosis
Sense 5
amnesia, memory loss, blackout
> cognitive state, state of mind
=> interestedness
=> amnesia, memory loss, blackout
=> paramnesia
=> set, readiness
=> ivory tower
=> consciousness
=> unconsciousness
=> subconsciousness
=> curiosity, wonder
=> confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray
=> certainty
=> doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
=> morbidity, morbidness
=> preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment
=> inwardness
=> outwardness
Meronyms of noun black-out
5 senses of blackout
Holonyms of noun black-out
Antonyms of verb black-out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb black-out
4 senses of black out
Sense 1
black out
=> snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
Sense 2
black out, blacken out
=> darken
=> change
Sense 3
black out
=> edit, redact
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
zonk out, pass out, black out
=> change state, turn
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb black-out
1 of 4 senses of black out
Sense 4
zonk out, pass out, black out
=> faint, conk, swoon, pass out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb black-out
4 senses of black out
Sense 1
black out
=> snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
Sense 2
black out, blacken out
=> darken
Sense 3
black out
=> edit, redact
Sense 4
zonk out, pass out, black out
=> change state, turn
'Cause To' of verb black-out
Derived Forms of verb black-out
3 of 4 senses of black out
Sense 2
black out, blacken out
RELATED TO>(noun) blackout#3
=> blackout
RELATED TO>(noun) blackout#2
=> blackout, brownout, dimout
Sense 3
black out
RELATED TO>(noun) blackout#1
=> blackout
Sense 4
zonk out, pass out, black out
RELATED TO>(noun) blackout#4
=> blackout
Domain of verb black-out
Domain Terms of verb black-out
Familiarity of verb black-out
black out used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb black-out
4 senses of black out
Sense 1
black out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
black out, blacken out
*> Something ----s
Sense 3
black out
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
zonk out, pass out, black out
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb black-out
4 senses of black out
Sense 1
black out
> snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
=> stub
=> douse, put out
=> black out
Sense 2
black out, blacken out
> darken
=> dusk
=> black out, blacken out
=> overcloud, cloud over, cloud up
Sense 3
black out
> edit, redact
=> interpolate, alter, falsify
=> hack, cut up
=> black out
=> blank out
=> copyread, subedit, copyedit
=> bracket, bracket out
Sense 4
zonk out, pass out, black out
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb black-out
Sense 1
black out
=> snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
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Sense 2
black out, blacken out
=> darken
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Sense 3
black out
=> edit, redact
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Sense 4
zonk out, pass out, black out
=> change state, turn
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