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purgatory
Overview of noun purgatory
The noun purgatory has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) purgatory -- (a temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse")
2. purgatory -- ((theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purgatory
2 senses of purgatory
Sense 1
purgatory
=> situation
=> difficulty
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
purgatory
=> imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
=> imagination, imaginativeness, vision
=> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun purgatory
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purgatory
2 senses of purgatory
Sense 1
purgatory
=> situation
Sense 2
purgatory
=> imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
Antonyms of noun purgatory
Member Holonyms of noun purgatory
Substance Holonyms of noun purgatory
Part Holonyms of noun purgatory
Member Meronyms of noun purgatory
Substance Meronyms of noun purgatory
Part Meronyms of noun purgatory
Meronyms of noun purgatory
Holonyms of noun purgatory
Attributes of noun purgatory
Derived Forms of noun purgatory
2 senses of purgatory
Sense 1
purgatory
RELATED TO>(adj) purgatorial#2
=> purgatorial
Sense 2
purgatory
RELATED TO>(adj) purgatorial#2
=> purgatorial
Domain of noun purgatory
1 of 2 senses of purgatory
Sense 2
purgatory
TOPIC>(noun) theology#1, divinity#4
Domain Terms of noun purgatory
Familiarity of noun purgatory
purgatory used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun purgatory
2 senses of purgatory
Sense 1
purgatory
> situation
=> conflict of interest
=> crisis
=> crunch
=> hornet's nest, hornets' nest
=> hot potato
=> how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do
=> imbroglio, embroilment
=> Mexican standoff
=> nightmare, incubus
=> no-win situation
=> pass, strait, straits
=> purgatory
=> swamp
=> time bomb, ticking bomb
=> tinderbox
=> urgency
=> deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill
=> quicksand
Sense 2
purgatory
> imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
=> afterworld
=> Annwfn, Annwn
=> Asgard
=> Atlantis
=> Brobdingnag
=> cloud-cuckoo-land
=> Cockaigne
=> El Dorado, eldorado
=> fairyland, faerie, faery
=> Heaven
=> Elysium
=> Hel, Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld
=> Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit
=> Houyhnhnms
=> Laputa
=> Lilliput
=> limbo
=> limbo
=> Midgard
=> never-never land, dreamland, dreamworld
=> purgatory
=> Ruritania
=> spirit world
=> Utopia, Zion, Sion
=> wonderland
Meronyms of noun purgatory
2 senses of purgatory
Sense 2
purgatory
=> imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
=> imagination, imaginativeness, vision
=> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
HAS PART: divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking
Holonyms of noun purgatory
Grep of noun purgatory
purgatory
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