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housecleaning
Overview of noun housecleaning
The noun housecleaning has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. housecleaning -- ((figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions; "more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners")
2. housecleaning -- (the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house; "efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time")
Overview of verb houseclean
The verb houseclean has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. houseclean, clean house, clean -- (clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun housecleaning
2 senses of housecleaning
Sense 1
housecleaning
=> reform
=> improvement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
housecleaning
=> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
=> improvement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun housecleaning
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun housecleaning
2 senses of housecleaning
Sense 1
housecleaning
=> reform
Sense 2
housecleaning
=> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
Antonyms of noun housecleaning
Member Holonyms of noun housecleaning
Substance Holonyms of noun housecleaning
Part Holonyms of noun housecleaning
Member Meronyms of noun housecleaning
Substance Meronyms of noun housecleaning
Part Meronyms of noun housecleaning
Meronyms of noun housecleaning
Holonyms of noun housecleaning
Attributes of noun housecleaning
Derived Forms of noun housecleaning
1 of 2 senses of housecleaning
Sense 2
housecleaning
RELATED TO>(verb) houseclean#1
=> houseclean, clean house, clean
Domain of noun housecleaning
Domain Terms of noun housecleaning
Familiarity of noun housecleaning
housecleaning used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun housecleaning
2 senses of housecleaning
Sense 1
housecleaning
> reform
=> land reform
=> moralization, moralisation
=> housecleaning
Sense 2
housecleaning
> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
=> disinfestation
=> spring-cleaning
=> scrub, scrubbing, scouring
=> dry cleaning
=> sweeping
=> purge, purging
=> purification
=> sterilization, sterilisation
=> sanitation, sanitization, sanitisation
=> depilation, epilation
=> washup, bathing
=> housecleaning
Meronyms of noun housecleaning
2 senses of housecleaning
Holonyms of noun housecleaning
Grep of noun housecleaning
housecleaning
Antonyms of verb houseclean
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb houseclean
1 sense of houseclean
Sense 1
houseclean, clean house, clean
=> tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
=> order
=> arrange, set up
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb houseclean
1 sense of houseclean
Sense 1
houseclean, clean house, clean
=> G.I., GI
=> spring-clean
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb houseclean
1 sense of houseclean
Sense 1
houseclean, clean house, clean
=> tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
'Cause To' of verb houseclean
Derived Forms of verb houseclean
1 sense of houseclean
Sense 1
houseclean, clean house, clean
RELATED TO>(noun) housecleaning#2
=> housecleaning
Domain of verb houseclean
Domain Terms of verb houseclean
Familiarity of verb houseclean
houseclean used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb houseclean
1 sense of houseclean
Sense 1
houseclean, clean house, clean
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb houseclean
1 sense of houseclean
Sense 1
houseclean, clean house, clean
> tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
=> make, make up
=> houseclean, clean house, clean
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb houseclean
Sense 1
houseclean, clean house, clean
=> tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
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Grep of verb houseclean
houseclean
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