letter
English Thesaurus
1. a written message addressed to a person or organization (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | document, |
| definition | : | anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks (noun.artifact) |
| hypernym | : | text, textual matter, |
| definition | : | the words of something written (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | business letter, |
| definition | : | a letter dealing with business (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | cover letter, covering letter, |
| definition | : | a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | crank letter, |
| definition | : | a hostile (usually anonymous) letter (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | encyclical, encyclical letter, |
| definition | : | a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | fan letter, |
| definition | : | a letter that is a piece of fan mail (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | personal letter, |
| definition | : | a letter dealing with personal affairs (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | form letter, |
| definition | : | a letter that is printed in multiple copies and mailed to a list of recipients (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | open letter, |
| definition | : | a letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended for the general public (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | chain letter, |
| definition | : | a letter that is sent successively to several people (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | pastoral, |
| definition | : | a letter from a pastor to the congregation (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | round robin, |
| definition | : | a letter signed by a number of people (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | epistle, |
| definition | : | a specially long, formal letter (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | dead letter, dead mail, |
| definition | : | mail that can neither be delivered nor returned (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | letter of intent, |
| definition | : | any letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | invitation, |
| definition | : | a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | postscript, ps, |
| definition | : | a note appended to a letter after the signature (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | address, destination, name and address, |
| definition | : | written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | line, |
| definition | : | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | mail, |
| definition | : | the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | correspondence, |
| definition | : | communication by the exchange of letters (noun.communication) |
2. an award earned by participation in a school sport (noun.communication)
3. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | ascender, |
| definition | : | a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | descender, |
| definition | : | a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | digram, digraph, |
| definition | : | two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | initial, |
| definition | : | the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | a, |
| definition | : | the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | b, |
| definition | : | the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | c, |
| definition | : | the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | d, |
| definition | : | the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | e, |
| definition | : | the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | f, |
| definition | : | the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | g, |
| definition | : | the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | h, |
| definition | : | the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | i, |
| definition | : | the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | j, |
| definition | : | the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | k, |
| definition | : | the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | l, |
| definition | : | the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | m, |
| definition | : | the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | n, |
| definition | : | the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | o, |
| definition | : | the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | p, |
| definition | : | the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | q, |
| definition | : | the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | r, |
| definition | : | the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | s, |
| definition | : | the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | t, |
| definition | : | the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | u, |
| definition | : | the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | v, |
| definition | : | the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | double-u, w, |
| definition | : | the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ex, x, |
| definition | : | the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | wye, y, |
| definition | : | the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ezed, izzard, z, zed, zee, |
| definition | : | the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | alpha, |
| definition | : | the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | beta, |
| definition | : | the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | gamma, |
| definition | : | the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | delta, |
| definition | : | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | epsilon, |
| definition | : | the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | zeta, |
| definition | : | the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | eta, |
| definition | : | the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | theta, |
| definition | : | the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | iota, |
| definition | : | the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | kappa, |
| definition | : | the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | lambda, |
| definition | : | the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | mu, |
| definition | : | the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | nu, |
| definition | : | the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | xi, |
| definition | : | the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | omicron, |
| definition | : | the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | pi, |
| definition | : | the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | rho, |
| definition | : | the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sigma, |
| definition | : | the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | tau, |
| definition | : | the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | upsilon, |
| definition | : | the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | phi, |
| definition | : | the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | chi, khi, |
| definition | : | the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | psi, |
| definition | : | the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | omega, |
| definition | : | the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | aleph, |
| definition | : | the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | beth, |
| definition | : | the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | gimel, |
| definition | : | the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | daleth, |
| definition | : | the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | he, |
| definition | : | the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | waw, |
| definition | : | the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | zayin, |
| definition | : | the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | heth, |
| definition | : | the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | teth, |
| definition | : | the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | yodh, |
| definition | : | the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | kaph, |
| definition | : | the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | lamedh, |
| definition | : | the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | mem, |
| definition | : | the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | nun, |
| definition | : | the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | samekh, |
| definition | : | the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ayin, |
| definition | : | the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | pe, |
| definition | : | the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sadhe, |
| definition | : | the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | qoph, |
| definition | : | the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | resh, |
| definition | : | the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sin, |
| definition | : | the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | shin, |
| definition | : | the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | taw, |
| definition | : | the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | vowel, |
| definition | : | a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | consonant, |
| definition | : | a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | spelling, |
| definition | : | forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage (noun.communication) |
| member meronym | : | alphabet, |
| definition | : | a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language (noun.communication) |
4. a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention) (noun.communication)
5. owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | owner, proprietor, |
| definition | : | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business (noun.person) |
6. mark letters on or mark with letters (verb.creation)
| hypernym | : | write, |
| definition | : | mark or trace on a surface (verb.creation) |
7. set down or print with letters (verb.creation)
| hypernym | : | impress, print, |
| definition | : | reproduce by printing (verb.creation) |
8. win an athletic letter (verb.possession)
| hypernym | : | earn, garner, |
| definition | : | acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions (verb.possession) |
9. an award earned by participation in a school sport (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | letter, |
| definition | : | win an athletic letter (verb.possession) |
10. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | letter, |
| definition | : | mark letters on or mark with letters (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | letter, |
| definition | : | set down or print with letters (verb.creation) |
11. owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire (noun.person)
| derivation | : | lease, let, rent, |
| definition | : | grant use or occupation of under a term of contract (verb.possession) |
12. mark letters on or mark with letters (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | letterer, |
| definition | : | a painter of letters (noun.person) |
13. set down or print with letters (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | letterer, |
| definition | : | a painter of letters (noun.person) |
14. win an athletic letter (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | letter, varsity letter, |
| definition | : | an award earned by participation in a school sport (noun.communication) |
15. an award earned by participation in a school sport (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | letter, |
| definition | : | win an athletic letter (verb.possession) |
16. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | letter, |
| definition | : | mark letters on or mark with letters (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | letter, |
| definition | : | set down or print with letters (verb.creation) |
17. owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire (noun.person)
| derivation | : | lease, let, rent, |
| definition | : | grant use or occupation of under a term of contract (verb.possession) |
18. mark letters on or mark with letters (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | letterer, |
| definition | : | a painter of letters (noun.person) |
19. set down or print with letters (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | letterer, |
| definition | : | a painter of letters (noun.person) |
20. win an athletic letter (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | letter, varsity letter, |
| definition | : | an award earned by participation in a school sport (noun.communication) |
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