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backup
Overview of noun backup
The noun backup has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. backup -- (an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet")
2. stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in -- (someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins")
3. accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support -- (a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts)
4. backup, computer backup -- ((computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased")
5. backing, backup, championship, patronage -- (the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun backup
5 senses of backup
Sense 1
backup
=> accretion, accumulation
=> increase, increment, growth
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> 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 3
accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
=> part, voice
=> tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
=> music
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
backup, computer backup
=> duplicate, duplication
=> copy
=> representation
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
backing, backup, championship, patronage
=> blessing, approval, approving
=> support
=> aid, assist, assistance, help
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun backup
2 of 5 senses of backup
Sense 2
stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
=> locum tenens, locum
=> double, stunt man, stunt woman
=> surrogate, alternate, replacement
Sense 3
accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
=> descant, discant
=> vamp
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun backup
5 senses of backup
Sense 1
backup
=> accretion, accumulation
Sense 2
stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
Sense 3
accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
=> part, voice
Sense 4
backup, computer backup
=> duplicate, duplication
Sense 5
backing, backup, championship, patronage
=> blessing, approval, approving
Antonyms of noun backup
Member Holonyms of noun backup
Substance Holonyms of noun backup
Part Holonyms of noun backup
Member Meronyms of noun backup
Substance Meronyms of noun backup
Part Meronyms of noun backup
Meronyms of noun backup
Holonyms of noun backup
Attributes of noun backup
Derived Forms of noun backup
3 of 5 senses of backup
Sense 1
backup
RELATED TO>(verb) back up#5
=> clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
Sense 4
backup, computer backup
RELATED TO>(verb) back up#4
=> back up
Sense 5
backing, backup, championship, patronage
RELATED TO>(verb) back up#1
=> support, back up
Domain of noun backup
1 of 5 senses of backup
Sense 4
backup, computer backup
TOPIC>(noun) computer science#1, computing#1
Domain Terms of noun backup
Familiarity of noun backup
backup used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun backup
5 senses of backup
Sense 1
backup
> accretion, accumulation
=> backup
=> buildup
=> deposition, deposit
Sense 2
stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> associate
=> contemporary, coeval
=> stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
=> successor, replacement
=> townsman
Sense 3
accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
> part, voice
=> primo
=> secondo
=> voice part
=> accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
=> bass, bass part
Sense 4
backup, computer backup
> duplicate, duplication
=> backup, computer backup
=> counterpart, similitude, twin
=> match, mate
Sense 5
backing, backup, championship, patronage
> blessing, approval, approving
=> adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
=> backing, backup, championship, patronage
=> admiration, appreciation
=> reward, reinforcement
Meronyms of noun backup
5 senses of backup
Sense 2
stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> 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 3
accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
=> part, voice
=> tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
HAS PART: phrase, musical phrase
Sense 4
backup, computer backup
=> duplicate, duplication
=> copy
=> representation
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun backup
Grep of noun backup
backup
backup file
backup man
backup system
computer backup
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