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gordian knot
Overview of noun gordian-knot
The noun gordian knot has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. Gordian knot -- (any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms)
2. Gordian knot -- (an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gordian-knot
2 senses of gordian knot
Sense 1
Gordian knot
=> problem
=> question, head
=> subject, topic, theme
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
Gordian knot
=> knot
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun gordian-knot
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gordian-knot
2 senses of gordian knot
Sense 1
Gordian knot
=> problem
Sense 2
Gordian knot
=> knot
Antonyms of noun gordian-knot
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Holonyms of noun gordian-knot
Attributes of noun gordian-knot
Derived Forms of noun gordian-knot
Domain of noun gordian-knot
Domain Terms of noun gordian-knot
Familiarity of noun gordian-knot
gordian knot used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun gordian-knot
2 senses of gordian knot
Sense 1
Gordian knot
> problem
=> puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser
=> case
=> homework problem
=> riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser
=> poser, stumper, toughie, sticker
=> Gordian knot
=> crossword puzzle, crossword
=> koan
=> word square, acrostic
=> pons asinorum
=> rebus
Sense 2
Gordian knot
> knot
=> barrel knot, blood knot
=> bow, bowknot
=> carrick bend
=> clove hitch
=> figure eight, figure of eight
=> fisherman's bend
=> fisherman's knot, true lover's knot, truelove knot
=> Gordian knot
=> half hitch
=> hawser bend
=> hitch
=> loop knot
=> love knot, lovers' knot, lover's knot, true lovers' knot, true lover's knot
=> overhand knot
=> prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate
=> sheepshank
=> slipknot
=> square knot
=> stopper knot
=> surgeon's knot
=> Turk's head
Meronyms of noun gordian-knot
2 senses of gordian knot
Sense 2
Gordian knot
=> knot
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun gordian-knot
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