English noun: temperament |
| 1. | temperament (attribute) your usual mood |
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| Samples | He has a happy disposition.
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| Synonyms | disposition |
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| Broader (hypernym) | nature |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | agreeability, agreeableness, aloneness, animalism, blood, bloodiness, bloodthirstiness, calm, calmness, composure, disagreeableness, discomposure, epicurism, equanimity, esprit de corps, friendliness, good nature, gourmandism, heart, ill nature, involuntariness, loneliness, lonesomeness, moodiness, morale, nervousness, optimism, perfectionism, permissiveness, pessimism, physicality, restrictiveness, solitariness, spirit, team spirit, tolerance, unfriendliness, unpermissiveness, unsociability, unsociableness, unwillingness, willingness |
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| Part holonym | cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine, uncheerfulness |
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| Attribute | unwilling, willing |
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| 2. | temperament (attribute) excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | emotionalism, emotionality |
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| 3. | temperament (act) an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adjustment, readjustment, registration |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | equal temperament |
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