English noun: ague | |||
1. | ague (state) a fit of shivering or shaking | ||
Broader (hypernym) | illness, malady, sickness, unwellness | ||
2. | ague (state) successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria | ||
Synonyms | chills and fever | ||
Broader (hypernym) | symptom | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | quartan | ||
Part meronym | malaria | ||
3. | ague (communication) a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | ||
Synonyms | acute, acute accent | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accent, accent mark | ||