English noun: creation | |||
1. | creation (act) the human act of creating | ||
Synonyms | creative activity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | art, artistic creation, artistic production, creating by mental acts, creating by removal, creating from raw materials, erotica, porn, porno, pornography, production, re-creation, smut | ||
2. | creation (artifact) an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone | ||
Broader (hypernym) | artefact, artifact | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | art, classic, composition, fine art, improvisation, innovation, invention, master, master copy, needlecraft, needlework, original, piece, product, production, remake, remaking, representation | ||
3. | creation (event) the event that occurred at the beginning of something | ||
Samples | From its creation the plan was doomed to failure. | ||
Synonyms | conception | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beginning | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation | ||
4. | creation (act) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | ||
Samples | She looked forward to her initiation as an adult. The foundation of a new scientific society. | ||
Synonyms | foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beginning, commencement, start | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | authorship, paternity | ||
5. | Creation (act) (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence | ||
Instance hypernym | beginning, commencement, start | ||
Domain category | divinity, theology | ||
6. | creation (object) everything that exists anywhere | ||
Samples | They study the evolution of the universe. The biggest tree in existence. | ||
Synonyms | cosmos, existence, macrocosm, universe, world | ||
Broader (hypernym) | natural object | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | closed universe, natural order, nature | ||
Part holonym | celestial body, estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object, heavenly body | ||
Member holonym | extragalactic nebula, galaxy | ||