English adjective: terminal | |||
1. | terminal of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route | ||
Samples | Freight pickup is a terminal service. Terminal charges. | ||
2. | terminal relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time | ||
Samples | Terminal examinations. Terminal payments. | ||
3. | terminal being or situated at an end | ||
Samples | The endmost pillar. Terminal buds on a branch. A terminal station. The terminal syllable. | ||
Antonyms | intermediate | ||
4. | terminal occurring at or forming an end or termination | ||
Samples | His concluding words came as a surprise. The final chapter. The last days of the dinosaurs. Terminal leave. | ||
Synonyms | concluding, final, last | ||
Similar | closing | ||
Antonyms | opening | ||
5. | terminal causing or ending in or approaching death | ||
Samples | A terminal patient. Terminal cancer. | ||
Similar | fatal | ||
Antonyms | nonfatal | ||
English noun: terminal | |||
1. | terminal (artifact) station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods | ||
Synonyms | depot, terminus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | station | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | air terminal, airport terminal, bus depot, bus station, bus terminal, cathode, coach station, railroad station, railroad terminal, railway station, subway station, train depot, train station | ||
Part meronym | transit, transportation, transportation system | ||
2. | terminal (artifact) a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | ||
Synonyms | pole | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contact, tangency | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anode, negative pole, positive pole | ||
Part meronym | battery, electric battery, electrical device | ||
3. | terminal (location) either extremity of something that has length | ||
Samples | The end of the pier. She knotted the end of the thread. They rode to the end of the line. The terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix. | ||
Synonyms | end | ||
Broader (hypernym) | extremity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bitter end, bitthead, destination, end point, endpoint, finish, goal, heel, heel, magnetic pole, nerve end, nerve ending, point, pole, railhead, telomere, termination, terminus, terminus, tip, yardarm | ||
4. | terminal (artifact) electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display | ||
Broader (hypernym) | electronic equipment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | job-oriented terminal, link-attached station, link-attached terminal, remote station, remote terminal | ||
Part holonym | keyboard | ||