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how do you do
Overview of noun how-do-you-do
The noun how-do-you-do has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do -- (an awkward situation; "that's a fine how-d'ye-do")
2. hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do -- (an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun how-do-you-do
2 senses of how-do-you-do
Sense 1
how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do
=> situation
=> difficulty
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do
=> greeting, salutation
=> acknowledgment, acknowledgement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun how-do-you-do
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun how-do-you-do
2 senses of how-do-you-do
Sense 1
how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do
=> situation
Sense 2
hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do
=> greeting, salutation
Antonyms of noun how-do-you-do
Member Holonyms of noun how-do-you-do
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Part Meronyms of noun how-do-you-do
Meronyms of noun how-do-you-do
Holonyms of noun how-do-you-do
Attributes of noun how-do-you-do
Derived Forms of noun how-do-you-do
Domain of noun how-do-you-do
Domain Terms of noun how-do-you-do
Familiarity of noun how-do-you-do
how-do-you-do used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun how-do-you-do
2 senses of how-do-you-do
Sense 1
how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do
> situation
=> conflict of interest
=> crisis
=> crunch
=> hornet's nest, hornets' nest
=> hot potato
=> how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do
=> imbroglio, embroilment
=> Mexican standoff
=> nightmare, incubus
=> no-win situation
=> pass, strait, straits
=> purgatory
=> swamp
=> time bomb, ticking bomb
=> tinderbox
=> urgency
=> deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill
=> quicksand
Sense 2
hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do
> greeting, salutation
=> well-wishing
=> regard, wish, compliments
=> reception, response
=> hail
=> pax, kiss of peace
=> welcome
=> salute
=> hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do
=> good morning, morning
=> good afternoon, afternoon
=> salute, military greeting
=> calling card, visiting card, card
Meronyms of noun how-do-you-do
2 senses of how-do-you-do
Holonyms of noun how-do-you-do
Grep of noun how-do-you-do
how-do-you-do
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