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red herring
Overview of noun red-herring
The noun red herring has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) red herring -- (any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue)
2. red herring, smoked herring -- (a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color)
3. preliminary prospectus, red herring -- (a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus; "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun red-herring
3 senses of red herring
Sense 1
red herring
=> diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
=> turn, turning
=> change of course
=> change of direction, reorientation
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
red herring, smoked herring
=> herring
=> saltwater fish
=> seafood
=> food, solid food
=> solid
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
preliminary prospectus, red herring
=> course catalog, course catalogue, prospectus
=> catalog, catalogue
=> book
=> publication
=> work, piece of work
=> product, production
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun red-herring
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun red-herring
3 senses of red herring
Sense 1
red herring
=> diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
Sense 2
red herring, smoked herring
=> herring
Sense 3
preliminary prospectus, red herring
=> course catalog, course catalogue, prospectus
Antonyms of noun red-herring
Member Holonyms of noun red-herring
Substance Holonyms of noun red-herring
Part Holonyms of noun red-herring
Member Meronyms of noun red-herring
Substance Meronyms of noun red-herring
Part Meronyms of noun red-herring
Meronyms of noun red-herring
Holonyms of noun red-herring
Attributes of noun red-herring
Derived Forms of noun red-herring
Domain of noun red-herring
Domain Terms of noun red-herring
Familiarity of noun red-herring
red herring used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun red-herring
3 senses of red herring
Sense 1
red herring
> diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
=> red herring
Sense 2
red herring, smoked herring
> herring
=> kipper, kippered herring
=> bloater
=> pickled herring
=> red herring, smoked herring
=> sprat, brisling
=> whitebait
Sense 3
preliminary prospectus, red herring
> course catalog, course catalogue, prospectus
=> preliminary prospectus, red herring
Meronyms of noun red-herring
3 senses of red herring
Sense 3
preliminary prospectus, red herring
=> course catalog, course catalogue, prospectus
=> catalog, catalogue
=> book
HAS PART: signature
HAS PART: running head, running headline
=> publication
HAS PART: format
HAS PART: spread, spread head, spreadhead, facing pages
HAS PART: text, textual matter
HAS PART: word order
HAS PART: book
HAS PART: chapter
HAS PART: foreword, preface, prolusion
HAS PART: paragraph
HAS PART: passage
HAS PART: contents, table of contents
HAS PART: cartoon, sketch
HAS PART: artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter
=> work, piece of work
=> product, production
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun red-herring
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