HANGOVER
Dictionary entry overview: What does hangover mean?
• HANGOVER (noun)
The noun HANGOVER has 3 senses:
1. disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
2. an official who remains in office after his term
3. something that has survived from the past
Familiarity information: HANGOVER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HANGOVER (noun)
Meaning:
Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
hangover; katzenjammer
Hypernyms ("hangover" is a kind of...):
discomfort; uncomfortableness (the state of being tense and feeling pain)
Meaning:
An official who remains in office after his term
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
holdover; hangover
Hypernyms ("hangover" is a kind of...):
functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
Meaning:
Something that has survived from the past
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
holdover; hangover
Context examples:
a holdover from the sixties / hangovers from the 19th century
Hypernyms ("hangover" is a kind of...):
survival (something that survives)
