Word Type

Noun

The word "artifact" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

natural object

Typical Location

archeological digsite museum

Coordinate Terms

object specimen

Derived Terms

artifacted artifacting artifactual build artifact cryoartifact ecofact geofact microartifact

Etymologically Related To

artefact

Inflected/Variant Forms

artefact

Context

archaeology biology computing

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

entity item object unit whole

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

artwork building clothing device furniture instrument invention jewelry shoe stationery toiletry tool vehicle weapon

Type Of (IsA)

generic artifact inanimate object non natural inanimate thing whole

Parts (Meronyms)

material

Related Terms

agency archaeological conception death distortion historical inherent lossy object ornament perceptible protoplasm reagent specimen structure tool weapon

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.