Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

Intj

The word "bow" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun and intj.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

poop

Coordinate Terms

blade

Defined As

forward part of ship

Derived Terms

Bow Brickhill Bow Creek Bow Island Bow River Bow Street Bow Street Bowbells Brocken bow Broken Bow Bromley-by-Bow Cupid's bow Medicine Bow Silver Bow Silver Bow County another string to one's bow barebow bluff-bowed bow and arrow bow and scrape bow ball bow bug bow cap bow chaser bow collector bow compass bow down bow down before the porcelain god bow drill bow foil bow frame bow grip bow guard bow harp bow in bow kite bow maker bow net bow out bow pen bow pencil bow plane bow rail bow riding bow rudder bow saw bow shock bow spring bow stroke bow thruster bow tie bow to bow up bow wave bow window bow-faced bow-fronted bow-legged bow-wood bowable bowbearer bowbent bower bowfin bowfront bowgrace bowguard bowhead bowhunt bowhunter bowhunting bowhuntress bowing stone bowknot bowleg bowless bowlike bowmaking bowman bowmanship bowmaster bowpicker bowrider bowshot bowsman bowstave bowstring bowstringer bowswoman bowtie bowwoman bowyer brush bow cloud bow dickie bow dicky bow diddley bow diddley bower down bow downbow draw a long bow draw the long bow drill bow embow facebow flax bow fog bow fogbow footbow greatbow hairbow have two strings to one's bow hurricane bow imbow jazz bow knuckle bow make one's bow midbow moonbow mouthbow musical bow on the bow outbow overbow overbow oxbow pelletbow play bow pull the long bow pussy bow pussycat bow rainbow ram bow saddle bow saddlebow scrape and bow sea-bow shaft bow shot across the bow(s) smoker's bow spray bow stone bow stonebow stretch the long bow string to one's bow sunbow take a bow torrent-bow unbow up bow upbow warbow weather bow xbow

Has Part

knot

Context

music nautical rowing saddlery

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arm bend buckle under change posture conge conge congee congee congé congé curve curved shape decoration flex front gesticulate gesture gesture give in knot knuckle under motion motion ornament ornamentation play reverence stick stroke succumb thanks weapon weapon system yield

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Turkish bow composite bow compound bow crossbow longbow recurve bow selfbow shortbow stock-bow

Type Of (IsA)

boat or ship part curve decoration front gesture gesturing knot manual tool pretty thing for presents primitive weapon projectile launcher reverence single user device stick stroke thanks user powered device weapon

Manner Of

change posture gesticulate play

Part Of

bow and arrow sailboat ship vessel

Related Terms

Bowe Bowes bow chicka wow wow bow diddley buxom coll'arco curtsey diddley bow elbow kowtow throw them bows

Related Terms

altitude apron arrow arrow partner arrows artificial bend boat chordophone coll arco curtsy debut defer devon drill england front gesture gift wrapping hatter horsehair knot kowtow linear london musical instrument necktie necktie type ox oxbow partner performance performance bend planar play plucking quadrant rainbow respect reverence river rod rower saddletree seat ship shoelace shoes shoot shooting shooting arrows string stringed stringed instrument suburb tying tying shoes type village waist weapon yoke

Synonym Network

arc crouch fiddlestick musical bow prow révérence submit

Used For

archery play shoot tie

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