Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adverb

Adverb

The word "course" can be used as noun, verb, adverb and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

fine smooth

Derived Terms

Bestuzhev course access course aftercourse assault course back course belt course blocking course change course clerk of the course collision course confidence course conversion course core course correspondence course course authoring tool course correction course credit course load course of action course of events course par course to steer course work course-correct coursebook courseless courselike courseload coursemate coursepack courseware coursework coursing joint cross-course damp course double-course e-course forecourse full-course dinner full-course meal full-course yellow golf course gut course horses for courses in due course in full course in the course of time let nature take its course main course matter of course midcourse middle course mill course minicourse mizzen course multicourse obstacle course of course off course on course ordinary course of business out of course out-of-course palaeocourse par for the course postcourse precourse protection course racecourse refresher course reverse course ridge course ropes course run its course sandwich course service course single-course stay the course stretching course stringcourse subcourse take its course telecourse the course of true love never did run smooth timecourse weeder course

Distinct From

fine smooth soft

Etymologically Related To

horse

Inflected/Variant Forms

of course

Context

courses euphemistic game masonry music nautical roofing textiles

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

action aliment alimentation assemblage bed cover cross cut across cut through didactics direction education educational activity facility gathering get across get over hunt hunt down installation instruction layer line move nourishment nutriment nutrition pass over pedagogy run series sustenance teaching track track down traverse victuals way

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bird course crash course due course massive open online course

Type Of (IsA)

action direction education facility layer nutriment ready to eat food series

Manner Of

hunt traverse

Part Of

meal wall

Related Terms

nom de course

Related Terms

ability action action path area arena at school blood browse but but of catalog chemistry class class enrolled class series classes college college catalog college class college lesson college listing college subject college work connection credit credits cursor cursory cycle dinner dinner stage directing directing ships direction discourse division education eighteen eighteen holes english enrolled entree event feeling field first first main for credit for learning forty forty hours generalization generic generic term geography golf golf area golf arena golf field golf green golf land golf landscape golf layout golf links golf location golf on golf park golf path golf place golf related golf setting golf something golf thing golfing golfing area grade grass grass holes green greens has has grass history holes horse horse races horses horses run hours knitting land landscape lawn layout learning learning thing lecture lecture class lesson lessons links liquid listing location long loop main map math meal meal division meal entree meal part meal portion meal section meal segment meal stage meal stages menses module name name field nautical nautical route navigation navigation connection obstacle obstacle path obstacle route obstacles obviously one class one module or class park part part meal path pathway place plan play play golf played played on playing playing area playing arena playing field playing golf portion race race path race pathway race track races racetrack racing racing path racing track recourse related river river path rough rough feeling route run runner runner route running running path running place sand sand type sandpaper sandpaper grade school school class school subject school unit section segment semester semester class semester long sequence series setting ship ship direction ships stage stages stay stay on staying straight study study class study related subject syllabus teacher teachers term texture track track trail trail training training thing turns type unit university university class vihuela way weft where where play work

Synonym Network

class naturally path run

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