Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tab

5 senses of tab

Sense 1
check, chit, tab -- (the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check")
       => bill, account, invoice -- (an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe")

Sense 2
yellow journalism, tabloid, tab -- (sensationalist journalism)
       => journalism, news media -- (newspapers and magazines collectively)

Sense 3
tab key, tab -- (the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation)
       => key -- (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)

Sense 4
tab -- (a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; "pull the tab to open the can"; "files with a red tab will be stored separately"; "the collar has a tab with a button hole"; "the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs")
       => strip, slip -- (artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material)

Sense 5
pill, lozenge, tablet, tab -- (a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet)
       => dose, dosage -- (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)