assent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
he gave his assent eagerly
Types & categories
- agreement hypernym
- acceptance hyponym
- conceding hyponym
Related & opposite
- assent derivation
- acquiescent derivation
Sense 2 verb
to agree or express agreement
The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dissent antonym
- assent derivation
- assenting derivation
- assenter derivation
- acquiescence derivation
- assentient derivation
- acquiescent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquiescent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | agreement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acceptance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conceding |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | dissent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assenting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assenter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquiescence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assentient |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquiescent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | agree |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | connive |