chase after

verb

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

Direction: arrow points to the broader concept; dashed outline: no word in this language; Click any word to expand it.

Senses

Sense 1 verb

pursue someone sexually or romantically

Types & categories

court hypernym

Related & opposite

pursuit derivation

Sense 2 verb

go after with the intent to catch

The policeman chased the mugger down the alley

Types & categories

pursue hypernym
tree hyponym
quest hyponym
hound hyponym
run down hyponym

Related & opposite

drive out also see
tag along also see
pursuit derivation
trailing derivation
shadowing derivation
tag derivation
track derivation
chaser derivation
chaser derivation
shadower derivation
tracker derivation

Table view of this graph

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	pursuit
1	hypernym	Types & categories	court
2	also see	Related & opposite	drive out
2	also see	Related & opposite	tag along
2	derivation	Related & opposite	pursuit
2	derivation	Related & opposite	trailing
2	derivation	Related & opposite	shadowing
2	derivation	Related & opposite	tag
2	derivation	Related & opposite	track
2	derivation	Related & opposite	chaser
2	derivation	Related & opposite	chaser
2	derivation	Related & opposite	shadower
2	derivation	Related & opposite	tracker
2	hypernym	Types & categories	pursue
2	hyponym	Types & categories	tree
2	hyponym	Types & categories	quest
2	hyponym	Types & categories	hound
2	hyponym	Types & categories	run down