clash
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a loud resonant repeating noise
he could hear the clang of distant bells
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Related & opposite
- crash derivation
- clang derivation
- clank derivation
- clangor derivation
- clangorous derivation
Sense 2 verb
crash together with violent impact
The cars collided
Types & categories
- impinge on hypernym
- smash hyponym
- shock hyponym
- crash hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a state of conflict between persons
Types & categories
- conflict hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be incompatible; be or come into conflict
These colors clash
Types & categories
- conflict hypernym
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Sense 5 noun
a state of conflict between colors
her dress was a disturbing clash of colors
Types & categories
- conflict hypernym
Sense 6 verb
disagree violently
We clashed over the new farm policies
Types & categories
- disagree hypernym
Related & opposite
- friction derivation
Sense 7 noun
a minor short-term fight
Types & categories
- fighting hypernym
- contretemps hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crash |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clang |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clank |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clangor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clangorous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | collision |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | collision |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | impinge on |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | smash |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shock |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | jar |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | conflict |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | collision |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | friction |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | conflict |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | conflict |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | friction |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | disagree |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | encounter |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | skirmish |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | fighting |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | contretemps |