combat
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
an engagement fought between two military forces
Types & categories
- engagement hypernym
- hostilities hyponym
- trench warfare hyponym
- aggression hyponym
Parts & wholes
- war part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
a fight broke out at the hockey game
Types & categories
- conflict hypernym
- gunfight hyponym
- encounter hyponym
- close-quarter fighting hyponym
- dogfight hyponym
- fencing hyponym
- in-fighting hyponym
- set-to hyponym
- shock hyponym
- scuffle hyponym
- duel hyponym
- fisticuffs hyponym
- battering hyponym
- beating hyponym
- fray hyponym
- free-for-all hyponym
- knife fight hyponym
- gang fight hyponym
- single combat hyponym
Parts & wholes
- blow part meronym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | battle |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | war |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | engagement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hostilities |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trench warfare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aggression |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | engagement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conflict |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | combat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | battleful |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | combatant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogfight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quarrel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | battle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrappy |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | blow |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | conflict |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gunfight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | encounter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | close-quarter fighting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogfight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fencing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | in-fighting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | set-to |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shock |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scuffle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | duel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fisticuffs |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | battering |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beating |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fray |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | free-for-all |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | knife fight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gang fight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | single combat |