compromise
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a middle way between two extremes
Types & categories
- cooperation hypernym
Related & opposite
- compromise derivation
- compromise derivation
Sense 2 verb
make a compromise; arrive at a compromise
nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise
Types & categories
- agree hypernym
- whore hyponym
- give and take hyponym
Related & opposite
- compromise derivation
- compromise derivation
Sense 3 noun
an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'
Types & categories
- accommodation hypernym
- Missouri Compromise instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- compromise derivation
- compromise derivation
Sense 4 verb
settle by concession
Types & categories
- square off hypernym
Related & opposite
- compromise derivation
- compromise derivation
- concur entails
Sense 5 verb
expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy
Types & categories
- peril hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | compromise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | compromise |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cooperation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compromise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compromise |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | agree |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | whore |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | give and take |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compromise |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compromise |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | accommodation |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Missouri Compromise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | compromise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | compromise |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | concur |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | square off |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | peril |