controvert
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be resistant to
The board opposed his motion
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- antagonist derivation
- opponent derivation
Sense 2 verb
prove to be false or incorrect
Types & categories
- disprove hypernym
Related & opposite
- falsifying derivation
- falsification derivation
- rebutter derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antagonist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | opponent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | refute |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | veto |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | protest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsifying |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rebutter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disprove |