criticize
verb
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 verb
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
The paper criticized the new movie
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- praise antonym
- criticism derivation
- literary criticism derivation
- criticism derivation
- critic derivation
- critic derivation
- critic derivation
- pass judgment entails
Sense 2 verb
act as a critic
Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | praise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | criticism |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | literary criticism |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | criticism |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | critic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | critic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | critic |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | pass judgment |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | comment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | censure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | savage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reprove |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebuke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reprehend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deplore |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | belabor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | come down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | denounce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | find fault |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disparage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nitpick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lash out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | harsh on |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | critic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | critic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | critic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |