defiance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
Types & categories
- intractability hypernym
- insubordination hyponym
- obstreperousness hyponym
Related & opposite
- malcontent derivation
- noncompliant derivation
Sense 2 noun
a hostile challenge
Types & categories
- challenge hypernym
Related & opposite
- dare derivation
- noncompliant derivation
Sense 3 noun
a defiant act
Types & categories
- resistance hypernym
Related & opposite
- noncompliant derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | malcontent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | noncompliant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | intractability |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insubordination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | obstreperousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dare |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | noncompliant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | challenge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | noncompliant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | resistance |