disobey
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired
Types & categories
- refuse hypernym
- sit in hyponym
- countermine hyponym
- balk hyponym
Related & opposite
- obey antonym
- disobedience derivation
- disobedient derivation
- unruly derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | obey |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disobedience |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disobedient |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unruly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | refuse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sit in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | countermine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | balk |