fall behind
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
retreat
Types & categories
- retrogress hypernym
Related & opposite
- pull ahead antonym
- receding derivation
- ceding back derivation
Sense 2 verb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | pull ahead |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | receding |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ceding back |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | retrogress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slowdown |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trailer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | follow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trail |