fight
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
Types & categories
- military action hypernym
- Armageddon hyponym
- pitched battle hyponym
- naval battle hyponym
- combat hyponym
- dogfight hyponym
- assault hyponym
- Battle of Britain instance hyponym
- Drogheda instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- war part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
the tribesmen fought each other
Types & categories
- bear down hyponym
- fistfight hyponym
- join battle hyponym
- tug hyponym
- fight down hyponym
- get back hyponym
- fight back hyponym
- battle hyponym
- war hyponym
- attack hyponym
- duel hyponym
- joust hyponym
- chicken-fight hyponym
- tourney hyponym
- feud hyponym
- skirmish hyponym
- bandy hyponym
- fence hyponym
- box hyponym
- spar hyponym
- tussle hyponym
- wrestle hyponym
- wage hyponym
Related & opposite
- repulse also see
- fight derivation
- engagement derivation
- conflict derivation
- fighting derivation
- fighter aircraft derivation
- fighter derivation
- compete entails
Sense 3 noun
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
a fight broke out at the hockey game
Types & categories
- conflict hypernym
- gunfight hyponym
- encounter hyponym
- close-quarter fighting hyponym
- dogfight hyponym
- fencing hyponym
- in-fighting hyponym
- set-to hyponym
- shock hyponym
- scuffle hyponym
- duel hyponym
- fisticuffs hyponym
- battering hyponym
- beating hyponym
- fray hyponym
- free-for-all hyponym
- knife fight hyponym
- gang fight hyponym
- single combat hyponym
Parts & wholes
- blow part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
fight against or resist strongly
The senator said he would oppose the bill
Types & categories
- fight hypernym
- recalcitrate hyponym
- fend hyponym
- stand firm hyponym
- repulse hyponym
Related & opposite
- opposition derivation
- fighter aircraft derivation
- fight derivation
- antagonist derivation
- fighter derivation
- opponent derivation
- justificative derivation
Sense 5 noun
an aggressive willingness to compete
the team was full of fight
Types & categories
- aggressiveness hypernym
Related & opposite
- struggle derivation
- militant derivation
- competitive derivation
Sense 6 verb
make a strenuous or labored effort
She struggled for years to survive without welfare
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- struggle derivation
- struggle derivation
- competitiveness derivation
- struggler derivation
Sense 7 noun
an intense verbal dispute
a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate
Types & categories
- controversy hypernym
Related & opposite
- fight down derivation
Sense 8 verb
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
The liberal party pushed for reforms
Types & categories
- advertize hypernym
Related & opposite
- crusade derivation
- get-up-and-go derivation
- paladin derivation
- reformer derivation
- advertize verb group
Sense 9 noun
a boxing or wrestling match
the fight was on television last night
Types & categories
- boxing hypernym
Related & opposite
- fight derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | battle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wage |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | war |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | military action |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Armageddon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pitched battle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | naval battle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | combat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogfight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assault |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Battle of Britain |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Drogheda |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | engagement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conflict |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter aircraft |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | compete |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bear down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fistfight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | join battle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tug |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fight down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | get back |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fight back |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | battle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | war |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | attack |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | duel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | joust |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chicken-fight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tourney |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | feud |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | skirmish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bandy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fence |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | box |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spar |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tussle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quarrel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | battle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrappy |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | blow |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | conflict |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gunfight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | encounter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | close-quarter fighting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogfight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fencing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | in-fighting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | set-to |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shock |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scuffle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | duel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fisticuffs |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | battering |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beating |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fray |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | free-for-all |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | knife fight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gang fight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | single combat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | opposition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter aircraft |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | antagonist |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | opponent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | justificative |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | recalcitrate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fend |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand firm |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | repulse |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | militant |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | competitive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | aggressiveness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | competitiveness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | struggler |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | attempt |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | labor |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | flounder |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight down |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | controversy |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | crusade |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | get-up-and-go |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | paladin |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | reformer |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | advertize |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | advertize |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | boxing |