fight back
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
defend oneself
Types & categories
- fight hypernym
Sense 2 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
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | opposition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter aircraft |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | antagonist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | opponent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justificative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recalcitrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand firm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | repulse |