hard-core
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
stubbornly resistant to change or improvement
hard-core addicts
Related & opposite
- inflexible similar to
Sense 2 adjective
intensely loyal
his hard-core supporters
Related & opposite
- loyal similar to
Sense 3 adjective
extremely explicit
hard-core pornography
Related & opposite
- explicit similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | inflexible |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | loyal |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | explicit |