overthrow
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
Types & categories
- ending hypernym
- subversive activity hyponym
Related & opposite
- overthrow derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause the downfall of; of rulers
The Czar was overthrown
Types & categories
- force out hypernym
- revolutionize hyponym
Related & opposite
- overthrow derivation
- subversive activity derivation
- revolutionist derivation
- insurgent derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of disturbing the mind or body
his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
Types & categories
- disturbance hypernym
Related & opposite
- throw out of kilter derivation
- trouble derivation
Sense 4 verb
rule against
The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
Types & categories
- rule hypernym
Related & opposite
- reversal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overthrow |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subversive activity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overthrow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | subversive activity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolutionist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insurgent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | force out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | revolutionize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | throw out of kilter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | trouble |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disturbance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reversal |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rule |