protest
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
they finished the game under protest to the league president
Types & categories
- objection hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
utter words of protest
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- protestation derivation
- protest derivation
- protest derivation
- protester derivation
- protester derivation
- protestant derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
Types & categories
- resistance hypernym
- boycott hyponym
- direct action hyponym
- demonstration hyponym
- walkout hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
express opposition through action or words
dissent to the laws of the country
Types & categories
- controvert hypernym
- walk out hyponym
- march hyponym
- rebel hyponym
- renegade hyponym
Related & opposite
- protest derivation
- protester derivation
- protester derivation
- dissentinga derivation
- protestant derivation
- insubordinate derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
he shouted his protests at the umpire
Types & categories
- objection hypernym
Related & opposite
- protest derivation
Sense 6 verb
affirm or avow formally or solemnly
The suspect protested his innocence
Types & categories
- swan hypernym
Related & opposite
- protest derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | objection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protestation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protester |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protester |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protestant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | declaim |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | object |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | object |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | resistance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | boycott |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | direct action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | demonstration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | walkout |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | protester |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | protester |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissentinga |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | protestant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | insubordinate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | controvert |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | march |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebel |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | renegade |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | objection |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | protest |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | swan |