quit
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother
Types & categories
- knock off hyponym
- leave off hyponym
- sign off hyponym
- retire hyponym
- pull the plug hyponym
- shut off hyponym
- cheese hyponym
- call it quits hyponym
- break hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
give up or retire from a position
The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
Types & categories
- pull up stakes hypernym
- resign hyponym
- retire hyponym
- top out hyponym
- fall hyponym
Related & opposite
- take office antonym
- resignation derivation
- resignation derivation
Sense 3 verb
go away or leave
Types & categories
- leave hypernym
- walk out of hyponym
- congee hyponym
- beat a retreat hyponym
- plump out hyponym
- decamp hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
turn away from; give up
I am foreswearing women forever
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- relinquishment derivation
- renouncement derivation
- relinquishment derivation
- renunciant derivation
Sense 5 verb
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
In the second round, the challenger gave up
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | preserve |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | discontinuance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | layover |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cessation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leave off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull the plug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shut off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheese |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | call it quits |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | take office |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | resignation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | resignation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pull up stakes |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | resign |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | top out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | stay |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | departure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | going |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | departer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk out of |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | congee |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beat a retreat |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | plump out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | decamp |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | relinquishment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | renouncement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | relinquishment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | renunciant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | abandon |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | disclaim |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | enter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | quitter |