repel
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to move back by force or influence
repel the enemy
Types & categories
- push hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be repellent to; cause aversion in
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
force or drive back
repel the attacker
Types & categories
- fight down hypernym
Related & opposite
- standoff derivation
- snub derivation
- repulsivea derivation
Sense 4 verb
reject outright and bluntly
She snubbed his proposal
Types & categories
- spurn hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
fill with distaste
This spoilt food disgusts me
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | attract |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crusade |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | standoff |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rollback |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snub |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulsivea |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | drive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | push |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | attract |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hideous |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulsive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | foul |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | displease |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sicken |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | put off |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | standoff |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snub |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulsivea |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight down |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rebuff |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snub |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | spurn |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | disgust |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hideous |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulsive |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | foul |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | repellent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | stir |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | nauseate |