stand firm
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
Types & categories
- fight down hypernym
- stand out hyponym
- stand up hyponym
- outbrave hyponym
- hold off hyponym
- remain firm hyponym
- defy hyponym
Related & opposite
- surrender antonym
- resistance derivation
- holdout derivation
- defender derivation
- holdout derivation
- insubordinate derivation
Sense 2 verb
refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
Types & categories
- insist hypernym
- hunker down hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | surrender |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | resistance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdout |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | defender |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdout |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insubordinate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stand up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | outbrave |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remain firm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | defy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | insist |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunker down |