stymie
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
Types & categories
- situation hypernym
Sense 2 verb
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
His brother blocked him at every turn
Types & categories
- foreclose hypernym
- stonewall hyponym
- filibuster hyponym
- check hyponym
- hang hyponym
- bottleneck hyponym
Related & opposite
- obstruction derivation
- blockage derivation
- hindrance derivation
- stymie derivation
- obstructor derivation
- blockage derivation
Sense 3 noun
a thwarting and distressing situation
Types & categories
- obstacle hypernym
Related & opposite
- blockade derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | situation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstruction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hindrance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stymie |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstructor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | foreclose |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stonewall |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | filibuster |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | check |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hang |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bottleneck |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockade |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | obstacle |