terror
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Types & categories
- fearfulness hypernym
- swivet hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a person who inspires fear or dread
he was the terror of the neighborhood
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Related & opposite
- terrorist derivation
Sense 3 noun
a very troublesome child
Types & categories
- scamp hypernym
Related & opposite
- bratty derivation
Sense 4 noun
the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
he used terror to make them confess
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | terrorist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fright |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | terrify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | panic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | panic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | terrorize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | panicky |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fearfulness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swivet |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | terrorist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bratty |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | scamp |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | coercion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | terrorism |