war
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
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
thousands of people were killed in the war
Types & categories
- military action hypernym
- limited war hyponym
- psychological warfare hyponym
- civil war hyponym
- chemical warfare hyponym
- biological warfare hyponym
- information warfare hyponym
- jihad hyponym
- world war hyponym
- hot war hyponym
- Chino-Japanese War instance hyponym
- Macedonian War instance hyponym
- Six-Day War instance hyponym
- Arab-Israeli War instance hyponym
- Balkan Wars instance hyponym
- Boer War instance hyponym
- Crimean War instance hyponym
- Franco-Prussian War instance hyponym
- French and Indian War instance hyponym
- Hundred Years' War instance hyponym
- Iran-Iraq War instance hyponym
- Korean War instance hyponym
- Mexican War instance hyponym
- Napoleonic Wars instance hyponym
- Peloponnesian War instance hyponym
- Gulf War instance hyponym
- Punic War instance hyponym
- Russo-Japanese War instance hyponym
- Seven Years' War instance hyponym
- Spanish-American War instance hyponym
- Thirty Years' War instance hyponym
- Trojan War instance hyponym
- Vietnam War instance hyponym
- War of Greek Independence instance hyponym
- War of the Austrian Succession instance hyponym
- War of the Grand Alliance instance hyponym
- War of the Spanish Succession instance hyponym
- War of the Roses instance hyponym
- War of 1812 instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- engagement part meronym
- combat part meronym
- aggression part meronym
Related & opposite
- war derivation
- military domain topic
- de-escalation has domain topic
- side has domain topic
- raider has domain topic
- state of war has domain topic
Sense 2 verb
make or wage war
Types & categories
- fight hypernym
- blitzkrieg hyponym
- go to war hyponym
Related & opposite
- make peace antonym
- war derivation
- warrior derivation
- state of war derivation
Sense 3 noun
a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring
Types & categories
- antagonism hypernym
- proxy war hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
an active struggle between competing entities
a price war
Types & categories
- conflict hypernym
- drug war hyponym
- trench warfare hyponym
Sense 5 noun
a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
the war on poverty
Types & categories
- crusade hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | war |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | military |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | de-escalation |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | side |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | raider |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | state of war |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | engagement |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | combat |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | aggression |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | military action |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | limited war |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychological warfare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | civil war |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemical warfare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | biological warfare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | information warfare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jihad |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | world war |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hot war |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Chino-Japanese War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Macedonian War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Six-Day War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Arab-Israeli War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Balkan Wars |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Boer War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Crimean War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Franco-Prussian War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | French and Indian War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hundred Years' War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Iran-Iraq War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Korean War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mexican War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Napoleonic Wars |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Peloponnesian War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gulf War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Punic War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Russo-Japanese War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Seven Years' War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Spanish-American War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Thirty Years' War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Trojan War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Vietnam War |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | War of Greek Independence |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | War of the Austrian Succession |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | War of the Grand Alliance |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | War of the Spanish Succession |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | War of the Roses |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | War of 1812 |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | make peace |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | war |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | warrior |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | state of war |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blitzkrieg |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | go to war |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | peace |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | war |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | war |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | antagonism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | proxy war |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | conflict |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | drug war |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trench warfare |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | crusade |