warfare
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
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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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 noun
an active struggle between competing entities
a price war
Types & categories
- conflict hypernym
- drug war hyponym
- trench warfare hyponym
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 | hypernym | Types & categories | conflict |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drug war |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trench warfare |