withhold
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
hold back; refuse to hand over or share
The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room
Types & categories
- refuse hypernym
- immobilize hyponym
- keep to oneself hyponym
- deny hyponym
- reserve hyponym
- immobilize hyponym
- deprive hyponym
Related & opposite
- withholding derivation
- withholder derivation
- withholder derivation
Sense 2 verb
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
My employer is withholding taxes
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- withholding derivation
- withholder derivation
- withholding tax derivation
- deductible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | withholding |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | withholder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | withholder |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | refuse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | immobilize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep to oneself |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deny |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reserve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | immobilize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deprive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | withholding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | withholder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | withholding tax |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deductible |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | keep |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dock |