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tug of war
Overview of noun tug-of-war
The noun tug-of-war has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) tug-of-war -- (any hard struggle between equally matched groups)
2. tug-of-war -- (a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tug-of-war
2 senses of tug-of-war
Sense 1
tug-of-war
=> conflict, struggle, battle
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
tug-of-war
=> athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
=> contest, competition
=> social event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun tug-of-war
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tug-of-war
2 senses of tug-of-war
Sense 1
tug-of-war
=> conflict, struggle, battle
Sense 2
tug-of-war
=> athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
Antonyms of noun tug-of-war
Member Holonyms of noun tug-of-war
Substance Holonyms of noun tug-of-war
Part Holonyms of noun tug-of-war
Member Meronyms of noun tug-of-war
Substance Meronyms of noun tug-of-war
Part Meronyms of noun tug-of-war
Meronyms of noun tug-of-war
Holonyms of noun tug-of-war
Attributes of noun tug-of-war
Derived Forms of noun tug-of-war
Domain of noun tug-of-war
Domain Terms of noun tug-of-war
Familiarity of noun tug-of-war
tug-of-war used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun tug-of-war
2 senses of tug-of-war
Sense 1
tug-of-war
> conflict, struggle, battle
=> class struggle, class war, class warfare
=> rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising
=> pacification, counterinsurgency
=> strife
=> tug-of-war
=> turf war
=> fight, fighting, combat, scrap
=> feud
=> war, warfare
Sense 2
tug-of-war
> athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
=> decathlon
=> Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympiad
=> Special Olympics
=> preliminary, prelim
=> pentathlon
=> meet, sports meeting
=> triple jump, hop-step-and-jump
=> tug-of-war
Meronyms of noun tug-of-war
2 senses of tug-of-war
Holonyms of noun tug-of-war
Grep of noun tug-of-war
tug-of-war
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