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offensive
Overview of noun offensive
The noun offensive has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) offense, offence, offensive -- (the action of attacking an enemy)
Overview of adj offensive
The adj offensive has 7 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) offensive, violative -- (violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity")
2. offensive -- (for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons")
3. offensive -- (causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks")
4. unsavory, unsavoury, offensive -- (morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal")
5. offensive -- (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors")
6. dysphemistic, offensive -- (of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'")
7. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile -- (causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun offensive
1 sense of offensive
Sense 1
offense, offence, offensive
=> operation, military operation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun offensive
1 sense of offensive
Sense 1
offense, offence, offensive
=> counteroffensive
=> dirty war
=> rollback, push back
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun offensive
1 sense of offensive
Sense 1
offense, offence, offensive
=> operation, military operation
Antonyms of noun offensive
Member Holonyms of noun offensive
Substance Holonyms of noun offensive
Part Holonyms of noun offensive
Member Meronyms of noun offensive
Substance Meronyms of noun offensive
Part Meronyms of noun offensive
Meronyms of noun offensive
Holonyms of noun offensive
Attributes of noun offensive
Derived Forms of noun offensive
Domain of noun offensive
Domain Terms of noun offensive
Familiarity of noun offensive
offensive used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun offensive
1 sense of offensive
Sense 1
offense, offence, offensive
> operation, military operation
=> combined operation
=> maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation
=> campaign, military campaign
=> naval campaign
=> mission, military mission
=> support, reinforcement, reenforcement
=> attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
=> offense, offence, offensive
=> peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation
=> amphibious operation
=> information gathering
=> psychological operation, psyop
=> covert operation
HAS INSTANCE=> Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation
HAS INSTANCE=> Operation Desert Storm
Meronyms of noun offensive
1 sense of offensive
Holonyms of noun offensive
Grep of noun offensive
ardennes counteroffensive
counteroffensive
offensive
offensive activity
offensiveness
Antonyms of adj offensive
7 senses of offensive
Sense 1
offensive, violative
INDIRECT (VIA offending) -> unoffending
Sense 2
offensive (vs. defensive)
defensive (vs. offensive)
=> antiaircraft
=> antisubmarine
=> antitank
=> defending
=> en garde
Sense 3
offensive (vs. inoffensive)
inoffensive (vs. offensive), unoffending
=> offenseless, offenceless
Sense 4
unsavory (vs. savory), unsavoury, offensive
Sense 5
offensive (vs. inoffensive)
inoffensive (vs. offensive)
=> innocuous, unobjectionable
Sense 6
dysphemistic (vs. euphemistic), offensive
Sense 7
nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
INDIRECT (VIA unwholesome) -> wholesome
Similarity of adj offensive
7 senses of offensive
Sense 1
offensive, violative
=> offending (vs. unoffending)
Sense 2
offensive (vs. defensive)
=> antipersonnel
=> assaultive, attacking(prenominal)
=> hit-and-run, tip-and-run
=> incursive, invading, invasive
=> marauding, predatory, raiding
=> on the offensive(predicate)
Also See> aggressive#1; hostile#1
Sense 3
offensive (vs. inoffensive)
=> abusive, insulting, opprobrious, scurrilous
Also See> disrespectful#1; harmful#3
Sense 4
unsavory (vs. savory), unsavoury, offensive
=> odoriferous
Sense 5
offensive (vs. inoffensive)
=> abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive
=> charnel, ghastly, sepulchral
=> creepy
=> disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
=> ghoulish, morbid
=> hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous
=> objectionable, obnoxious
=> rank
=> scrimy
=> verminous
Also See> evil#1; hateful#1; unpalatable#1; unpleasant#1
Sense 6
dysphemistic (vs. euphemistic), offensive
Sense 7
nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
=> unwholesome (vs. wholesome)
Pertainyms of adj offensive
Attributes of adj offensive
2 of 7 senses of offensive
Sense 3
offensive (vs. inoffensive)
=> offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness
Sense 5
offensive (vs. inoffensive)
=> offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness
Domain of adj offensive
Domain Terms of adj offensive
Familiarity of adj offensive
offensive used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =7)
Grep of adj offensive
inoffensive
offensive
on the offensive
Grep of adv offensive
offensively
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