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squabble
Overview of noun squabble
The noun squabble has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss -- (a quarrel about petty points)
Overview of verb squabble
The verb squabble has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble -- (argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun squabble
1 sense of squabble
Sense 1
bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
=> quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
=> dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
=> disagreement
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun squabble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun squabble
1 sense of squabble
Sense 1
bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
=> quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
Antonyms of noun squabble
Member Holonyms of noun squabble
Substance Holonyms of noun squabble
Part Holonyms of noun squabble
Member Meronyms of noun squabble
Substance Meronyms of noun squabble
Part Meronyms of noun squabble
Meronyms of noun squabble
Holonyms of noun squabble
Attributes of noun squabble
Derived Forms of noun squabble
1 sense of squabble
Sense 1
bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
RELATED TO>(verb) squabble#1
=> quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
Domain of noun squabble
Domain Terms of noun squabble
Familiarity of noun squabble
squabble used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun squabble
1 sense of squabble
Sense 1
bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
> quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
=> affray, altercation, fracas
=> bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
=> bust-up
Meronyms of noun squabble
1 sense of squabble
Holonyms of noun squabble
Grep of noun squabble
squabble
squabbler
Antonyms of verb squabble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb squabble
1 sense of squabble
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
=> argue, contend, debate, fence
=> converse, discourse
=> talk, speak
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb squabble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb squabble
1 sense of squabble
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
=> argue, contend, debate, fence
'Cause To' of verb squabble
Derived Forms of verb squabble
1 sense of squabble
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
RELATED TO>(noun) squabble#1
=> bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
Domain of verb squabble
Domain Terms of verb squabble
Familiarity of verb squabble
squabble used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb squabble
1 sense of squabble
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb squabble
1 sense of squabble
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
> argue, contend, debate, fence
=> stickle
=> spar
=> quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
=> quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate
=> oppose
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb squabble
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
=> argue, contend, debate, fence
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Grep of verb squabble
squabble
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