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bickering
Overview of noun bickering
The noun bickering 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 bicker
The verb bicker has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (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 bickering
1 sense of bickering
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 bickering
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bickering
1 sense of bickering
Sense 1
bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
=> quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
Antonyms of noun bickering
Member Holonyms of noun bickering
Substance Holonyms of noun bickering
Part Holonyms of noun bickering
Member Meronyms of noun bickering
Substance Meronyms of noun bickering
Part Meronyms of noun bickering
Meronyms of noun bickering
Holonyms of noun bickering
Attributes of noun bickering
Derived Forms of noun bickering
Domain of noun bickering
Domain Terms of noun bickering
Familiarity of noun bickering
bickering used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun bickering
1 sense of bickering
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 bickering
1 sense of bickering
Holonyms of noun bickering
Grep of noun bickering
bickering
Antonyms of verb bicker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bicker
1 sense of bicker
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 bicker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bicker
1 sense of bicker
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
=> argue, contend, debate, fence
'Cause To' of verb bicker
Derived Forms of verb bicker
1 sense of bicker
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
RELATED TO>(noun) bicker#1
=> bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss
Domain of verb bicker
Domain Terms of verb bicker
Familiarity of verb bicker
bicker used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb bicker
1 sense of bicker
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
EX: Sam and Sue bicker
EX: Sam wants to bicker with Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bicker
1 sense of bicker
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 bicker
Sense 1
quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble
=> argue, contend, debate, fence
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Grep of verb bicker
bicker
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