Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "assault" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Causes

felony conviction

Coordinate Terms

battery

Derived Terms

aggravated assault amphibious assault ship antiassault apesault assault and battery assault at arms assault course assault rifle assault weapon assaultable assaultee assaulter assaultive counterassault cyberassault indecent assault meat assault microassault microassault nonassault nonassaulted reassault sexual assault sexually assault tubular assault unassaulted verbal assault

Etymologically Related To

assail

Context

criminal fencing legal military tort

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act assail attack attack attempt battle conflict criticise criticize engagement fight knock move pick apart set on sex crime sex offense sexual abuse sexual assault

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

beating

Type Of (IsA)

attack battle crime

Part Of

attack

Related Terms

fight

Related Terms

attack attempt battery combat crime harass onset threaten tort wales

Similar Terms

battery

Synonym Network

assail attack onfall rape

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.