Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

offense offense prosecution

Derived Terms

Apartheid Defense League Chewbacca defense DEFCON Matrix defense Nuremberg defense Pac-Man defense Shaggy defense air defense air-defense anti-slut defense antidefense attack is the best form of defense biodefense black rage defense chemical defense civil defense counterdefense cyberdefense defense attorney defense in abatement defense in depth defense lawyer defense mechanism defense wound defense-independent pitching statistics defenseless defensin defensive defensiveness eco-defense ecodefense gay panic defense homosexual panic defense immunodefense man-to-man defense misdefense nondefense orbital defense platform personal defense weapon prevent defense self-defense self-defense wound space defense special defense the best defense is a good offense thesis defense tower defense trans panic defense zone defense

Context

government law military sport sports team

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accumulation action aggregation answer assemblage collection construction due process due process of law executive department justification military action organisation organization process protection psychoanalytic process squad structure team unconscious process

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

overfortification

Type Of (IsA)

collection due process justification military action organization protection team

Part Of

trial

Related Terms

defend

Related Terms

attack danger defend defender defensible defensive injury justification military offense oppose protect score strategy support tactics team

Synonym Network

defence defense mechanism defensive structure department of defense refutation

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