Word Type

Verb

Noun

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

love love love

Capable Of

divide people tear people apart wedge relationships

Causes

violence war

Causes Desire

destroy enemy fight enemy kill stab to death wage war

Defined As

opposite of love

Derived Terms

I hate you Jew-hate Prop H8 antihate antihate apprecihate apprecihate behate behate cyberhate cyberhate forehate gay-hate hatable hatable hate click hate crime hate figure hate fuck hate group hate mail hate mailer hate music hate sex hate someone's guts hate speech hate strike hate the sin but love the sinner hate-boner hate-crime hate-crime hate-filled hate-on hate-read hate-sex hate-speech hate-speech hate-watch hateblog hatedom hatee hatefest hatefic hateless hatelike hatelisting hatemonger hater haters gonna hate hateship hatesite hatesome hateworthy hatriot love the sinner but hate the sin love-hate overhate pet hate self-hate self-hating they hate us 'cause they ain't us two-minute hate unhate

Distinct From

love

Context

aave internet slang nonstandard southern us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

dislike emotion express give tongue to utter verbalise verbalize

Type Of (IsA)

emotion human emotion powerful emotion strong emotion very strong emotion

Manner Of

dislike

Related Terms

hatel hatred heinous

Related Terms

anger dislike emotion experience extreme extreme dislike feeling hate crime hatel hater hatred

Similar Terms

detest

Synonym Network

hatred

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