Word Type

Verb

Noun

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

receive

Causes Desire

agree with

Derived Terms

hold serve misserve misserve multiserve offer versus serve on serve outserve overserve rail-served re-serve second serve self-serve self-serving servable servage serve and volley serve cunt serve notice serve one's time serve out serve somebody right serve someone a trick serve someone right serve someone the same sauce serve someone with the same sauce serve the time serve the turn serve time serve two masters serve up serve with the colors serve with the colours serve-self servee server servery serveware service serviced servile serving hatch single-serve single-serving site soft serve time-serving underserve underserved unserved

Context

australia badminton court game legal military nautical personal sports squash tennis

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

aid answer assist cater copulate couple deliver do do work effect effectuate foster fulfil fulfill function go help live up to mate move nurture obey operate pair pass ply provide run satisfy set up spend suffice supply tennis shot tennis stroke work

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

apprentice buttle carry someone's water valet wait on hand and foot

Type Of (IsA)

tennis stroke

Manner Of

copulate deliver effect foster help move provide spend suffice work

Related Terms

attendant conserve deserve help preserve reserve subserve

Related Terms

as badminton ball chafe conserve copulate deliver delivery deserve duties for function instead lead lover military net ping pong portion preserve purpose reserve service serving set shuttlecock spun subserve suitor tennis treat use useful volleyball wait wait upon weather work worship yarn

Similar Terms

assist attend attend to dish dish out dish up function help serve up serve well service wait on

Synonym Network

attend service serving suffice

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