Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

peace

Typical Location

being done against hockey game war

Capable Of

anger pacifists drive to drinkin includes death result in getting killed

Causes

death injury or death

Defined As

last option of desperate man last refuge of incompetent

Derived Terms

I choose violence choose violence do violence to intimate partner violence male pattern violence male-pattern violence non-violence police violence pornoviolence self-violence sexual violence silence is violence spiritual violence ultraviolence violence-ridden

Etymologically Related To

violent

Has Part

effect of making more violents

Context

nonstandard

Has Property

dangerous

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

Sturm und Drang aggression force hostility intensity intensiveness turbulence upheaval

Type Of (IsA)

aggression bad thing force harm another person or creature turbulence

Related Terms

domestic violence reverse domestic violence violate violation violent

Related Terms

destruction domestic violence fighting force injustice pain rape ravishment reverse domestic violence suffer violate violation violent wrong

Synonym Network

ferocity

Used For

kill terrorism

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