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seizure
Overview of noun seizure
The noun seizure has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) seizure, ictus, raptus -- (a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure")
2. (1) capture, gaining control, seizure -- (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)
3. capture, seizure -- (the act of taking of a person by force)
4. seizure -- (the taking possession of something by legal process)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun seizure
4 senses of seizure
Sense 1
seizure, ictus, raptus
=> attack
=> affliction
=> trouble
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
capture, gaining control, seizure
=> acquiring, getting
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
capture, seizure
=> felony
=> crime, law-breaking
=> transgression, evildoing
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
seizure
=> appropriation
=> acquiring, getting
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun seizure
4 senses of seizure
Sense 1
seizure, ictus, raptus
=> convulsion
=> focal seizure
=> raptus hemorrhagicus
Sense 2
capture, gaining control, seizure
=> usurpation
=> apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody
=> conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation
=> enslavement
Sense 3
capture, seizure
=> abduction
=> kidnapping, snatch
Sense 4
seizure
=> confiscation, arrogation
=> distress, distraint
=> impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage
=> impress, impressment
=> recapture
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun seizure
4 senses of seizure
Sense 1
seizure, ictus, raptus
=> attack
Sense 2
capture, gaining control, seizure
=> acquiring, getting
Sense 3
capture, seizure
=> felony
Sense 4
seizure
=> appropriation
Antonyms of noun seizure
Member Holonyms of noun seizure
Substance Holonyms of noun seizure
Part Holonyms of noun seizure
Member Meronyms of noun seizure
Substance Meronyms of noun seizure
Part Meronyms of noun seizure
Meronyms of noun seizure
Holonyms of noun seizure
Attributes of noun seizure
Derived Forms of noun seizure
3 of 4 senses of seizure
Sense 2
capture, gaining control, seizure
RELATED TO>(verb) seize#3
=> appropriate, capture, seize, conquer
Sense 3
capture, seizure
RELATED TO>(verb) seize#2
=> seize
Sense 4
seizure
RELATED TO>(verb) seize#4
=> impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
Domain of noun seizure
Domain Terms of noun seizure
Familiarity of noun seizure
seizure used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun seizure
4 senses of seizure
Sense 1
seizure, ictus, raptus
> attack
=> anxiety attack
=> flare
=> seizure, ictus, raptus
=> touch, spot
=> stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
=> paroxysm, fit, convulsion
=> hysterics
=> occlusion
=> heart attack
Sense 2
capture, gaining control, seizure
> acquiring, getting
=> acquisition
=> obtainment, obtention
=> catching, contracting
=> appropriation
=> occupation, occupancy, taking possession, moving in
=> capture, gaining control, seizure
=> reception, receipt
=> pickup
Sense 3
capture, seizure
> felony
=> capture, seizure
=> racketeering
=> bribery, graft
=> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
=> extortion
=> burglary
Sense 4
seizure
> appropriation
=> borrowing, adoption
=> preemption, pre-emption
=> seizure
=> sequestration, requisition
Meronyms of noun seizure
4 senses of seizure
Holonyms of noun seizure
Grep of noun seizure
epileptic seizure
focal seizure
freedom from search and seizure
generalized seizure
seizure
seizure-alert dog
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