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demurrer
Overview of noun demurrer
The noun demurrer has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. demur, demurral, demurrer -- ((law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings)
2. demurrer -- ((law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings)
3. defense, defence, denial, demurrer -- (a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun demurrer
3 senses of demurrer
Sense 1
demur, demurral, demurrer
=> objection
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
demurrer
=> pleading
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
defense, defence, denial, demurrer
=> due process, due process of law
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun demurrer
1 of 3 senses of demurrer
Sense 3
defense, defence, denial, demurrer
=> entrapment
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun demurrer
3 senses of demurrer
Sense 1
demur, demurral, demurrer
=> objection
Sense 2
demurrer
=> pleading
Sense 3
defense, defence, denial, demurrer
=> due process, due process of law
Antonyms of noun demurrer
Member Holonyms of noun demurrer
Substance Holonyms of noun demurrer
Part Holonyms of noun demurrer
1 of 3 senses of demurrer
Sense 3
defense, defence, denial, demurrer
PART OF: trial
Member Meronyms of noun demurrer
Substance Meronyms of noun demurrer
Part Meronyms of noun demurrer
Meronyms of noun demurrer
Holonyms of noun demurrer
1 of 3 senses of demurrer
Sense 3
defense, defence, denial, demurrer
PART OF: trial
Attributes of noun demurrer
Derived Forms of noun demurrer
2 of 3 senses of demurrer
Sense 1
demur, demurral, demurrer
RELATED TO>(verb) demur#2
=> demur
RELATED TO>(verb) demur#1
=> demur, except
Sense 2
demurrer
RELATED TO>(verb) demur#2
=> demur
RELATED TO>(verb) demur#1
=> demur, except
Domain of noun demurrer
3 senses of demurrer
Sense 1
demur, demurral, demurrer
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Sense 2
demurrer
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Sense 3
defense, defence, denial, demurrer
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun demurrer
Familiarity of noun demurrer
demurrer used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun demurrer
3 senses of demurrer
Sense 1
demur, demurral, demurrer
> objection
=> challenge
=> complaint
=> demur, demurral, demurrer
=> dissent
=> exception
=> gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk
=> protest, protestation
=> protest
Sense 2
demurrer
> pleading
=> affirmative pleading
=> alternative pleading, pleading in the alternative
=> answer
=> charge, complaint
=> complaint
=> defective pleading
=> demurrer
=> rebutter, rebuttal
=> replication
=> rejoinder
=> special pleading
=> surrebutter, surrebuttal
=> surrejoinder
Sense 3
defense, defence, denial, demurrer
> due process, due process of law
=> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
=> presentment, notification
=> judgment, judgement, judicial decision
=> eviction, dispossession, legal ouster
=> plea
=> defense, defence, denial, demurrer
Meronyms of noun demurrer
3 senses of demurrer
Sense 2
demurrer
=> pleading
HAS PART: bill of Particulars
Holonyms of noun demurrer
1 of 3 senses of demurrer
Sense 3
defense, defence, denial, demurrer
PART OF: trial
Grep of noun demurrer
demurrer
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