give the axe

Questions about give the axe

What is another word for give the axe?

It depends which give the axe you mean. In the sense “terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position”, the synonyms are displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate. Across all 2 senses there are 12 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of give the axe?

WordNet records no antonym for give the axe. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for give the axe split into groups?

Because give the axe carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for give the axe come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of give the axe

• Full entry for give the axeAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for give the axeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.