highjacking

Questions about highjacking

What is another word for highjacking?

It depends which highjacking you mean. In the sense “robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force”, the synonyms are hijacking. Across all 1 sense there are 1 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 highjacking?

WordNet records no antonym for highjacking. 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.

Where do the synonyms for highjacking 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 highjacking

• Full entry for highjackingAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for highjackingWhether 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.