Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun antiaircraft
1 sense of antiaircraft
Sense 1
antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun -- (artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes)
=> gun -- (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
Antonyms of adj antiaircraft
1 sense of antiaircraft
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antiaircraft -- (designed for defense from a surface position against air attack)
INDIRECT (VIA defensive) -> offensive -- (for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons")
Similarity of adj antiaircraft
1 sense of antiaircraft
Sense 1
antiaircraft -- (designed for defense from a surface position against air attack)
=> defensive (vs. offensive) -- (intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance")