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

Sense 1
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")

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