Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bushwhack

3 senses of bushwhack

Sense 1
ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait -- (wait in hiding to attack)
       => wait -- (stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets")

Sense 2
bushwhack -- (live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla)
       => live -- (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war")

Sense 3
bushwhack -- (cut one's way through the woods or bush)
       => make, work -- (proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest")

Antonyms of adj bushwhacking

1 sense of bushwhacking

Sense 1
bushwhacking -- (lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush")

INDIRECT (VIA concealed) -> unconcealed -- (not concealed or hidden; "her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere"; "watched with unconcealed curiosity")

Similarity of adj bushwhacking

1 sense of bushwhacking

Sense 1
bushwhacking -- (lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush")
       => concealed (vs. unconcealed) -- (hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase")

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