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hypernym
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hyper-
+
-onym
Noun
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Singular
hypernym
Plural
hypernyms
(
linguistics
) A
hypernym
is a
word
or
phrase
that another word or phrase is an
example
,
subset
, or
instance
of.
Synonym:
superordinate
Antonyms:
hyponym
and
subordinate
"
Insect
" is a
hypernym
for "
ant
", because an ant is a type of insect.
Some
hypernyms
of the word "
cat
" are "
mammal
", "
pet
", "
carnivore
", and "
quadruped
".
Related words
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]
hypernymic
hypernymous
hypernymy
Categories
:
Terms prefixed with hyper-
Terms suffixed with -onym
Nouns
Linguistics