Hypernyms for "sound"
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Hypernyms
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aesthesis
announce
appear
articulate
auditory communication
body of water
cause to be perceived
channel
denote
enounce
enunciate
esthesis
happening
language unit
linguistic unit
look
measure
mechanical phenomenon
natural event
occurrence
occurrent
pronounce
quantify
say
seem
sensation
sense datum
sense experience
sense impression
sound out
sound property
water
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.