Hypernyms for "Jack"
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able seaman
able-bodied seaman
agricultural laborer
agricultural labourer
Alectis ciliaris
amberfish
amberjack
banded rudderfish
bargee
bargeman
blue runner
boatswain
bo''s''n
bos''n
bosun
bo''sun
bracero
bumper jack
Caranx bartholomaei
Caranx crysos
Caranx hippos
cleaner
crevalle jack
day laborer
day labourer
deckhand
digger
dishwasher
dock worker
docker
dockhand
dock-walloper
dockworker
drudge
Elagatis bipinnulata
faller
feller
fireman
galley slave
gandy dancer
gipsy
gravedigger
gypsy
hand
helmsman
hewer
hired hand
hired man
hod carrier
hodman
itinerant
jack crevalle
jackscrew
kingfish
leatherjack
leatherjacket
lighterman
loader
logger
longshoreman
lumberjack
lumberman
lumper
miner
mineworker
mule driver
mule skinner
muleteer
navvy
officer
peon
phone jack
pilot
platelayer
porter
rail-splitter
rainbow runner
roustabout
rudderfish
runner
sawyer
screw jack
sea lawyer
section hand
Seriola dorsalis
Seriola grandis
Seriola zonata
ship''s officer
skinner
splitter
sprayer
stacker
steeplejack
steerer
steersman
stevedore
stoker
telephone jack
threadfish
thread-fish
tracklayer
whaler
woodcutter
wrecker
yardman
yellow jack
yellowtail
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.