Hypernyms for "advance"
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Hypernyms
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accommodation
adjustment
brevet
bring up
career
carry
clear sailing
climb
close in
conduce
connive at
conservation
contribute
creep up
draw in
easy going
edge
elaboration
elapse
encroach
ennoble
entitle
favor
favour
feed
fitting
forge
foster
further
gentle
glide by
go along
go by
head
headway
help
hit
impinge
inch
infringe
lapse
lead
leapfrog
life history
march
nose
overhaul
overtake
pass
penetrate
plain sailing
plough on
prefer
preservation
press on
push
push on
rachet up
rack up
ratchet
ratchet down
recovery
refinement
resurgence
revitalisation
revitalization
revival
revivification
score
slide by
slip away
slip by
sneak up
spot promote
spur
steal
string
string along
tally
tenure
wink at
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.