Hypernyms for "ball"
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baseball
basketball
beach ball
beachball
billiard ball
bocce ball
bocci ball
boccie ball
bolus
bowl
bowling ball
camphor ball
clew
clot
coagulum
cobblers
cotilion
cotillion
cricket ball
croquet ball
crystal ball
daisy cutter
fancy-dress ball
field hockey ball
fireball
football
globule
gob
golf ball
handball
jack
lacrosse ball
marble
masked ball
masquerade ball
medicine ball
mothball
ninepin ball
pellet
ping-pong ball
playground ball
polo ball
pool ball
prom
promenade
punch bag
punchball
punching bag
punching ball
racquetball
roulette ball
rugby ball
skittle ball
snowball
soccer ball
softball
spherule
squash ball
tennis ball
time-ball
undescended testicle
undescended testis
volleyball
Wiffle
Wiffle Ball
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.