Hypernyms for "barbiturate"
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amobarbital
barbital
barbitone
diethylbarbituric acid
diethylmalonylurea
Luminal
Mebaral
mephobarbital
Nembutal
pentobarbital
pentobarbital sodium
Pentothal
phenobarbital
phenobarbitone
purple heart
red devil
secobarbital
secobarbital sodium
Seconal
sodium thiopental
thiopental
thiopental sodium
thiopentobarbital sodium
veronal
yellow jacket
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.