Hypernyms for "be"
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abound
accept
account
account for
act
add up
adhere
adorn
agree
amount
answer
appear
attend
bake
balance
be
be given
be well
beat
beautify
bedevil
befuddle
begin
belong
body
body forth
boil
breathe
broil
buy
buzz
center on
check
clean
coexist
cohere
come
come in for
come in handy
compact
compare
compose
comprise
confound
confuse
connect
consist
constitute
contain
continue
correspond
coruscate
cost
count
cover
cox
curve
cut
cut across
deck
decorate
define
delimit
delimitate
delineate
depend
deserve
disaccord
disagree
discombobulate
discord
distribute
diverge
draw
drown
dwell
embellish
embody
encounter
end
endanger
enter
equate
exemplify
extend
extend to
face
fall
fall into
fall under
feel
figure
fill
fit
flow
follow
footle
form
fox
fuddle
gape
gibe
go
go to
grace
gravitate
hail
hang
hang around
head
head up
hold
hoodoo
hum
hurt
impend
imperil
incarnate
incline
indwell
inhabit
interrelate
iridesce
jeopardise
jeopardize
jibe
jumble
keep one''s distance
keep one''s eyes off
keep one''s hands off
kick about
kick around
kill
knock about
knock back
lallygag
lead
lean
lend
let go
lie
lie in
linger
litter
live
loaf
loiter
lollygag
look
lounge
lubricate
lurk
make
make sense
match
matter
measure
menace
merit
mess about
mill about
mill around
mingle
moon about
moon around
mope
need
number
object
obtain
occupy
osculate
owe
pack
pass
pay
peril
personify
point
poke out
populate
pose
preexist
present
press
prevail
promise
prove
put back
put out
rage
range
rank
rate
reach
reach out
recognize
relate
remain
represent
require
rest
retard
run
run into
rut
scintillate
seem
seethe
sell
set back
shine
sit
sit around
sparkle
specify
squat
stagnate
stand
stand back
stand by
stand for
start
stay
stay away
stay on
stick
stick by
stink
straddle
stretch
stretch along
substantiate
subtend
suck
suffer
suit
supplement
swim
swing
take
tally
tarry
tend
terminate
test
threaten
throw
total
touch
translate
transplant
trim
turn out
turn up
twist
underlie
vet
want
wash
weigh
wind
work
yaw
yawn
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.