Hypernyms for "bear"
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accept
acquit
American black bear
Asiatic black bear
assert
balance
bear
bear cub
bear up
behave
black bear
brown bear
bruin
calve
carry
carry-the can
clear
comport
conduct
confine
crop
cub
deal
deport
drop
enclose
Euarctos americanus
expect
face the music
farrow
fawn
fluster
foal
frogmarch
fruit
gestate
have a bun in the oven
have young
hold in
hold still for
ice bear
kitten
lamb
litter
live with
Melursus ursinus
net
overbear
pay
pay off
pig
piggyback
poise
polar bear
pose
posture
pup
put forward
retain
seed
Selenarctos thibetanus
sit out
sling
sloth bear
spin off
stand for
stoop
swallow
take a joke
take lying down
Thalarctos maritimus
twin
Ursus americanus
Ursus arctos
Ursus Maritimus
Ursus thibetanus
Ursus ursinus
walk around
whelp
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.