Hypernyms for "cereal"
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barley
barleycorn
buckwheat
bulrush millet
cattail millet
cold cereal
corn
dry cereal
edible corn
grain
grist
groats
hot cereal
Indian corn
Indian rice
maize
malt
millet
oat
Pablum
pearl millet
Pennisetum Americanum
Pennisetum glaucum
rice
rice grass
ricegrass
rye
Secale cereale
wheat
wheat berry
wild rice
Zea mays
Zizania aquatica
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.