Hypernyms for "character"
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allograph
alphabetic character
ASCII character
asterisk
baddie
bit part
blank
capital
capital letter
check character
dagger
diesis
double dagger
double obelisk
heavy
hero
heroine
ideogram
ideograph
inferior
ingenue
letter
letter of the alphabet
ligature
lowercase
lower-case letter
majuscule
mathematical symbol
minor role
minuscule
name part
obelisk
percent sign
percentage sign
phonetic symbol
pictograph
radical
rune
runic letter
small letter
space
spirit
star
stenograph
subscript
superior
superscript
texture
title role
type
unit character
uppercase
upper-case letter
villain
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.