Hypernyms for "direction"
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Hypernyms
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address
administration
aim
authorisation
authorization
bearing
canalisation
canalization
career counseling
celestial guidance
channelisation
channelization
command guidance
compass north
compass point
conducting
confidential information
course
cynosure
database management
destination
disenfranchisement
disposal
driving
east
east-west direction
empowerment
finance
formula
frontage
genetic counseling
guidance
guideline
handling
heading
hint
homemaking
inertial guidance
inertial navigation
lead
leeward
magnetic north
markup
marriage counseling
misconduct
misdirection
mismanagement
name and address
navigation
north
northeast
north-south direction
northwest
opposition
orientation
oversight
particularism
pilotage
piloting
point
prescript
prescription
qibla
recipe
road map
rubric
rule
seaward
south
southeast
southwest
stage direction
steer
steering
style
superintendence
supervising
supervision
system command
tendency
tenor
terrestrial guidance
tip
treatment
trend
west
wind
windward
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.