Hypernyms for "dye"
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acid dye
alizarin yellow
anil
aniline dye
archil
azo dye
basic color
basic colour
basic dye
blue
blueing
bluing
bromophenol blue
bromothymol blue
bromphenol blue
bromthymol blue
bronze
cochineal
cudbear
cyanine dye
deep-dye
direct dye
double dye
fast dye
fluorescein
fluoresceine
fluorescent dye
fluorochrome
hair coloring
hair dye
hand-dye
impress
indigo
indigotin
Kendal
Kendal green
lac dye
lead acetate
orchil
piece-dye
quercitron
radiopaque dye
resorcinolphthalein
saffranine
safranin
safranine
stain
substantive dye
sugar of lead
tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein
Tyrian purple
vat color
vat dye
woad
yarn-dye
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.