Hypernyms for "expression"
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Hypernyms
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act
adage
adjunct
advice and consent
agrapha
ambiguity
Americanism
anatomical
anatomical reference
Anglicism
archaicism
archaism
articulation
axiom
Beatitude
blowup
boilerplate
Briticism
Britishism
byword
calque
calque formation
catchword
choice of words
clause
cold turkey
colloquialism
complement
congratulation
diction
dysphemism
ebullition
effusion
epigram
euphemism
exponential expression
felicitation
gush
honorific
idiom
idiomatic expression
involution
lamentation
leer
light
loan translation
logion
maxim
motto
mourning
outburst
parlance
phrasal idiom
phrase
phraseology
phrasing
predicator
primitive
proverb
quip
saw
sentential function
sentimentalism
set phrase
shibboleth
shucks
slogan
southernism
spark
sparkle
sumpsimus
tongue twister
twinkle
verbiage
voice
wording
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.