Hypernyms for "gap"
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abruption
barracking
blank
breach
breaking off
chasm
cleft
crack
crevice
cut-in
diastema
fissure
foramen
generation gap
heckling
hiatus
hole
insert
interjection
interpellation
interpolation
interposition
lacuna
mouth
nodes of Ranvier
pocket
Ranvier''s nodes
rent
rift
rip
scissure
snag
spark gap
split
tear
water gap
wind gap
window
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.