Hypernyms for "ground"
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account
archipelago
badlands
beachfront
bottom
bottomland
build
cape
champaign
coastal plain
coastland
common ground
couch
cultivated land
diatomaceous earth
diatomite
dirt
earth
farmland
field
floor
foreland
forest
greensward
island
isthmus
kieselguhr
land mass
landmass
mainland
moraine
neck
ness
occasion
overburden
oxbow
peninsula
permafrost
plain
ploughland
plowland
polder
rangeland
saprolite
scablands
score
slash
sod
soil
sward
tillage
tilled land
tilth
timber
timberland
turf
wetland
wherefore
why
wonderland
woodland
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.