Hypernyms for "light"
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anchor light
aura
aureole
beam
beam of light
blinker
brightness
candle flame
candlelight
cigar lighter
cigarette lighter
conflagrate
corona
counterglow
daylight
enkindle
fairy light
fire up
firelight
flare up
flasher
flood
flood lamp
floodlight
fluorescence
friar''s lantern
friction match
fuse
fusee
fuze
fuzee
gaslight
gegenschein
gloriole
glory
glow
glowing
half-light
halo
headlamp
headlight
highlight
highlighting
houselights
ignis fatuus
illuminance
illumination
incandescence
inflame
irradiation
jacklight
jack-o''-lantern
kindle
lamplight
light
light beam
light up
lucifer
luminescence
match
meteor
Moon
moonlight
moonshine
navigation light
night-light
nimbus
panel light
photoflood
pocket lighter
primer
priming
radiance
ray
ray of light
reignite
riding lamp
riding light
room light
running light
scintillation
sconce
searchlight
shaft
shaft of light
shooting star
sidelight
spotlight
starlight
stoplight
streamer
strip lighting
sun
sunlight
sunniness
sunshine
theater light
torch
torchlight
traffic light
traffic signal
twilight
will-o''-the-wisp
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.