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.