Hypernyms for "punctuation mark"
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ampersand
angle bracket
apostrophe
brace
bracket
colon
comma
dash
diagonal
exclamation mark
exclamation point
full point
full stop
hyphen
interrogation point
inverted comma
parenthesis
period
point
question mark
quotation mark
quote
semicolon
separatrix
slash
solidus
square bracket
stop
stroke
swung dash
virgule
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.