Hypernyms for "route"
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access road
air lane
airway
approach pattern
beat
beeline
bus route
bypath
byroad
byway
cart track
cartroad
causeway
celestial orbit
circuit
clearway
corduroy
crosscut
cutoff
data track
detour
direction
drive
driveway
electron orbit
fairway
feeder line
flight path
flyway
highway
line
line of fire
line of flight
line of march
main line
main road
migration route
orbit
paper round
paper route
parkway
pattern
post road
private road
rail line
railway line
roadway
round
roundabout way
shortcut
side road
skid road
skyway
slip road
speedway
supply line
supply route
thoroughfare
track
trade route
traffic pattern
turnoff
way
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.