Hypernyms for "visible light"
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Hypernyms
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beam
beam of light
candle flame
candlelight
corona
counterglow
daylight
firelight
fluorescence
friar''s lantern
gaslight
gegenschein
glow
glowing
half-light
ignis fatuus
incandescence
irradiation
jack-o''-lantern
lamplight
light beam
luminescence
meteor
Moon
moonlight
moonshine
radiance
ray
ray of light
scintillation
shaft
shaft of light
shooting star
starlight
streamer
sun
sunlight
sunshine
torchlight
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.