Hypernyms for "wave"
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acoustic wave
backwash
billow
blast wave
brandish
breaker
breakers
cold wave
comber
crape
crestless wave
crimp
finger wave
flap
flapping
flourish
fluctuation
flutter
fluttering
frizz
frizzle
gauffer
goffer
gravitation wave
gravity wave
heat wave
impulse
kink
kink up
lift
luff
marcel
oscillation
perm
permanent
permanent wave
pulsation
pulse
pulsing
riffle
ripple
rippling
rise
roll
roller
rolling wave
seiche
shock wave
sine curve
sine wave
sinusoid
sound wave
standing wave
stationary wave
surf
surge
swash
swell
tidal wave
traveling wave
travelling wave
tsunami
vibration
wake
wave form
wave shape
waveform
wavelet
white horse
whitecap
wigwag
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.