Hypernyms for "wind"
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air
airstream
ball
blast
blow
boreas
brass
brass instrument
breeze
calm
calm air
catabatic wind
chinook
chinook wind
circumvolute
clew
clue
coil
crosswind
curl
doldrums
draft
draught
east wind
easter
easterly
foehn
fohn
free-reed instrument
gale
gentle wind
gust
harmattan
headwind
high wind
katabatic wind
kazoo
khamsin
loop
monsoon
north wind
norther
northerly
northwest wind
northwester
ocarina
organ
organ pipe
pipe
pipe organ
pipework
post horn
prevailing wind
reel
samiel
Santa Ana
simoom
simoon
snake
snow eater
sou''easter
south wind
southeaster
souther
southerly
southwester
sou''wester
spiral
spool
squall
sweet potato
tailwind
thermal
trice
trice up
west wind
wester
whistle
wood
woodwind
woodwind instrument
zephyr
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.