Hypernyms for "word"
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Hypernyms
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anagram
anaphor
antonym
argument
argumentation
ask
back-formation
cast
catchword
charade
classifier
closed-class word
cognate
cognate word
coinage
conference
content word
contraction
couch
debate
deictic
deictic word
deliberation
derivative
descriptor
dialogue
diminutive
dirty word
dissyllable
disyllable
dogmatise
dogmatize
equivalent word
family Bible
form
formularise
formularize
four-letter Anglo-Saxon word
four-letter word
frame
function word
good word
group discussion
guide word
guideword
hapax legomenon
head
head word
headword
heteronym
holonym
homonym
hybrid
hypernym
hyponym
key word
language
latest
lexicalise
lexicalize
loan
loanblend
loan-blend
loanword
logical quantifier
manner name
meronym
metonym
monosyllabic word
monosyllable
negotiation
neologism
neology
nomenclature
nonce word
open-class word
opposite
opposite word
oxytone
palindrome
panel discussion
paroxytone
part name
partitive
polysemant
polysemantic word
polysemous word
polysyllabic word
polysyllable
postmortem
post-mortem
primitive
proparoxytone
public discussion
put
quantifier
redact
reduplication
retronym
signifier
spoken word
subordinate
subordinate word
substantive
superordinate
superordinate word
syncategorem
syncategoreme
synonym
talks
term
terminology
trisyllable
troponym
update
ventilation
vocable
whole name
word form
written word
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.