Hypernyms for "year"
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365 days
366 days
academic year
annum
anomalistic year
astronomical year
bissextile year
calendar year
Christian year
church year
civil year
common year
equinoctial year
financial year
fiscal year
freshman class
graduating class
Holy Year
intercalary year
junior class
leap year
lunar year
New Year
off year
school year
senior class
sidereal year
solar year
sophomore class
tropical year
Y2K
year of grace
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.