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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. semantics A term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term, such as 'face' in relation to 'eye'.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part
Etymologies
- holo- + -onym (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘holonym’.
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The Whole Ball of Wax
Feel free to wax poetic.
the whole ball of..., wax poetic, wax, beeswax, ambergris, cedar waxwing, sealing wax, earwax, paraffin, bougie, epicuticular wax, waxing gibbous moon and 192 more...
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INTERP - terminology management terms
Terms from the fields of terminology, lexicography, lexicology and corpus linguistics
reworder, rewording, parser, parsing, tagger, tagging, aligner, aligning, content analysis, content analyzer, corpus management, glossary and 546 more...
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NeoVolt's Words
schadenfreude, serendipity, idiosyncrasy, loess, caducous, vagary, schematic, steeple, licentious, tangential, verisimilitude, vernacular and 385 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
geloscopy, hunker, willy nilly, harum scarum, whacko, meh, nork, misunderestimate, atrabiliousness, luftmensch, auxanometer, hyperhedonia and 1948 more...
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-nym words
contranym, retronym, acronym, toponym, eponym, homonym, synonym, antonym, metonym, aptonym, euonym, caconym and 13 more...
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Translation Studies
Useful words or abbreviations for students of translation to remember and refer to throughout their studies.
meronym, holonym, hyponym, corpus, terminology, lexicology, CAT (computer-aid..., concordancer, localization, text aligner, hyperonymy, synonymy and 9 more...
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in words out there
inpour, inturn, intail, inend, inhear, inhere, incense, immesh, a drop in a bucket, a shot in the dark, alice in wonderland, bear in mind and 66 more...
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library school!
I'm working on my MLS, and hoarding words along the way.
neurasthenic, syndetic, corbel, karst, charrette, magnetar, realia, deacquisition, additur, lapecide, eutaxy, extradiegetic and 20 more...
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List of onyms
womonym, typonym, troponym, trionym, toponym, tetronym, teknonym, taxonym, tautonym, Synonym, sideronym, retronym and 78 more...
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jmjarmstrong JM observes that Holonym House has plenty of rooms. Apr 5, 2011