Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A word or phrase whose referents form a set including as a subset the referents of a subordinate term.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a word that is more generic or more abstract than a given word; a word designating a class of which the given word is a member. Inverse of subtype and hyponym.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a word that is more generic than a given word
Examples
“A friend has a hypernym for niece-or-nephew: "nibling".”
“Actually it looks like you can use perpetuate in that context, meaning to uphold, the hypernym of perpetuate.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hypernym’.
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Word Words
This used to be my nym list, but there are so many words about words, I think it's time to expand and open.
acronym, antonym, aptronym, autoantonym, autonym, bacronym, capitonym, contranym, contronym, eponym, exonym, heteronym and 120 more...
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-onym, -onymous, -onymic
denoting or relating to names
acronym, synonymous, patronymic, antonym, ananym, anonym, aptronym, autonym, caconym, cohyponym, cryptonym, dionym and 29 more...
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Chelsea's list
acedia, braggadocio, abnegation, equanimity, flibbertigibbet, edentulous, debonair, hypnotic, pococurante, logorrhea, euonym, feckless and 23 more...
qroqqa An unfortunate choice of word, especially coming from linguists. To be well-formed Greek it should be 'hyperonym': this contains all the root ονυμ- "name", and clearly isn't a homophone of its antonym 'hyponym'. Jul 8, 2008