Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. semantics The semantic relation between hypernyms; the quality of being hypernymous.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher (more abstract) rank or class. Inverse of hyponymy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class
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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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Hoarded.
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originally started as an attempt to collect words I found visually and auditorially beautiful, as well as psychically evocative, this has become nothing more than a grab bag of word curiosities, a ...
bergamot, jambalaya, bee's knees, heliotrope, hosanna, gamboge, aureole, filial, madrigal, multilingual, sacrosanct, sojourn and 1072 more...
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celerity, obfuscate, incredulity, verisimilitude, cognizance, formidable, sonorous, sinuous, grapheme, semasiology, penchant, desiderium and 31 more...
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whichbe Weirdnet thinks that subordinates better stay in line of their heirarchy. Oct 9, 2008