hypernym in English

noun
1
a word with a broad meaning that more specific words fall under; a superordinate. For example, color is a hypernym of red.
The WordNet online interface lets you browse the synonyms and hypernyms (X is a hypernym of Y if Y is a type of X) of far too many words.
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Below are sample sentences containing the word "hypernym" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "hypernym", or refer to the context using the word "hypernym" in the English Dictionary.

1. Anticonvulsant is a hypernym of antiepileptic

2. Creditor is a hypernym of Bondholder

3. Aggrieved Aggrieves aggrieving Hypernym Words that are more generic or abstract

4. Andradite f (uncountable) Andradite Synonym: granato ferrico Hypernym: granato; Further reading

5. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Bathroom Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:Bathroom Hypernym: room 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) I wash in the Bathroom

6. 19 I frame pointers between synsets using relationships with the same name as the WordNet pointers (hypernym, frames, etc.).

7. A theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude" (hypernym) affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness (derivation) attitudinize, Attitudinise 4

8. (synonym) beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, Anathemise, imprecate, maledict (antonym) bless (hypernym) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth (derivation) hex, jinx, whammy 4

9. (synonym) beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, Anathemise, imprecate, maledict (antonym) bless (hypernym) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth (derivation) hex, jinx, whammy 4

10. Hypernym: box 1836, Francis Egerton Earl of Ellesmere, Town and Country, page 6: There is a dangerous freshness in the hues / Of the new bonnets which that day produces / Bright from the Bandbox, be they greens or blues; / The aspect of a new pelisse