hypernym
nounEtymology
From hyper- (“over”) + -nym (“name”). From Ancient Greek roots; compare Latinate “superordinate term”.
- derived from roots
Definitions
A superordinate word or phrase
A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term—as, for example, insect (being a hypernym) for ant.
- “Musical instrument” is a hypernym of “guitar” because a guitar is a musical instrument: a guitar belongs to a class or type of musical instruments.
- Hypernyms of “dog” and “cat” include “mammal”, “pet”, “carnivore”, and “quadruped”.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at hypernym. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at hypernym. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at hypernym
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA