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hyponym

noun
/ˈhaɪpəʊ.nɪm/UK/ˈhaɪ.poʊ.nɪm/CA

Etymology

From hyp- + -onym or hypo- + -nym; from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma) ("appellation"), a Doric specific dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

  1. derived from ὑπό

Definitions

  1. A more specific term

    A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.

    • The words “dog”, “cat”, and “horse” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and horses are types of animal.
    • Woman itself has as other hyponyms, sculptress and waitress, but is itself a hyponym of adult.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hyponym. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA