Hypernym

Origin

Ancient Greek -("over") + onym("name") + -. From Greek roots; compare Latinate “superordinate term”.

Full definition of hypernym

Noun

1. (semantics) A word or phrase whose referents form a set including as a subset the referents of a subordinate term."Musical instrument" is a hypernym of "guitar" because musical instruments include guitars.

Synonyms

• (superordinate) genus, superordinate, hyperonym, superset
• blanket term, umbrella term informal

Antonyms

• (superordinate) hyponym, species, subordinate

Hypernyms

• word

Derived terms

• hypernymic
• hypernymous
• hypernymy