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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A term that denotes the whole of which another term's referent is a part.

   "Holonyms: semantic network, wordnet, thesaurus"

2. 2
   a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part wordnet

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whole name

Antonyms

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meronym

Example

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"Holonyms: semantic network, wordnet, thesaurus"

Etymology

From holo- + -nym.

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