Holonym

/ˈhɒl.əˌnɪm/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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

Example

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"Holonyms: semantic network, wordnet, thesaurus"

Etymology

From holo- + -nym.

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