Hyponymic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Being a hyponym. not-comparable
"The word dog is hyponymic to the word mammal."
2
Of or pertaining to hyponyms. not-comparable
"That other thesaurus labels the hyponymic or hypernymic relation more clearly than this one does."

Synonyms

hyponymous hyponymous

Antonyms

hypernymic hypernymous superordinate

Example

"The word dog is hyponymic to the word mammal."

Etymology

From hyponym + -ic. By surface analysis, hyp- + -onym + -ic = hypo- + -nym + -ic.

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