The words “dog”, “cat”, and “horse” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and horses are types of animal.
Source: wiktionary
Hyponym
//ˈhaɪ.poʊ.nɪm//
Synonyms for "hyponym" (21 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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6 entriesderived
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1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- տեսականիշ noun (more specific word)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хипоним noun (more specific word)
Catalan
1 entries- hipònim noun (more specific word)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 下位詞 /下位词 noun (more specific word)
- 下義詞 /下义词 noun (more specific word)
Czech
1 entries- hyponymum noun (more specific word)
Danish
2 entries- hyponym noun (more specific word)
- underbegreb noun (more specific word)
Dutch
1 entries- hyponiem noun (more specific word)
Esperanto
1 entries- hiponimo noun (more specific word)
Finnish
2 entries- alakäsite noun (more specific word)
- hyponyymi noun (more specific word)
French
1 entries- hyponyme noun (more specific word)
Galician
1 entries- hipónimo noun (more specific word)
Georgian
1 entries- ჰიპონიმი noun (more specific word)
German
2 entries- Hyponym noun (more specific word)
- Unterbegriff noun (more specific word)
Greek
1 entries- υπώνυμο noun (more specific word)
Hungarian
2 entries- alárendelt fogalom/szó/név/kifejezés noun (more specific word)
- hiponima noun (more specific word)
Icelandic
1 entries- undirheiti noun (more specific word)
Indonesian
1 entries- hiponim noun (more specific word)
Italian
1 entries- iponimo noun (more specific word)
Japanese
1 entries- 下位語 noun (more specific word)
Korean
2 entries- 하위어 noun (more specific word)
- 하의어 noun (more specific word)
Malay
1 entries- hiponim noun (more specific word)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hîponîm noun (more specific word)
Occitan
1 entries- iponim noun (more specific word)
Polish
1 entries- hiponim noun (more specific word)
Portuguese
2 entries- hipónimo noun (more specific word)
- hipônimo noun (more specific word)
Romanian
1 entries- hiponim noun (more specific word)
Russian
1 entries- гипо́ним noun (more specific word)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hipònīm noun (more specific word)
- хипо̀нӣм noun (more specific word)
Slovene
1 entries- podpomenka noun (more specific word)
Spanish
1 entries- hipónimo noun (more specific word)
Swedish
1 entries- hyponym noun (more specific word)
Turkish
1 entries- alt kavram noun (more specific word)
Vietnamese
1 entries- từ hạ vị noun (more specific word)
Walloon
1 entries- dizotrin mot noun (more specific word)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Woman itself has as other hyponyms, sculptress and waitress, but is itself a hyponym of adult.
Source: wiktionary
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