What is "hypernym"

hypernym \hypernym\ n. a word that is more generic or more abstract than a given word; a word designating a class of which the given word is a member. Inverse of subtype and hyponym.

Syn: superordinate, superordinate word.

n. (context semantics English) A word or phrase whose referents form a set including as a subset the referents of a subordinate term.

n. a word that is more generic than a given word [syn: superordinate, superordinate word]