hyponym
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of hyponym
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.
“The words “dog”, “cat”, and “horse” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and horses are types of animal.”
“Woman itself has as other hyponyms, sculptress and waitress, but is itself a hyponym of adult.”
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Etymology
From hyp- + -onym or hypo- + -nym; from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma) ("appellation"), a Doric specific dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
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