Found 2 items, similar to hyponym.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hyponym
hyponym
n : a word that is more specific than a given word [syn:
subordinate,
subordinate word]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: hyponym
hyponym
\hyponym\ n. (linguistics)
a word that is more specific (less abstract) than a given
word; a term designating a class which is a subtype of the
given word; a subcategory; a subtype. Inverse of hypernym;
as,
“dog” is a hyponym of
“mammal”, and
“mammal” is a
hyponym of
“vertebrate”.
Syn: subordinate, subordinate word.
[WordNet 1.5]