hypernym

2 definitions found

hypernym - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
          [WordNet 1.5]

hypernym - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hypernym
      n 1: a word that is more generic than a given word [syn:
           hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word]