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co-hyponym

co-hyponym is the alternative form of cohyponym.

Meaning of cohyponym

Noun

cohyponym (plural cohyponyms)

  1. Synonym of coordinate term.
    • Seventy-two subjects attempted to recall the object nouns of seven once-exposed sentences given as retrieval cues the subject noun of each sentence and four other words related to the subject noun. The related cues were a remote superordinate, a close superordinate, a remote cohyponym, and a close...1972 December 1, Richard C. Anderson, “Semantic organization and retrieval of information from sentences”, in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, volume 11, number 6, →DOI, pages 794-800
    Synonyms:
    coordinate term

Forms of co-hyponym

pluralco-hyponyms

Origin of co-hyponym

From co- + hyponym.

Questions about co-hyponym

What is co-hyponym the alternative form of?
Co-hyponym is the alternative form of cohyponym.

Words near co-hyponym in the dictionary

  1. co-hosted
  2. co-hosting
  3. co-hosts
  4. co-husband
  5. co-husbands
  6. co-hyponym
  7. co-hyponyms
  8. co-ignimbrite
  9. co-in-law
  10. co-in-laws
  11. co-incineration

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