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hyponymic

hyponymic adjective: being a hyponym.

Adjective

hyponymic (not comparable)

  1. Being a hyponym.
    • The word dog is hyponymic to the word mammal.
  2. Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
    • That other thesaurus labels the hyponymic or hypernymic relation more clearly than this one does.

Synonyms of hyponymic

Antonyms

Origin of hyponymic

From hyponym + -ic. By surface analysis, hyp- + -onym + -ic = hypo- + -nym + -ic.

Words formed from hyponymic

Questions about hyponymic

What does hyponymic mean?
Hyponymic means being a hyponym.
What part of speech is hyponymic?
Hyponymic is an adjective.

Words near hyponymic in the dictionary

  1. hyponutritional
  2. hyponychia
  3. hyponychial
  4. hyponychium
  5. hyponym
  6. hyponymic
  7. hyponymically
  8. hyponymies
  9. hyponymous
  10. hyponymously
  11. hyponyms

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