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hyponyms

hyponyms is the plural of hyponym.

Meaning of hyponym

Noun

hyponym (plural hyponyms)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    subordinate

Questions about hyponyms

What is hyponyms the plural of?
Hyponyms is the plural of hyponym.

Words near hyponyms in the dictionary

  1. hyponymic
  2. hyponymically
  3. hyponymies
  4. hyponymous
  5. hyponymously
  6. hyponyms
  7. hyponymy
  8. hypooestrogenaemia
  9. hypoorder
  10. hypoorders
  11. hypoornithinemia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyponyms (page history and authors); hyponym (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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