hyponym
1 synonym and 1 antonym for hyponym, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (linguistics) A word whose meaning is more specific than, and falls under, another, broader word.
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Etymology
Formed either from hyp- and -onym, or from hypo- and -nym; it traces back to Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, "under") and ὄνυμα (ónuma, "appellation"), a specifically Doric dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, "name").
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