Questions tagged [hypernyms]
A hyperonym is a word whose definition includes the definition of another word (its hyponym).
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Hypernym for reading a book and listening to an audiobook
I want to state that "I've read 10 books this year", but the books in question can be both dead-wood books and audiobooks. Is there a verb that works here in place of 'read'? Maybe something like '...
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Term for Only "Unbelieved Warner"
I'm looking for a word, phrase, or idiom to describe a person or fictional device.
In stories, especially horror and fantasy, there can be a character who is dismissed when they try to tell others ...
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Hypernym of "pair/dyad", "tetrad", "pentad"
Does the English language have a hypernym for words like "pair", "triad", "tetrad", and "pentad"? I'm not sure where to look.
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Hypernyms for "reactants" and "products"?
I’m looking for a hypernym of both reactant and product.
That is, I want to be able to say that both reactants and products are <unknown term>, but I don’t know what term applies to both.
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History and heritage = hypernym and hyponym?
I'm not quite sure how to phrase my question...but anyways.
History and heritage are often confused with one another.
"Heritage is owned by someone or some group; history is not. History is what ...
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Generalization of "player" and "team" in sports [duplicate]
In a programming context, I need to refer to players and teams interchangeably (in sports). I'm looking for a word - noun or adjective - that would be a generalization of those two terms. I can't seem ...
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Hypernym for "pros" and "cons"
Is there a single word to denote pros and cons? For example,
Here you can view the [pros and cons] of this product.
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When reading the word, one should immediately understand that it's about ...
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Collective Term for Cardinal and Ordinal Directions
I'm writing a research proposal in which I frequently reference the cardinal and inter-cardinal (ordinal) directions together. Is there some term, no matter the obscurity, that refers to the eight of ...
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Better hypernym to substitute for “business agenda”
I'm using the words “business agenda” to describe the set of tasks, documents, processes, features and other artifacts that are related to a single “function” executed by a business. In my language (...
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What is a single word that means both 'Import' and 'Export'? [duplicate]
In my web application, I am importing and exporting users to/from the application. So, for that I would like to have a single word to generally represent 'Import/Export process'.
I've gone through ...
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Single word for cast and crew of a movie
What do you call a person that works for a movie?
Celebrity comes close, but is that all?
I am making a list of people (each and everyone) that worked for a movie. Wondering what the name of that ...
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Hypernym for "company", "band" and "organization"
I'm making a website and I'd need a hypernym to refer to company/band(/artist)/organization, so I wouldn't have to use all the words every time.
What would be a common one?
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What category includes "news", "articles", and "stories"
I have created a dropdown menu for my website. In this dropdown menu I have put a tab for audio, a tab for video, but I don't know what to call the category that include (News, articles, and stories ...
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What is an English term for grouping bills and credit notes?
I'm wondering if there is a generic term to talk about bills and credit notes, in other terms, the money I'll receive and the money I owe.
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Rate & Review action?
What do we call the action of rating (with stars) and reviewing (commenting) together?
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Hypernym for buildings, fossils, spiders and particles [duplicate]
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I'm trying to find a term (other than 'objects' or 'things') which I can use to describe the commonality of substance which all the things that have been named ...
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Hypernym for something like a blanket/sheet to cover oneself for keeping warm
Blanket seems too specific, one can cover oneself with a thin sheet instead.
Bedsheet somehow seems like what you'd sleep on, not what you'd sleep under.
Sheet is too general. One has sheets of paper, ...
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What word would I use for things that are bad for you?
I need a single or double word for a category name for my blog that means: Things that are bad for you, such as smoking, drinking, etc. when you have diabetes. The word must be for all things that can ...
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What is the noun for either a file or folder?
We have files, we have directories; what is the noun that we could use to generically describe either of these? For instance, an apple or a pear can generically be described as fruit. Is there such a ...
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Is there a single term for the sports "surfing", "skateboarding", and "snowboarding"?
The three sports "surfing", "skateboarding", and "snowboarding" share a lot of similarities, historical roots, and sometimes appear together in topical magazines. Is there a single term to call these ...
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Hypernym for all of the "watching" hobbies
There are various hobbies that involve "watching", e.g.:
trainspotting — looking for trains
birdwatching — looking for birds
stargazing — looking for stars
Is there a term which can be used to ...
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Term for "Phrase that Ends List"
In an episode of Fawlty Towers, Basil Fawlty uses the phrase "And Bob's your uncle". Unfamiliar with it, I looked the phrase up on Wikipedia, which described it this way:
Typically, someone says ["...
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What term is a hypernym for "story" and "article"?
I need a single word that can be used to mean article (e.g. something printed in a magazine to inform readers or to argue something) and also story (i.e. some fictional short story printed in a ...
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Is there a catch-all term for the sector of “non-business” employers: NGOs, non profits, professional societies, government, etc.?
Note: I asked the same question in the Workplace forum but it was closed and I was asked to re-ask here.
I am looking for a concise and professional-sounding expression to use in my resumes and bios ...
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"Male/female" is to "gender" as "man/woman" is to what?
What is the hypernym for man and woman? I don't think it is gender because that would've been male and female.
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Hypernym for "interpolation" and "extrapolation"
Interpolation typically means modeling the values of some curve inside the given data, and extrapolation — outside the given data. For example, if I know the temperature on Monday and Wednesday, ...
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Generic term for sunrise and sunset
Is there a single generic term to refer, either collectively or arbitrarily, to both sunrises and sunsets?
I'm looking for something that could be used in the same vein as twilight can be used (...
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Are there good examples of compatible co-hyponyms?
It is often said that co-hyponyms are incompatible. For example, here's Alan Cruse:
Very often a superordinate has more than one immediate hyponym, and among these there is typically a set of terms ...
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Word for "No I in Team"
I heard a song this morning that had "We put the us in trust" in its lyrics. It reminded me of the maxim "There is no I in team." I've heard other, gloomier examples like "harm in harmony" and "...
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Collective name for prefix and suffix of a word [closed]
Is there a term that can be used to refer to both the prefix and suffix of a word?
For example, unenjoyable. I'm looking for a collective word that described BOTH un and able.
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Word for morally negative sexual behavior
I'm searching for a broad word that is summarized by sexual transgression. Is there a single word to describe a type of behavior of those that pursue rape, pedophilia, adultery, incest, or molestation?...
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Hypernym for "profile" and "preference" in the context of dating or match-making [closed]
The context is love-matching or match-making.
I am looking for one term/word to address a dating/mating condition that people would have when matching. It's more complicated and thorough than a ...
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Is "delete" a hyponym of "edit"? [closed]
In computer science, is delete considered to be included in edit, or are they two separate things?
Example: Editing item details and deleting items.
In my case, both can be done by the same user ...
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What is the noun to describe whether a word is subject or object?
Just as "number" describes whether a noun is singular or plural, is there a noun that describes whether a pronoun is subject or object? For example:
The number of the first-person pronoun "I" is ...
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Single name to cover "drawing", "painting", "sketching" etc
Is there a single name (word or short phrase) to cover the art of creation of images — drawing, painting, sketching etc. — and specifically excluding sculpture, crafting and other arts that ...
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Word that covers the following: A single episode of a series, a single movie (in a series of movies or not), an audio track (on an album or not)
As described in the title, I'm searching for a word that covers all this different meanings. All of these meanings are in the field media but that didn't help me finding a word.
One first guess of a ...
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What's the word for a counterparty of a customer?
When I want to refer to the people (and organizations) who supply me with the goods and services I consume---that is, those of whom I am a customer---what word do I use?
My candidates:
Customee
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What is the status of being dead or alive called?
Having a bit of a discussion at work. We have a label that needs to be answered with deceased or alive, however we're not sure what to call the label. Status seems to be a bit too generic.
Is there ...
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Is there a word that describes a pre-wedding party?
So there are many words that describe the event that takes place before the wedding: stag do, hen do, bachelor party, bachelorette party.
Is there a single word that encompasses all those things?
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Generic term for 'row' and 'column'
Is there a single, more generic term that can be used to describe both a row and a column?
In English, we can refer to a line as being horizontal or vertical, but unless we say ‘a line of something’, ...
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Hypernyms for restaurant dishes
Suppose I classify dishes in a restaurant menu. I would like to classify them by two categories:
Category 1:
entree
main course
dessert
etc.
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meat
fish
vegetables
cheese
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Hypernym for "phrase" and "gesture"
Is there a hypernym for phrase and gesture — that is, a word for an abstract action of communication performed by a person?
For context, I am looking for a term to use in a computer program, rather ...
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Hypernym for "movie" and "TV series"
What is the hypernym for movie and TV series?
I read that medium might be possible, but it doesn't sound that good.
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Hypernym for "trimester" and "quarter" [closed]
I am looking for a hypernym for trimester and quarter.
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Is there an abstract word for the environment in which a vehicle can move?
I am looking for a word (or short construct of words) that could be used to refer to things that a given vehicle could traverse: "sky, land, water. etc."
To give an analogue, I can refer to "gasoline,...
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Generic word for hyphen, dash, minus sign, etc.?
I look for a proper English word that could be an informal generic term for “bar-like” typographic marks such as hyphens, dashes, minus signs and so on.
Is it bar? line? stroke? or another?
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Hypernym for "veg" and "non-veg"
We often ask "Are you veg?", "Are you non-veg?" to ask if someone is a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian.
Is there a hypernym for both of them? So you could ask "What is your [...]?" or maybe "Are you a ...
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Collective noun for a group of healthy people?
What's a good word or expression to describe a group of people who:
eat well
exercise regularly
generally take good physical care of themselves
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Is a ship's biscuit a biscuit or a cake?
Cakes go hard when they are stale. Biscuits go soft when they are stale.
So, what about a ship's biscuit?
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Hypernym for "business", "company", "organization", "institution"
Is there a hypernym for the following terms?
Local business
Company
Organization or institution
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I am building a website where one can create a profile that will either be a Local Business, a ...
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