Hypernym

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hypernym \hypernym\ n.
     a word that is more generic or more abstract than a given
     word; a word designating a class of which the given word is a
     member. Inverse of subtype and hyponym.
  
     Syn: superordinate, superordinate word.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hypernym
       n : a word that is more generic than a given word [syn: {superordinate},
            {superordinate word}]