subordinate word

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   a word that is more specific than a given word

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Questions about subordinate word

What does subordinate word mean?

subordinate word means "a word that is more specific than a given word".

What is another word for subordinate word?

Close synonyms include hyponym, subordinate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subordinate word a common word?

subordinate word is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.