superordinate word

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   a word that is more generic than a given word

   Synonymshypernymsuperordinate

   Broaderword

Questions about superordinate word

What does superordinate word mean?

superordinate word means "a word that is more generic than a given word".

What is another word for superordinate word?

Close synonyms include hypernym, superordinate. 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 superordinate word a common word?

superordinate 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.