hyponym

plural hyponyms

1. human sciencesA more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.

   The words “dog”, “cat”, and “horse” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and horses are types of animal.

   1 more example

   Woman itself has as other hyponyms, sculptress and waitress, but is itself a hyponym of adult.

   1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86

   Synonyms: subordinate · Antonyms: hypernym, hyperonym, superordinate