100 Examples of Hyponyms

Hyponyms

The hyponyms They are words whose meaning is specific and limited. It is a specific way of referring to a concept. Hyponyms can be encompassed in a hyperonym, that is, words that encompass a broader concept. For example: flower (hyperonym), rose, jasmine, tulip (hyponyms).

Two hyponyms are said to be cohyponyms when responding to the same hyperonym. Continuing with the previous example, rose, jasmine and tulip are cohyponyms since both are hyponyms of the hyperonym flower.

Some hyperonyms can be hyponyms at the same time. For example, reptile (hyperonym) / snake (hyponym), snake (hyoeronym) / cobra, python, anaconda (hyponyms).

Knowing hyponyms and hyperonyms helps us to write texts properly: when we want refer to a general class we use hyperonyms and when we want to specify we use hyponyms.

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Examples of hyponyms

Vegetable hyponyms

For example: I will buy vegetables. Needed tomatoes for lunch and carrots for dinner.

Hyponyms of carnivores

For example: Not all carnivores they are dangerous. The sharks they can attack you but penguins they only eat fish.

Hyponyms of herbivores

For example: The milk we drink is always from herbivores: from cow, goat or from sheep.

Hyponyms of dogs

For example: In the house there was a great variety of dogs. They had a greyhound, a poodle, a boxer and a Labrador.

Country hyponyms

For example: He has studied in many countries different. Started on Uruguay but it was perfected in Germany Y Japan.

Hyponyms of kitchen utensils

For example: All the Utensils you need are in that drawer. You will find the whisk, the knife and the spatula.