hypernym
📖 Definitions
noun
A broad term that encompasses specific words within a category. For example, color is a hypernym of red, blue, green, etc.
💬 Usage Examples
“The realm of financial technology is a hodgepodge of businesses touching finance, investing and capital movements that is lumped into a trendy but amorphous hypernym.” Jason Schenker; Robot Advisers a Big Market Risk; Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, West Virginia); Mar 19, 2017.