HOLONYM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holonym mean? 

• HOLONYM (noun)
  The noun HOLONYM has 1 sense:

1. a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part

  Familiarity information: HOLONYM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLONYM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A word that names the whole of which a given word is a part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

holonym; whole name

Context example:

'hat' is a holonym for 'brim' and 'crown'

Hypernyms ("holonym" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)